tass

Definition of tass

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(obsolete, rare)A heap, pile.

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noun

(obsolete, rare)A heap, pile.
(Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal)A cup or cupful.

“"Here, Dougal," said the Laird, "gie Steenie a tass of brandy down stairs, till I count the siller and write the receipt."”
Synonym of tasse.
An Oriental silk fabric, with gold or silver thread.
(form-of, plural)plural of TAS

name

(historical)Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union

“In his remarks at the close of the summit, Lavrov also hailed the German government’s refusal to send Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine as a “responsible stance,” TASS reported.”
A village in Bács-Kiskun, Hungary.
Former name of Nyírtass: a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hungary.

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Etymology

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…

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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.

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