Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1850-1918
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TICKLE, v.2 To catch, tangle, become entangled in (em.Sc. (a) 1972); in pass. of animals in the act of coition (Fif. c.1850 Peattie MS.).Fif. c.1850 Peattie MS.:
Thae jaggie things hae tickled on to my goun tail.Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) 37:
His fit had tickled in aboot the britchin somewey.Ags. 1918 J. Inglis The Laird 12:
I try them wi' worms, an' I try them wi' flees, It's aye my gude luck to get tickled in trees.
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