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tass.

A heap, pile.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/tæs/

  1. A heap, pile.

    obsolete · rare
Where this word comes from

Partly from Middle English tas (“heap”), from Old French tas (“heap”), from Frankish *tas (“mass, pile”); and partly from Middle English taas (“heap, mow of corn”), from Old English tas (“heap, mow of grain”); both from Proto-Germanic *tasaz, *tassaz (“heap, mow, stack”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide, split, section, part, separate”). Related to Middle Dutch tas, tasse (“heap, pile”, Dutch tas), Middle Low German tas (“mow of hay or wheat”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 (ungatass, “disorganised, irregular”); and possibly also to Old High German zetten (“to straw, fertilise”), Old Norse tað (“spread dung”). See tath.

noun/tæs/

  1. A cup or cupful.

    Northern-England · Scotland · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English *tasse, from Old French tasse (Modern French tasse (“cup, cupful”)). Cognate with Dutch tas (“cup”), German Tasse (“mug”). Doublet of tazza.

noun/tæs/

  1. Synonym of tasse.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English tasse, tache, from Old French tasse, tasche (“purse; pouch”), from Frankish *taskā (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ, cognate with Old High German tasca (“pouch”), German Tasche (“pocket; pouch”).

noun/tæs/

  1. An Oriental silk fabric, with gold or silver thread.

Where this word comes from

From Hindi; compare तसर (tasar, “shuttle (weaving)”).

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