A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Talyage], sb. a taxing, Prompt. (s.v. taske); tallage, flavour, S3; talage, HD.—Low Lat. talliagium, a taxing, testing public weights and measures (Ducange).

[ Tan], pp. taken, S2; see [Take].

[ Tancrit], adj. transcribed; tancrete, S3.—OF. tancrit; Lat. transcriptum (Ducange).

[ Tang], sb. sea-weed, SkD, JD. Comb.: tang-fish, the seal, JD.—Icel. þang.

[ Tangle], sb. sea-weed, HD, JD.—Icel. þöngull.

[ Tangle], v. to twist confusedly; tangell, Palsg.; tangild, pp., ensnared, H (p. 149).

[ Tapecer], sb. a maker of tapestry, Prompt.; tapicer, C; tapesere, Prompt.—OF. tapissier, from tapis, tapiz; Late Gr. ταπίτιον, for ταπήτιον. Cf. [Tapet].

[ Tapecerye], sb. tapestry, HD.—OF. tapisserie.

[ Tapet], sb. cloth, hangings, tapestry, Prompt., ND; tappet, HD; tapite, S3; tapyt, Voc.; tapett, Cath.; tapetis, pl. (= Lat. tapetes), W2; tapites, HD; tapets, S3. Der.: tapiter, a maker of tapestry, HD.—Lat. tapete, from Gr. ταπήτιον Cf. [Tapecer].

[ Tapinage], sb. secret sculking, HD.—OF. tapinage (Ducange); cp. tapir, to hide (Cotg.).