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| Tap |
| [imp. & p.
p. Tapped (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Tapping.] [F. taper to strike] of Teutonic origin; cf. dial.
G. tapp, tapps, a blow, tappe a paw, fist, G.
tappen to g |
To strike with a slight or
gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one
with the hand or a cane.
To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap
shoes.
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A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a
pat.
A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a
boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
A signal, by drum or
trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to
bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
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A hole or pipe through which liquor is
drawn.
A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a
cask, or the like; a faucet.
Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain
kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.
A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a
taproom; a bar.
A tool for forming an internal
screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved
longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.
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To pierce
so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a
tumor, etc.
Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous
way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting
information; to tap the treasury.
To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.
To form an internal screw in
(anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a
nut.
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