Definition of tap

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Tap (v. t.) Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury..

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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..
Aaron's Rod :: Aaron's rod () A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod..
Entangle :: Entangle (v. t.) To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers..
Taplings :: Taplings (n. pl.) The strong double leathers by which the two parts of a flail are united.
Catapuce :: Catapuce (n.) Spurge.
Abroach :: Abroach (v. t.) To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap..
Tralation :: Tralation (n.) The use of a word in a figurative or extended sense; ametaphor; a trope.
Archaeopteryx :: Archaeopteryx (n.) A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics..
Subulicornes :: Subulated (a.) Very narrow, and tapering gradually to a fine point from a broadish base; awl-shaped; linear..
Tap :: 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..
Image :: Image (n.) A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor..
Extrastapedial :: Extrastapedial (a.) Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which, in many animals, projects beyond the connection with the stapes..
Antapoplectic :: Antapoplectic (a.) Good against apoplexy.
Tralatition :: Tralatition (n.) A change, as in the use of words; a metaphor..
Tapiser :: Tapiser (n.) A maker of tapestry; an upholsterer.
Heeltap :: Heeltap (v. t.) To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.).
Scolex :: Scolex (n.) The embryo produced directly from the egg in a metagenetic series, especially the larva of a tapeworm or other parasitic worm. See Illust. of Echinococcus..
Tapinage :: Tapinage (n.) A lurking or skulking.
Tapis :: Tapis (n.) Tapestry; formerly, the cover of a council table..
Heeltap :: Heeltap (n.) A small portion of liquor left in a glass after drinking.
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