taisch (tasch)

[Sometimes also task; Some women... said to him they had heard two taischs (that is, two voices of persons about to die), and, what was remarkable, one of them was an English taisch , which they never heard before. Boswell, Journal, p. 172 tait1t, a. [ME. tait , tayt , teitr , cheerful, = OHG. zeiz , tender.] Cheerful; lively. tait1t, n. [ME.: see tait1 , a.] Cheerfulne ; sport.