(Scotland, of an animal) Docile or tractable to the extent of allowing itself to be handled without complaint.
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'', [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=107rKDZi7dAC&pg=PA124&dq=%22tawie%22&hl=en&sa=X…
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