a. Sc. dial. [? f. TAW v.1 + -Y, in sense ‘easy to taw’: cf. wieldy.] Tractable, docile, easy to manage.
1786. Burns, To Auld Mare, v. Ye ne’er was donsie; But hamely, tawie, quiet, an’ cannie, An’ unco sonsie.
a. Sc. dial. [? f. TAW v.1 + -Y, in sense ‘easy to taw’: cf. wieldy.] Tractable, docile, easy to manage.
1786. Burns, To Auld Mare, v. Ye ne’er was donsie; But hamely, tawie, quiet, an’ cannie, An’ unco sonsie.
