Tapis
(Tap"is) v. t. To cover or work with figures like tapestry. [R.] Holland.
Tapiser
(Tap"is*er) n. [F. tapissier.] A maker of tapestry; an upholsterer. [R.] Chaucer.
Tapish
(Tap"ish) v. i. [F. se tapir to squat.] To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to
crouch; hence, to hide one's self. [Written also tappis, tappish, tappice.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
As a hound that, having roused a hart,
Although he tappish ne'er so soft.
Chapman. Taplash
(Tap"lash`) n. Bad small beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
The taplash of strong ale and wine.
Taylor Taplings
(Tap"lings) n. pl. The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united. Halliwell.
Tapoa tafa
(||Ta*po"a ta"fa) (Zoöl.) A small carnivorous marsupial (Phascogale penicillata) having long,
soft fur, and a very long tail with a tuft of long hairs at the end; — called also brush-tailed phascogale.
Tappen
(Tap"pen) n. An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the intestine of bears and other
animals during hibernation.
Tapper
(Tap"per) n. (Zoöl.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); — called also tapperer,
tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer. [Prov. Eng.]
Tappester
(Tap"pes*ter) n. [See Tapster.] A female tapster. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Tappet
(Tap"pet) n. (Mach.) A lever or projection moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended
to tap or touch something else, with a view to produce change or regulate motion. G. Francis.
Tappet motion, a valve motion worked by tappets from a reciprocating part, without an eccentric or
cam, — used in steam pumps, etc.
Tappice
(Tap"pice Tap"pis) , v. i. See Tapish.
Tappit hen
(Tap"pit hen`)
1. A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head. [Scot.] Jamieson.
2. A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); — so called from a knob on the
lid, thought to resemble a crested hen. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Taproom
(Tap"room`) n. A room where liquors are kept on tap; a barroom.
The ambassador was put one night into a miserable taproom, full of soldiers smoking.
Macaulay.
