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tap-hose Now dial. (ˈtæphəʊz) Also 7 tapwaze, 8 -owze, 9 -ooze, -wees. [f. tap n.1 The precise sense in which hose is used in the second element is not clear; in later use it has been associated with other words, esp. ooze, wase, bundle of straw.] A strainer placed over the tap-hole in a mash-tub or...
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thead
thead Now dial. (θiːd) Also 4 þede, 5–6 thede. [Etymology unascertained.] A brewer's strainer; = tap-hose: see quot. a 1825.13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 1717 Bifore þy borde hatz þou broȝt beuerage in þede. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 490/1 Thede, bruarys instrument, qualus. 1530 Palsgr. 280/1 Thede a brewars ins...
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tap
▪ I. tap, n.1 (tæp) Forms: 1 tæppa, 4 teppe, 5–7 tappe, 7 tapp, 5– tap. [Com. Teutonic: OE. tæppa (wk. masc.) = OLG. *tappo (MDu., MLG., LG. tappe, EFris. tappe, tap, Du. tap, NFris. tâp), OHG. zapfo (MHG. zapfe, Ger. zapfen), ON. tappi (Sw. tapp, Da. tap):—OTeut. *tappon-, orig. a tapering cylindri...
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