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Lat. _tapetes_.
TAPISHT, _part. pa._ In a lurking state.
Fr. _tapp.i.s.s-ant_, lurking.
_A. Hume._
TAPONE-STAFF, _s._ The stave in which the bung-hole is.
_Acts C. II._
Q. _tapping-staff_.
TAPOUN, _s._ A long fibre at a root, S. B.
Belg. _tappen_, to draw out.
_Baillie._
TAPPIE-TOUSIE, _s._ A play among children, S., exhibiting a memorial of the ancient feudal mode of receiving a person as a bondman, by taking hold of the hair of his forehead.
From _tap_, and _tousie_ dishevelled.
TAPPILOORIE, _s._ Any thing raised high on a slight tottering foundation, S.
Teut. _tap_, extremitas rotunda et acuta, and _loer-en_, speculari.
TAPPIN, _s._ A crest, S. O.
_Falls of Clyde._
Dimin. from _tap_, top.
TAPPIT HEN, _s._
1. A crested hen, S.
2. A measure containing a quart, S. A.
_Ritson._
TAPSALTEERIE, _adv._ Topsyturvy, S.
_Burns._
TAPTHRAWN, _adj._ Perverse, S.
Q. having the _tap_, or top _thrawn_, or distorted.
_To_ TAR, _v. n._
_Balnevis_.
Perhaps allied to Isl. _taera_, donare; Su. G. nutrire.
TARANS, _s. pl._ Souls of unbaptized children.
_Pennant._
Gael. _taran_, id.
_To_ TARGAT, _v. a._ To border with ta.s.sels.
Su. G. _targ-a_, lacerare.
_Knox._
~Targat~, _s._
1. A tatter, S.
_Ferguson._
2. A ta.s.sel.
_Minstrelsy Border._
3. A long thin slice of dried fish, Ang.
Su. G. _targ-a_, to split by light strokes.
TARY, _s._ Delay.
_Douglas._
~Tarysum~, _adj._ Lingering.
