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i. [TAPISH.] tăp'-ping, s. [TAP (2), v.] 1. Founding: The jarring of a pattern in its bed in the sand to give it clearance. With small castings this is done by sticking a skewer into the pattern, and tapping it with the slicker or trowel; with larger castings more energetic means are employed, but in the same way. 2. Mech .: The act or proce of forming a screw thread in a hole. 3. Mech . & Domestic : Boring a hole in a pipe, cask, ., to insert a plug, connect a branch-pipe, or introduce a faucet, as the case may be. 4. Surg .: The operation of removing fluid from any of the serous cavities of the body in which it has collected in large quantity; paracentesis. It may be practised on the abdomen, the thorax, the gall-bladder, . IMG:content-0816.jpg:[blocks in formation]