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tapnet
ˈtapnet, † topnet [In 16th c. topnet, app. altered from toppet (tappet) q.v. Cf. tap n.3] A basket made of rushes, in which figs (formerly also raisins, etc.) are imported; also a conventional measure of quantity; = frail n.1α 1524 in Rogers Agric. & Prices III. 535/4 [Figs] Topnets. 1537 in J. H. B...
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toppet
▪ I. † toppet1 Obs. [ME. topet, app. a. OF. topet, toupet (12–13th c.) tuft, dim. of top, toup top, crest: in Eng. perh. eventually taken as dim. of top n.1] Top, summit, tip.1439 in Archæologia XXI. 37, ij Salers of Gold, whereof y{supt} oon ys a man..garnysshed w{supt} vij rubees and vij troches, ...
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topynett
† topynett obs. variant of topnet, tapnet.1530–1 Durham Househ. Bk. (Surtees) 44, 1 topynett ficuum. 1532–3 Ibid. 227, 2 topynetts feggs 5s.
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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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top
▪ I. top, n.1 (tɒp) Forms: 1 top, 3–6, (?) 7 toppe, pl. toppes, 4–6 tope, 4–7 topp, 6– Sc. and north. tap, 3– top. [OE. top (topp-), Com. WGer. and Norse; = OFris. topp (WFris. top, NFris. top, tup), OLG. *topp (MDu., Du. top(p), MLG., LG. top), OHG. (MHG., Ger.) zopf top, summit, a crest or tuft of...
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