Definition of tap

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Tap (v. i.) To strike a gentle blow.

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Vinegar :: Vinegar (a.) Hence, anything sour; -- used also metaphorically..
Tapestry :: Tapestry (n.) A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery..
Tapering :: Tapering (a.) Becoming gradually smaller toward one end.
Metaphrasis :: Metaphrasis (n.) Metaphrase.
Cysticercus :: Cysticercus (n.) The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork measle)..
Metaphoric :: Metaphoric (a.) Alt. of Metaphorica.
Metaphor :: Metaphor (n.) The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea..
Start :: Start (v. t.) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask..
Flagelliform :: Flagelliform (a.) Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering..
Metaphorical :: Metaphorical (a.) Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense..
Abroach :: Abroach (adv.) Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped..
Metaphysically :: Metaphysically (adv.) In the manner of metaphysical science, or of a metaphysician..
Manioc :: Manioc (n.) The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and M. Aipi), from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava..
Cataplasm :: Cataplasm (n.) A soft and moist substance applied externally to some part of the body; a poultice.
Acuminate :: Acuminate (a.) Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc..
Tapped :: Tapped (imp. & p. p.) of Ta.
Cataphractic :: Cataphractic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cataphract..
Martingal :: Martingal (n.) The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness..
Basipterygium :: Basipterygium (n.) A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium.
Taphrenchyma :: Taphrenchyma (n.) Same as Bothrenchyma.
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