tapping tool (tapingtol)

In mech.: (a) Same as tap1, 4. (b) 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 tappis, tappice, earlier tapish; When the sly beast, tapish'd in bush and briar, No art nor pains can rouse out of his place. Fairfax, tr. of Ta o, vii. 2. As a hound that having rous'd a hart, Although he tappish ne'er so oft, and ev'ry shrubby part Attempts for strength, and trembles in, the hound doth still pursue. Chapman , Iliad, xxii. 158. II. trans. To hide; conceal. The sister, during the interval of his absence, had 6187 considerable depth, giving off lateral roots in acropetal succe ion. See cut under root1. tap-rooted (tap'rö"ted), a. In bot., having a tap-root. tapsalteerie, tapsieteerie (tap-sal-tē'ri, taps i-tē'ri), adv. [Variations of topsy - turry, q. v.] Topsy-turvy. [Scotch.] An' warl'ly cares, an warl'ly men, May a' gae tapsalteerie , O. Burns, Green Grow the Rashes. tap-screw (tap's krö), n. In mech ., same as tap bolt .