Tass

Alternative forms

• tas

Partly from Middle English tas ("heap"), from Old French tas ("heap"), from Old 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 *dāy- ("to divide, split, section, part, separate"). Related to Middle Dutch tas, tasse (Dutch tas, "heap, pile"), Middle Low German tas ("mow of hay or wheat"), Gothic (ungatass, "disorganised, irregular"); and possibly also to Old High German zetten ("to straw, fertilise"), Old Norse tað ("spread dung"). See tath.

Full definition of tass

Noun

1. (rare or obsolete) a heap, pile.

Compare French tasse ("cup, cupful").

Noun

1. A cup or cupful.
• 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet"Here, Dougal," said the Laird, "gie Steenie a tass of brandy down stairs, till I count the siller and write the receipt."

Anagrams

• sats