| 单词 | to tig and tar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tig and tar a. intransitive. To give light or playfully rough touches; esp. figurative to trifle, dally with; †to tig and tar = tick and toy at tick v.1 1a. Scottish and northern dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (intransitive)] > touch lightly tig?a1500 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 802 in Poems (1981) 34 [The fox] That luifit weill with pultrie to tig and tar. 1634 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 140 He may get up and lend them a blow who are tigging and playing with Christ and His spouse. 1818 G. Beattie John o' Arnha' (ed. 2) 41 It was nae joke To tig wi' fiends that vomit smoke. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Young people are said to be tigging, when sporting with gentle touches, or patting each other. < as lemmas |
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