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Webster 1913 Edition

Tapish

Tap′ish

,

Verb.

I.

[F. se

tapir

to squat.]

To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one’s self.

[Written also

tappis

,

tappish

,

tappice

.]

[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

As a hound that, having roused a hart,
Although he

tappish

ne'er so soft.

Chapman.