tap-pickle 
figuratively, one's must vnlualilo possession. 
I'liii-iix, Halloween, [Scotch.] 
tapping 1 (ta|.'ing), n. I'Vcriiai n. of tu^, r.\ 
1. Tlic iict or process of boring a hole in a 
pipe, cask, or any similar object for the inser- 
tion of u spigot or faucet. 2. Ill xnri/.. \,-,\r.\ 
ccntesis, or I lie operation of Divine; vent to 
llnid \vhich has col led ei I in sonic spiice, as that 
of the pleura or peritoneum. 
tapping- (tiip'ing). /'. I Verba| n. of tap*, v.] 
1. Tho act of giving l:ips or slight and gentle 
blows; also, a series of taps. 
Suddenly there came a tapping, 
At of some one gently nipping, rapping at my chamber 
il"r. Poe, The Itavcn. 
2. Iii Jniiiiilr/i irorl.', the operation of jarring or 
shaking the pattern in the loam by striking it 
gently to release it without disturbing the 
loiun. 
tapping-bar (tap'Lng-bitr), . In mi Inl., a slen- 
der, sharp-edged crowbar with which the tap- 
hole of: n blast furnace is opened. 1 1' necessary, 
it is driven through the (day stopping of the 
tap-hole by blows of a sled '.re. 
tapping-cock (tap'ing-kok), n. A form of cock 
with a tapering stem, which causes it to hold 
securely when driven into an opening. 
tapping-drill (tap'ing-dril), . In hydraulic 
mi/in., a drill for tupping holes in water-mains. 
Its supporting (mine In clamped to the main in sueh a 
III.-IIIMCI that the direction of the axis of tho liorlng-drlll 
is radial with the axis of the main. Also called lappiivi- 
iiidchine. 
tapping-gouge (tap'ing-gouj), n. A hand-tool 
for tapping sugar-maple trees. Seespt/fl, n.,2. 
tapping-hole (tap'ing-hol), n . Same as lap- 
tapping-machine (tap'ing-ma-shen*),n. 1. A 
machine for cutting internal screw-threads. 
See tap 1 , 4, tap-plate. 2. Same as tapping- 
drill. 
tapping-tool (tap'ing-tol), n. In week.: (a) 
Same as tap 1 , 4. (6) A tool used in tapping 
barrels or casks, (c) A tool, as an auger or 
gouge, used in making incisions in the trunks 
of trees to permit outflow of sap. 
tappisht (tap'ish), v. [Also tappix, tappice, ear- 
lier tajrish; < OF. tapiss-, stem of certain parts 
of tapir, red. squat, lie close. Cf. tapinage.] I. 
intrans. To hide; lie close; lurk in a covert or 
hiding-place; lie close to tho ground, as par- 
tridges and game. 
When the sly heast, Inpixh'd in hush and briar, 
No art nor pains can rouse out of his place. 
Fairfax, tr. of Tasso, vii. 'L 
As a hound that having rons'd a hart, 
Although he tappih ne'er so of I , and cv'ry shrubby part 
Attempts for strength, and trembles in, the hound doth 
still pursue. Chapman, Iliad, xxii. 15S. 
II. trans. To hide ; conceal. 
The sister, . . . during the interval of his absence, had 
contrived to slip into the cell, and, having tappiced herself 
behind the little bed, came out, with great appearance of 
Joy, to greet the return of the youth. 
Scott, Castle Dangerous, xi. 
tappit (tap'it), a. [So. form of topped.] Hav- 
ing a top or crest; crested. [Scotch.] 
tappit-hen (tap'it-hen), B. 1. A hen with a 
crest or topknot. 2. A vessel for liquor, con- 
taining two Scottish pints, or about three quarts 
The bowl we maun renew It ; 
The tappit-hen gae bring her ben. 
Buriut, Impromptu on Willie Stewart 
Their hostess . . . appeared with a huge pewter mea- 
suring pot, containing at least three Rngltsh quarts, fa- 
miliarly denominated a Tappit-Hen. Scott, Waverley, xi. 
Hence 3. A large or liberal allowance of 
liquor, especially wine. 
[Scotch in all senses.] 
tap-plate (tap'plat), n. A steel plate pierced 
with holes of various sizes, screw-threaded 
and notched, used for cutting external threads 
on blanks for taps or screws; a screw-plate. 
See cut under xcreir-lnp. 
tap-rivet (tap'riv'et), n. A tap-bolt or tup- 
screw. [Eng.] 
tap-rivet (tap'riv'et), v. t. [< tap-rirct, n.] To 
join, as the margins of metal plates or parts of 
machines or structures, by the use of tap-bolts 
or tap-screws. [Eng.] 
tap-room (tap'rdm), n. [< c(//)l + room 1 .] A 
room in which liquor is kept on tap, or is sold 
for consumption on the spot. 
The minister himself . . . would sometimes step into 
the tni>-r<nnii of a cold winter morning, and ordera mug of 
flip from obsequious Amaziah the Imst. 
B. B. Stmre, Oldtown, I. 
tap-root (tap'riit ), ii. Iii lint., the main root of 
a plant, which grows vigorously downward to a 
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considerable depth, giving off lutcnil roots in 
acnipi t,i| succession. See cnt under /<</'. 
tap-rooted (tap'rii ted), </. In li'it., luiving a 
tap i !. 
tapsalteerie, tapsieteerie itap-sal-te'i-i. tup 
si-te'ri ). inlr. | \ a rial ions of tii/Liii-lnri'i/, 4. V.] 
Topsy-t urv y . [Scotch.] 
An' warl'ly cares, an warl'ly men. 
May a' gae laptatteerif. (>. 
Burnt, Urecn tirow the Rashes. 
tap-Screw (tup'skrii), . In iiiicli.. same iis l/iji- 
tap-shackledt (t.-ip'sh.-ik Id i. a. Drunk. 
Iteing tnily tajtp-xhackled, mistook the window for the 
dore. llealey, Disc, of New World, p. 82. (Naret.) 
tapsman (taps'nmn), n. ; pi. tiipxini-n (-men). A 
servant who has principal charge and direction: 
as, the tiipxiiKin of a drove. [Scotch.] 
tapster (tap'ster), n. [< ME. tapstere, //</- 
uteri; < AS. tn-ppi'xlre (= D. tapster), a tapster, 
< Inii/Miii, tap: wee tap 1 and -ster.] A person 
employed in a tavern to tap or draw beer or 
ale, or other liquor, to be served to guests. 
He knew the tavcrnes wel In every toun, 
And everich hostller and tappettere. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., L 241. 
A forlorn taptter, or some frothy fellow, 
That stinks of stale beer. 
Beau, and Ft., Captain, II. 1. 
tapsterlyt (tap'ster-li), a. [< hipster + -It/ 1 .] 
Characteristic of a tapster or a pot-house; 
hence, vulgar; coarse. 
They . . . count It a great peecc of arte In an Inkhome 
man, in ante tapttertie tearmes whatsoener, to oppose his 
superiours to enuie. 
Nahe, Int. to Greene's Menaphon (ed. Arber), p. 9. 
tapstresst (tap'stres), 11. [< tapster + -ess.] A 
female tapster. 
Beere, doe yon not? You are some Inpstrene. 
Ileymod, Fair Maid of the West (Works, ed. 1874, II. 209). 
tapstryet, . See tapestry. 
taptoot, taptowt, . Same as tattoo*. 
tapu (ta-po ), . and t;. Same as ttiboo. Jour. 
Anthrop. Inxt., XIX. 100. 
tapult, . In anr. armor, the vertical ridge 
formed in front by the breastplate of the six- 
teenth century (so conjectured by Meyrick). 
tapwortt (tap'wert), n. [< tap 1 + wort 2 .] Beer 
from a tap. 
A cup of small tapieorte. 
Breton, Toyea of an Idle Head, p. 20. (Dames.) 
tap-wrench (tap'rench), n. A two-handled 
lever for turning a tap in tapping holes for 
screws. . A common form has a medial rectangular hole 
for the reception of the squared end of the shank of the 
tap, different sizes being used for different-sized taps. 
Other forms have adjustable clamping-pieces, actuated by 
screws, for engaging the squared end of the shank ; by this 
means various sizes of taps may be used with the same 
tap- wrench. 
taqua-nut (tak'wii-nut), H. [< S. Amer. taqua 
+ E. nut.] Same as ivory-nut. 
tar 1 (tiir), n. [< ME. tar, taar, tarre, ter, teer, 
terre, < AS. tcoro, teoru (teorw-), tern, also tyr- 
wa = MD. terre, tecre, teer, D. teer = MLG. tere, 
LG. teer, tar = G. dial. (Hessian) :ehr, G. teer, 
theer (< LG.) = Icel. tjara = Dan. tjeere = Sw. 
tjara, tar; cf. Icel. tyri, tyrfi (also tyru-tre, tyr- 
vidhr, tyrvi-tre, a resinous fir-tree), Lith. darwa, 
derwa, resinous wood, particularly of tho fir- 
tree, Lett, darwa, tar; a remote derivative of 
tree : see tree.] A thick dark-colored viscid 
product obtained by the destructive distilla- 
tion of organic substances and bituminous min- 
erals, as wood, coal, peat, shale, etc. Wood-tar, 
such as the Archangel, Stockholm, and American tars of 
commerce, Is generally prepared by a very rude process. 
A conical cavity is dug in the side ot a bank or a steep 
hill, and a cast-Iron pan is placed at the bottom, from 
which leads a spout into a barrel for collecting the tar. 
Billets of wood (such as pine or flr) are thrown into this 
cavity, and, being covered with turf, are slowly burned 
without flame. The wood chiefly used in Europe is that 
of the Scotch pine, Pinut tylvettru, and the Siberian larch, 
Larix Sibirica ; in the United States, that of the long- 
leaved nine, Pinut paluitrit. Most of the tar produced 
in the United States is made in North Carolina, Virginia, 
and Georgia. In England wood-tar is chiefly obtained 
as a by-product In the destructive distillation of wood 
for the manufacture of wood-vinegar (pyroligneous acid) 
and wood-spirit (methyl alcohol). It has an acid reac- 
tion, and contains various liquid matters, of which the 
principal are methyl-acetate, acetone, hydrocarbons of the 
benzene series, and a number of oxidized compounds, as 
carbolic acid. Paraffin, anthracene, naphthalene, chrys- 
ene, etc., are found among iis solid products. It pos- 
sesses valuable antiseptic properties, owing to the creo- 
sote it contains, and is used extensively for coating and 
preserving timber and iron in exposed situations, and lor 
.impregnating ships' ropes and cordage. Coal-tar Is exten- 
sively obtained i" the process of gas-manufacture. It is 
:i very valuable substam-c, th inpoiinds obtained from 
it forming the basis of many chemical manufactures. See 
ami-tar. 
tarandus 
Kubrlk anil i"nr ..iinc A suites sltth. 
I'allii'in". Hii-l...iidii' (i: I;. T. -.1, |. 
Stic l..ved not the favour of Inr nor of pilrh. 
.s'/,A-.,Tc 
UIHH! Inf. known ills') as Sto. kholm uti'l as An hangel 
tar, is |'t ile'lp.dh p!ep;.lrd ill III'' L'leat pil- I,,]. 
i < hii.il ami northern Knssia, Finland. an<l Sv. 
It, l.r,/., \\lll , 
Barbados tar.licumnien ial na I..P pet i nli inn or min- 
eral tar foilinl in HOIIH- ot lln \\.-i [mhaii i-l:un! 
petroleum Mineral tar. > Oil of tar. 
see oil.- Rangoon tar. M-C tin qimtMtion. 
Bunni-w naplitha or /.'.//i,/,,,,,, /,./ i- oliiiinixl by sink- 
ing wells altout tvi feet iliip in the soil; the fluid gradu- 
ally oozes in from the soil, and is removed as soon as the 
quantity aivumnl.it. .1 i- sufficient. L're, Diet., III. 39tt. 
Saccnarated tar. Sec taccharattd. Tar bandage, an 
antiseptic bandage made by saturating a roller bandage, 
after application, with a mixture of 1 part of olive oil and 
20 parts of tar. Tar beer, a mixture. -pints 
of bran, 1 pint of tar, I pint of honey, and n pints of water. 
Tar Ointment. 8e ointment. Tar water. See tar- 
water. 
tar 1 (tiir). i-. t.: pret. and pp. tarred, ppr. tar- 
I-IIK.I. [< ME. terrcn (= D. teren = MLG. dm, 
=s G. tlieeren = Sw. Ijiii-n = l);in. Ija-n-t, tar, < 
terre, ter, tar: see tor 1 , .] To smear with tar; 
liguratively, to cover as with tar. 
Our hands . . . are often tarred over with the surgery 
of our sheep. Shak., As you Like it, ill. 2. (B. 
Tarred paper. See paper. To be tarred with the 
same brush r stick, to have the same blemish or fault ; 
have the same undesirable qualities. [Scotch.) 
It has been Rashlelgh himsell or some other o' your 
cousins they are a' tarred trf the tame ttiek rank 
Jacobites and papists. >.-.,(/. Kob Roy, xxvl. 
To tar and feather (a pt-raonX to pour heated tar over 
him and thru cover him with feathers. This mode of 
punishment is as old at least as the crusades : ft Is a kind 
of mob vengeance still applied, or said to be applied, to 
obnoxious persons In some parts of the 1'nlted States. 
' Concerning the lawes and ordinances appointed by K. 
Richard [I. j for his .Nauie [an. 1189], the forme thereof was 
this. . . . Item, a thiefe or felon that hath stollen, being 
lawfully conuicted, shal haue his head shorne, and boyl- 
ing pitch powred vpon his head, and feathers or downe 
strawed vpon the same, whereby ho may be knowen, and 
so at the first landing place they shall come to, there to be 
caat vp." (llaHuyt'i Voyage*. II. 21 (tr. of original statute, 
which see In Rymer's "Kcedcra" [ed. 17271 1. 85X) 
Old Floyd Ireson, for his hard heart, 
Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart 
By the women of Marblehcad ! 
Whittier, Skipper Ireson's Ride. 
tar 2 t (tiir), v. t. [Early mod. E. also tarr, tarre ; 
< ME. tcrren, a later form of terien, teryeu, tari- 
en, targen, whence E. tarryl, the fuller form of 
the word : see tarry*. Cf. tire 1 .] To incite ; pro- 
voke ; hound. 
They have terrid thee to ire. Quoted in HaUim-U. 
And, like a dog that is compell'd to fight, 
Snatch at his master that doth tarre him on. 
Shalt., K. John, Iv. 1.117. 
tar 3 (tar), 11. [Abbr. of tarpaulin, 2.] A sailor: 
so called from his tarred clothes, hands, etc. 
Also Jack Tar. 
OKc. Well, If he be returned, Mr. Novel, then shall I 
I" 1 pestered again with his boisterous sea-love. . . . 
Nov. Dear tar, thy humble servant. 
Wyeherley, Plain Dealer, IL 1. 
Thus Death, who kings and tars dispatches, 
In vain Tom's life has doffed. 
C. Dibdin, Tom Bowling. 
tara 1 1, interj. [A made word, burlesquing tivy 
as used by D'Avenant: see tiry. Cf. tantiry, 
tantara.] A mere exclamation. 
1 Kiii'i. Tara, tara, tara, full East and by South. 
2 Kin'i. We sail with Thunder in our mouth, 
In scorching noon-day, whil'st the traveller stayes, 
Busle, busie, busle, we bustle along. 
Buckingham, Rehearsal, v. 
tara 2 (tit'ra), n. Same as taroi. 
tara 3 (ta'rft), n. Same as taliera. 
tara-fern (ta'ra-fern), n. A form of the com- 
mon brake, Pterin aqttilina, having a thickened 
rootstock, once a staple food with the natives 
of Tasmania and New Zealand the rot of the 
latter people. 
taragon, . See tarragon. 
taraguira (tar-a-ge'rii), . [S. Amer.] 1. A 
kind of teguexin, a South American lizard of the 
family fauanidtr. Also taratjnira. 2. [on;).] A 
genus of such lizards, as T. taraguira or xitiitlii 
of Brazil. 
taraire (ta-ri're), . A laurineous tree of New 
Zealand, Betlsclimirdia (\i'nmlapliiif) Tarniri. it 
grows 80 or 80 feet high, and has a hard compact wood 
available for cabinet-work, but not enduring exposure. 
tarandus (ta-ran'dus), . [XL., < L. 'tarandux. 
iiininilfiix. < Gr. raoaviof, a horned animal of 
the north, perhaps the reindeer.] 1. A rein- 
deer; an animal of the genus Iliiiiijifer, R. ta- 
rn inlitu (or Tarandus nini/ifcr). See cut under 
reindeer. 2. [</.] That genus which the 
reindeer represents: same as Hiingifer. 
