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• a variation of tenty.

tentie

American  

[ten-tee] / ˈtɛn ti /

adjective

Scot.

tentier, tentiest

1. tenty.

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tentie tentier

We've worn to crazy years thegither; We'll toyte about wi' ane anither; Wi' tentie care I'll flit thy tether To some hain'd rig, Whare ye may nobly rax your leather, Wi' sma' fatigue.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

We’ve worn to crazy years thegither; We’ll toyte about wi’ ane anither; Wi’ tentie care I’ll flit thy tether, To some hain’d rig, Whare ye may nobly rax your leather, Wi’ sma’ fatigue.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns

The merry plough-boy cheers his team, Wi’ joy the tentie seedsman stalks; But life to me’s a weary dream, A dream of ane that never wauks.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns

Some tentie rin a cannie errand to a neebor town, some, heedful, run on a quiet errand to a neighboring town.

From Selections from Five English Poets by Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) Litchfield

The merry ploughboy cheers his team, Wi' joy the tentie seedsman stalks; But life to me's a weary dream, A dream of ane that never wauks.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

First, there are too many anglers: Twixt Holy Lee and Clovenfords, A tentier bit ye canna hae, sang that good old angler, now with God, Mr. Thomas Tod Stoddart. 

From Angling Sketches by Andrew Lang