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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tittis, Tites, Tete, n. (pl.). (? See SND Tit n.1 2. ‘In pl.: a disease of horses’. Cf. also Totteris n. pl. staggers. The 1550-1 quot. may belong elsewhere.) —(a) a1605 Montg. Flyt. 315 (T).
The phtiseik, the twithȝaik, the tittis, [H. tites] and the tirrillis —(b) 1550–1 Dundee B. Ct. II 44a (6 March).
That his hors wes totterit in the tete of the new & nocht of ald hurt
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