Definition of tap

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Tap (v. t.) To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc..

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Metapectic :: Metapectic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a supposed acid obtained from pectin..
Taper :: Taper (v. t.) To make or cause to taper.
Terebra :: Terebra (n.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell..
Nozzle :: Nozzle (n.) A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe..
Tap :: Tap (n.) Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap..
Staphyloraphy :: Staphyloplasty (n.) The operation for restoring or replacing the soft palate when it has been lost.
Paleotherium :: Paleotherium (n.) An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama..
Poultice :: Poultice (n.) A soft composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc.; a cataplasm..
Knight :: Knight (v. t.) To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---..
Abroach :: Abroach (v. t.) To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap..
Gehenna :: Gehenna (n.) The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell..
Rat-tailed :: Rat-tailed (a.) Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat..
Metaphysical :: Metaphysical (a.) Of or pertaining to metaphysics.
Renter :: Renter (v. t.) To restore the original design of, by working in new warp; -- said with reference to tapestry..
Metaphrastic :: Metaphrastic (a.) Alt. of Metaphrastica.
Bob :: Bob (n.) To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap..
Percussion :: Percussion (n.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate..
Pin-tailed :: Pin-tailed (a.) Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; -- said of birds..
Force :: Force (n.) To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort; as, to force a consient or metaphor; to force a laugh; to force fruits..
Tropically :: Tropically (adv.) In a tropical manner; figuratively; metaphorically.
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