tappit, ppl. a. Sc.
(ˈtæpɪt)
= topped ppl. a.; esp. crested, tufted; chiefly in the collocation tappit hen, (a) a hen having a crest or topknot; (b) a drinking-vessel having a lid with a knob; spec. one containing a Scotch quart.
| 1721 Ramsay Ode to the Ph― iii, That mutchkin stoup it hauds but dribs, Then let's get in the tappit hen. 1794 Burns Lines on Tumbler ii. 1814 Scott Wav. xi, A huge pewter measuring-pot, containing at least three English quarts, familiarly denominated a tappit hen. 1821 Galt Ann. Parish ii, His head powdered and frizzled up like a tappit-hen. 1906 Athenæum 30 June 803/3 Of genuine old pewter..here are..flagons, tappit-hens, toddy-ladles. |