A gentle blow. A tap on the shoulder;-an-arrest. To tap a girl; to be the first seducer: in allusion to a beer barrel. To tap a guinea; to get it changed.
·vi To strike a gentle blow. II. Tap ·vt To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing. III. Tap ·noun A ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
To add a new sole or heel to a shoe. Hertfordshire, England.--Worcester. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
A peg in the heel of a shoe, taken out when it is finished. A person leaving any liquor in his glass...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
the heel-piece of a shoe. North. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Opprobriously applied to those who would "drink anything;" from the tale of the drunkard who stole s...
The Sailor's Word-Book