transitive. To clap with the open hand or the like; to pat, slap lightly. Obsolete.

? To touch with or as with a feather; to touch lightly. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To touch (lightly). (All in Caxton only.)

transitive. To touch, feel; to handle gently; to caress. Also figurative: †to cajole, flatter (obsolete). Also intransitive.

transitive. Rarely used in French sense: To touch or stroke lightly and caressingly. Obsolete.

transitive. To touch lightly, pat, tap. dialect.

To handle, however slightly. Chiefly in negative constructions or contexts. transitive. To handle, however briefly or cursorily; to do anything…