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Definition of Tawted

1. tawt [v] - See also: tawt

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tawted

tawniest tawnily tawniness tawninesses tawny tawny eagle tawny owl tawpie tawpies taws

tawse tawsed tawses tawsing tawt tawted (current term) tawtie tawtier tawtiest tawting

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Literary usage of Tawted

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1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"... tawted, adj. 1. Matted, disordered by being twisted, or as it were baked together ; a term often applied to the hair, when it has been long uncombed, ..."

2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Tauted, tawted [matted, uncombed]. Wi'tauted ket, an'hairy hips ; . ... Nae tawted tyke, tho' e'er sae ..."

3. The Complete Works of Robert Burns (self-interpreting) by Robert Burns (1886)
"tawted, or tau'tie, matted together (spoken of hair and wool). Nae tawted tyke, tho' e'er so duddy. Teen, provocation, vexation. ..."

4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1830)
"К por,—his puir tongue's hingin' out,—his fieu' a' smeared \vi' slaver,— is hide rouch and tawted, wi' a' the hair stannin' on end like the ..."

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