An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 863

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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.

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