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Webster 1913 Edition

Tappit hen

Tap′pit henˊ

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1.

A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head.

[Scot.]

Jamieson.

2.

A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); – so called from a knob on the lid, thought to resemble a crested hen.

[Scot.]

Jamieson.