† taponn.

Forms: Also Middle English tapyn, 1500s tappone, tawpon, talpoun, 1600s tapoun.

Etymology: < French tapon (1382 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), earlier form of tampon plug, etc., < taper to plug (of Old Low German origin: see tap v.¹).

Scottish. Obsolete.

A word having the general sense ‘plug, peg, pin’, in various applications.

1. A peg in a drinking-vessel, a pin; = peg n.¹ 2b, pin n.¹ 1f.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > closure for a vessel, tube, etc. > spigot

dossil1297

spigot1383

spicket14..

tap-staff14..

faucetc1430

dottle1440

tap-tree1483

tapon1543

forcehead1598

spiddock1629

spile1707

vent-peg1707

pale1726

spile-pega1825

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 569/40 Calopodium, a tapyn.

1543 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 112 That all nichtboures..sendand for wyne..haif thair pynts of just mesure merkett with the townis merk, and that the samyn haif ane talpoun as vse is in vther pairts.

1543–4 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 115 Stowppis of mesour with tawponis in the hals, merket with the townis merk.

1551 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 161 That the samyn haue ane tappone as vs is in vther pairtis.

2. A peg acting as a tappet (tappet n.).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > tappet

tapon1640

tappet1745

wiper1796

wipe1884

1640 A. Melville in Extracts fr. Comm.-pl. (1899) 29 The said quheill hath of taponis that liftis ye hamer 8.

3. A main branch or ramification of the root of a tree or plant; a subsidiary root.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > root > [noun] > rootlet, fibre, or subsidiary root

string1398

by-root1578

fillet1601

taw1615

tapon1641

fibre1656

fang1664

fibril1664

rootlinga1706

lateral root1724

rootlet1783

radicle1793

radicel1819

viver1877

branch-root1884

sprangle1896

thong1927

1641 R. Baillie Let. 6 Feb. (1841) I. 298 We trust God will putt them [the Bishops] doun, bot the difficultie to gett all the tapouns of their roots pulled up are yet insuperable by the arme of man.

4. tapon staff n. ? the stave containing the vent-peg.

ΚΠ

1661 Sc. Acts Chas. II (1820) VII. 230/2 That no barrell be sooner made and bloune, but the Coupers birne be set theron, on the tapon staff thairof.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	tapon
释义	† taponn. Forms: Also Middle English tapyn, 1500s tappone, tawpon, talpoun, 1600s tapoun. Etymology: < French tapon (1382 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), earlier form of tampon plug, etc., < taper to plug (of Old Low German origin: see tap v.¹). Scottish. Obsolete. A word having the general sense ‘plug, peg, pin’, in various applications. 1. A peg in a drinking-vessel, a pin; = peg n.¹ 2b, pin n.¹ 1f. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > closure for a vessel, tube, etc. > spigot dossil1297 spigot1383 spicket14.. tap-staff14.. faucetc1430 dottle1440 tap-tree1483 tapon1543 forcehead1598 spiddock1629 spile1707 vent-peg1707 pale1726 spile-pega1825 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 569/40 Calopodium, a tapyn. 1543 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 112 That all nichtboures..sendand for wyne..haif thair pynts of just mesure merkett with the townis merk, and that the samyn haif ane talpoun as vse is in vther pairts. 1543–4 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 115 Stowppis of mesour with tawponis in the hals, merket with the townis merk. 1551 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 161 That the samyn haue ane tappone as vs is in vther pairtis. 2. A peg acting as a tappet (tappet n.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > tappet tapon1640 tappet1745 wiper1796 wipe1884 1640 A. Melville in Extracts fr. Comm.-pl. (1899) 29 The said quheill hath of taponis that liftis ye hamer 8. 3. A main branch or ramification of the root of a tree or plant; a subsidiary root. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > root > [noun] > rootlet, fibre, or subsidiary root string1398 by-root1578 fillet1601 taw1615 tapon1641 fibre1656 fang1664 fibril1664 rootlinga1706 lateral root1724 rootlet1783 radicle1793 radicel1819 viver1877 branch-root1884 sprangle1896 thong1927 1641 R. Baillie Let. 6 Feb. (1841) I. 298 We trust God will putt them [the Bishops] doun, bot the difficultie to gett all the tapouns of their roots pulled up are yet insuperable by the arme of man. 4. tapon staff n. ? the stave containing the vent-peg. ΚΠ 1661 Sc. Acts Chas. II (1820) VII. 230/2 That no barrell be sooner made and bloune, but the Coupers birne be set theron, on the tapon staff thairof. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.14..
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