tapitert

[ME.; cf. tapiser.] Same as tap iser. In 2 Ric. III., 1485, "it was deter my ned that the Tapi ters , Cardemakers, and lynwevers of this Citie be togeder annexid to the bringing furth of the padgeantes of the Tapiter craft and Card-maker." York Plays, Int., p. xxvii., note. taplash (tap'lash), n . or stale malt liquor, the refuse of the tap. [ Drinking college tap - lash will let them more learning than they size, nor a drop of wit moraveno the butler sets on their heads. Randolph , Aristippus (Works, ed. Hazlitt, 1875, p. 14). The tap - lash of strong ale and wine, Which from his slav'ring chaps doth oft decline. John Taylor, Works (1630), III. 5. (Hall i well.) tapling (tap'ling), n. The strap or pair of straps which connect the swingle to the handle in the agricultural flail. [Prov. Eng.] tapnet (tap'net), n. [Origin obscure.] A frail or basket made of rushes, etc., in which figs are imported. Simmonds. It is best carried out by slappings ( tapotement ) done with the palmar surface of the fingers, or, better still, with the half-closed fist. Tapotement acts principally on the intestinal walls, to which it imparts tone. tappa, п. See tapa . Lancet, 1889, Ι. 422.