Tap \Tap\, n. [AS. t[ae]ppa, akin to D. tap, G. zapfen, OHG. zapfo, Dan. tap, Sw. tapp, Icel. tappi. Cf. {Tampion}, {Tip}.] 1. A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
2. A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.
3. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap. [Colloq.]
4. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar. [Colloq.]
5. (Mech.) A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.
{On tap}. (a) Ready to be drawn; as, ale on tap. (b) Broached, or furnished with a tap; as, a barrel on tap.
{Plug tap} (Mech.), a screw-cutting tap with a slightly tapering end.
{Tap bolt}, a bolt with a head on one end and a thread on the other end, to be screwed into some fixed part, instead of passing through the part and receiving a nut. See Illust. under {Bolt}.
{Tap cinder} (Metal.), the slag of a puddling furnace.
Tap \Tap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tapping}.] [F. taper to strike; of Teutonic origin; cf. dial. G. tapp, tapps, a blow, tappe a paw, fist, G. tappen to grope.] 1. To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.
2. To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
Tap \Tap\, n. [Cf. F. tape. See {Tap} to strike.] 1. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat. --Addison.
2. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
3. pl. (Mil.) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo. --Wilhelm.
Tap \Tap\, v. i. To strike a gentle blow.
Tap \Tap\, v. t. 1. To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, a keg of beer, etc.
2. Hence, to draw resources from (a reservoir) in any analogous way; as, to tap someone's knowledge of the Unix system; to tap the treasury.
3. To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing. --Shak.
He has been tapping his liquors. --Addison.
4. (Mech.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut, a pipe, or tubing.
5. to connect a listening device to (a telephone or telegraph line) secretly, for the purpose of hearing private conversations; also, to obtain or record (information) by tapping; -- a technique used by law enforcement agencies investigating suspected criminals. In the United States it is illegal without a court order permitting it. [PJC]
Faucet \Fau"cet\, n. [F. fausset, perh. fr. L. fauces throat.] 1. A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also {tap}, and {cock}. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.
2. The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section.
The Kremlin said it was tightening the tap on Lithuania's natural gas supply Tuesday and may cut oil and gasoline to the Baltic republic for refusing to rescind pro-independence laws, Lithuanian leaders said.
He said it would cost only $700 to connect to the corner tap, and that district commissioners offered to come out on their own time and dig the ditch.
Canon's project to develop 3-D graphics based on software rather than hardware is another example of R&D that the group felt would be better done in the UK than in Japan. The Japanese have been quick to tap the expertise of their EC partners.
The development bank is sending a technical aid mission to Jamaica and is expected to tap a special $80 million fund set up by Japan to provide an emergency grant to Jamaica.
It said the likely gross sales of gilts would be Pounds 37bn, and it would continue to fund via a combination of monthly gilt auctions and sales of stock 'on tap' in the secondary market.
To that end, he portrayed himself as a knife-throwing tap dancer from the Australian Outback.
'We have the resources on tap, they get the career opportunities,' says Mr Gunn. Athesa's sister company, the People Plus head-hunters, are part of the partnership.
Several lawmakers urged Mr. Watkins to push U.S. allies to tap their reserves, too.
Others say it is a lull, predicting that China will be able to tap investors again for capital. 'We believe the dragon bond market is about to balloon.
It aims to attract close to Fl 10bn of funding through the entire six tranche tap issue. In total, the government has raised Fl 23.45bn via 30-year, 10-year and 15-year public bonds this year and an unspecified amount via private placements.
So far, sap water doesn't appear to have made many waves. "Not tap water, but sap water?
Frustrated neophytes trying to tap the presumed hoard of Japanese money can resort to unorthodox tactics.
The union also has said it intends to tap excess funds from employee pension plans and use savings from across-the-board salary cuts to alleviate the debt the transaction would place on the company.
If the idea catches on, UNC can tap additional capacity; it has two similar extraction plants still in mothballs in New Mexico and Rhode Island.
Also on tap for the fall in syndication is another "reality-based" show, "Family Medical Center" from Lorimar.
"My principal reason for running is to be in Annapolis during the reapportionment consideration in 1991 and '92," said Diggs, explaining that he wants to tap the political potential of blacks in the state.
The second for the FDP - because of Genscher.' Mr Genscher continued to tap in to the crowd's memory.
The 41-year-old heir to the British throne said greater initiatives were needed to tap the skills, experience, enthusiasm and time of retired people.
Separately, the Energy Department doesn't expect to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until next month at the earliest, barring more fighting.
Much of the paper has been issued at the very short end of the market from seven days upwards. The Treuhand has said it will tap the market in maturities between seven days and two years.
The plan is to provide modest subsidies for groups wanting to tap into such a communications network, thus giving the private sector an incentive to accelerate plans for its construction.
But medicines now come Ready-made and on tap, Then switched to containers That you cannot uncap.
They hope to tap the reservoir to sell water to Denver residents.
Separately, New York City has solidified its plans to tap the market with $1.2 billion of short-term notes.
A former Fed employee, who had left his job to join E.F. Hutton & Co. as an analyst, tried to get unauthorized advance information about Fed money-supply numbers by using a former colleague's name and access code to tap into the Fed's computer.
Several computer makers are investigating a new technology that allows one machine on a network to tap into the brains of other computers that are switched on but aren't being used.
Kodak is expected to name Mr. Pietruski's successor today and probably will tap one of its own executives.
That makes those plants particularly vulnerable if a drought materializes because their roots can't tap moisture deep in the soil.
Most supporters wanted the visits to go ahead. Also at risk were the visits of the New Zealand and Australian rugby teams, and a cricket tour by India. A sports boycott cannot be turned on and off like a tap.
It also has more than 70 technical advisers on tap to tell potential users about available technology.