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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1567-1568, 1648-1700+
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Tap, Tapp, n. [ME and e.m.E. tappe (1335), tap (Chaucer), OE tæppa, ON tappi.] A tap, specif. in a cask of liquor. Also attrib. with tre, a length of wood used to stop the tap-hole of a mash tub in brewing. — a1706 Sempill P. 46/25.
Wha'll set me dribbling be the tapp; While winking I begin to napp —attrib. a1568 Bannatyne MS 145a/8.
Quha hes gud malt and makis ill drynk … I pray to God … that scho may sink The taptre quhyll scho steird 1648 Linlithgow Palace 332.
Taptrie 1685 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries LVIII 365.
A masken fat with a cover thorne & taptrie 1702 Foulis Acc. Bk. 305.
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