se tasser, v.r., (arch.) to sink, to settle, to subside; (of plants) to grow thick; (of persons) to draw or press closer, to crowd together.

tasser, v.n., (arch.) to settle; to sink; (hort.) to grow thick.

tassette, n.m., tasses, tassets (of armor).

tâte-poule, n.m., () (pop.) molly-coddle, molly.

tâter, v.a. and n., to feel; to try, to taste; to sound. — le pouls; to feel the pulse. — le courage de quelqu’un; to put any one’s courage to the test or proof. — quelqu’un sur une affaire; to sound any one respecting anything. — de quelque chose; to taste anything.

se tâter, v.r., to examine one’s self, to feel one’s self.

tâteu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., feeler, taster, irresolute person.

tâte-vin, n.m., () wine taster (instrument).

*tatillon, n.m., -ne, n.f., meddler, busy-body.

*tatillonnage, n.m., meddling, intermeddling.