tachest, tatcht (tach)

[Early mod. E. also tetch, tatche; acha, a crack, flaw, = It. tacca, a notch, cut), from the orig. sense 'a nail, tack': see tack1, ack1, tach1. The more mod. form would be tatch, with a reg. var. tetch. Hence techy, tetchy, touchy.] 1. A spot; mark. -2. A moral spot or stain; a blemish; defect; vice. IMG:content-2750.png:[blocks in formation] the herynge or seynge of any vice or euyl tache. Sir T. Elyot, The Govern our, i. 4. 3. A characteristic; a habit; disposition. Tetch'e or maner of condycyone ( tecche, K. tec he, S. tetche, maner or condicion..). Mos, condicio. Prompt. Parv., p. 487. A chyldis tatches in playe she we playnlye what they meane (mores puer i inter ludendum). Horman , Vulgar i a, quoted in Prompt. Parv., p. 487. Of the maners, tacches , and condycyiouns of houndes. MS . Sloane , 3501, c. xi., quoted in Prompt. Parv., p. 487. Tachyglo a