tappitadj.
Scottish.
= topped adj.1; esp. crested, tufted; chiefly in the collocation tappit hen n. (a) a hen having a crest or topknot; (b) a drinking-vessel having a lid with a knob; spec. one containing a Scotch quart.
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1721 A. Ramsay Ode to Ph—— iii That mutchkin stoup it hauds but dribs, Then let's get in the tappit hen.
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 823 The tappit-hen gae bring her ben, To welcome Willie Stewart.
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xi. 148 A huge pewter measuring-pot, containing at least three English quarts, familiarly denominated a Tappit Hen . View more context for this quotation
1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish ii. 31 His head powdered and frizzled up like a tappit-hen.
1906 Athenæum 30 June 803/3 Of genuine old pewter..here are..flagons, tappit-hens, toddy-ladles.
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