tass

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  1. A heap; a pile. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] To ransake in the tas of bodyes dede, Hem for to strepe of harneys and of wede, The pilours diden bisynesse and cure After the bataille and disconfiture. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, l. 147. Ther lay of paiens mani tasse, Wide and side, more and lasse. Arthour and Merlin, p. 249. (Halliwell.)
  2. A mow. Halliwell. [Provincial English]
  3. A drinking-cup or its contents; more especially, a small draught of liquor; as much as may be contained in a wineglass. Out has he ta'en his poor bluidie heart, Set it in a tasse o' gowd. Ladye Diamond (Child's Ballads, II. 383). The Laird … recommended to the veteran to add a tass of brandy and a flagon of claret. Scott, Legend of Montrose, v.
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  • But Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh insisted on Abkhazia's independence at the discussion group Thursday, news agency Itar-tass reported. —  India eNews
  • Russia has already approved supply transit routes through its southern territory, and Lavrov said it was "ready to examine other kinds of constructive cooperation," news agency Itar-tass reported. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • I propose that this good little gentleman, that seems sair forfoughen, as I may say, in this tuilzie, shall send for a tass o' brandy and I'll pay for another, by way of archilowe,* and then we'll birl our bawbees a' round about, like brethren And fa's to pay my new ponnie plaid," said the larger Highlander, "wi' a hole burnt in't ane might put a kail-pat through? —  Rob Roy — Complete
  • Found at 5 / 7 / 2009 via www. itar-tass.com —  MP3Board.com
  • A little tass of cherry-brandy! —  The Virginians
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  1. from Middle English tasse, tas, taas, from Old French (and F.) tas, a heap, pile, stack; of Teutonic origin; cf. Anglo-Saxon *tas (Somner; properly *tæs, if it existed) = Dutch tas = Middle Low German tas (tass-), a mow, = Old High German *zas (Middle Latin tassia, tassus), a heap; cf. Gaelic dais, a mow of hay or corn, = Irish dais, a heap, pile, rick, = Welsh das, a heap, stack, rick, mow.
  2. Formerly also tasse; from French tasse = Spanish taza = Portuguese taça = Italian tazza, from Arabic Persian tās, a cup, goblet.
  3. Also tasse; from Middle English *tasse, tache, from Old French tasse, prob. also tasce = Italian tasca, a pouch, purse, prob. from Old High German tasca, Middle High German tasche, tesche, German tasche, a pocket, pouch, = Icelandic taska, a pocket, pouch, chest. Hence tasset. Cf. sabretash.
 

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