"tawie" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more tawie [comparative], most tawie [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} tawie (comparative more tawie, superlative most tawie)
  1. (Scotland, of an animal) Docile or tractable to the extent of allowing itself to be handled without complaint. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-tawie-en-adj-Ep0WzVCT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Scottish English

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          "text": "18th c, Robert Burns, The Auld Farmer's New-Year Salutation to His Auld Mare, Maggie, 1959, Ralph Knight (editor), Songs and Poems of Robert Burns, page 124,\nTho' ye was trickie, slee, an' funnie, / Ye ne'er was donsie; / But hamely, tawie, quiet, an' cannie, / An' unco sonsie."
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