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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._