tigl (tig)

[A dial. var. of tick1.] 1. A light touch, such as is given in the game of tag or tig; a tap; a slight stroke. Andrew was compelled to submit, only muttering between his teeth, "Ower mony maisters-ower mony maisters, as the paddock said to the harrow, when every tooth Scott , Rob Roy, xxvii. Congreve, Way of the World, ii. 4. gae her a tig ." She tiff'd at Tim, she ran from Ralph. Landor , New Style.