c. 1400. Occleve MS. [Soc. Ant.], 134, f. 279. And to his fadris maneris enclyne, And wikkid TACCHIS and vices eschewe.
[..?..] MS. Cantab, Ff. i. 6, f. 157. It is a TACCHE of a devouryng hounde To resseyve superfluyté and do excesse.
d. 1565. Chaloner, Moriæ Euc., p. 3, b. It is a common TATCHE, naturally gevin to all men, as well as priests, to watche well for theyr owne lucre.
1612. Warner, Albion’s England, Bk. xiii. p. 318. First Jupiter that did usurp his father’s throne, Of whom even his adorers write evil TACHES many an one.
1822. Nares, Glossary, s.v. Tache or Tatch. A blot, spot, stain, or vice; tache, French.
1847. Halliwell, Archaic Words, s.v. Tache.... A quality, or disposition; a trick; enterprise; boldness of design. (A.-N.)
Verb (Tonbridge).—To stare at: mostly confined to one House.
Tack, subs. (Sherborne).—A feast in one’s study.
Tag, subs. (Winchester).—An off-side kick: at football. Also as verb.
c. 1840. Mansfield, School-Life at Winchester (1866), 237. Tag.... When a player has kicked the ball well forward, and has followed it, if it was then kicked back again behind him by the other side, he was then obliged to return to his original position with his own side. If the ball had, in the meantime, been again kicked in front of him, before he regained his position, and he was to kick it, it would be considered unfair, and he would be said TO TAG.