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1 taccum [ME tak], tachia [AN tache; cf. attachia], tacco 1 sort of nail. 1285 in taccis et coreo rubeo et in opere ad idem Fabr. Exon. 6. 2 fastening, clasp. 1212 pro ‥ tachiis et laquis sericis ad cameram regis Pipe 14; 1286 pro iiij ameraudis ad tachiam mantelli S. Edwardi KR Ac 972/11 m. 3; 1275 unus [sc. annulus] ‥ habet in se saphirum grossum ‥ cum quatuor tachiis prominentibus Cart. Glouc. I 171. 3 piece attached to repair, strengthen, or protect, patch: a (material, attached to shoe); b (applied to metal plate used on a cart to prevent wear). a nova calciamenta tenentem / spectabat juvenem commercantemque tacones V. Merl. 496; ementem / calciamenta virum vidi pariterque tacones / ut postquam dissuta forent usuque forata / illa resartiret primosque pararet ad usus Ib. 515; 1293 duo pictacia sive taconos cum quolibet pare [sotularium] Reg. Newbattle 174 p. 141.  b 1211 in clutis, clavis, uncto, sapone, et tacca emptis, v s. ij d. ob. Pipe Wint. 89; 1248 in tackis et clavis ad carectas, ij d. ob. (Portland) Ac. Man. Wint.; 1280 in xij tackis cum clavis suis ad axes carectarum tackandos emptis, ix d. (Stockton) Ib.; 1316 in xx takkis emptis ad idem [sc. ad plaustra renovanda] iij s. vj d. Cart. Glam. 832.
2 taccum [ME, ON tak], fee charged for the right to keep swine. c1170 cum tacco et cum tollo et cum omnibus libertatibus Ch. Chester 168; 1257 idem reddit compotum de j sue recepta de tacco MinAc Abergavenny 120; c1290 omnes burgenses mei qui porcos habuerint ‥ dent rectum takcum quando pasturant infra predictas communas (Altrincham) BBC 82; 1465 Desford’ curia tacc’ porcorum tenta ibidem ‥ de Roberto Taillour pro j porco, j d. DL CourtR 80/1106; 1510 curia tacc’ porcorum ‥ J. Smyth pro ij porcellis j d. Ib. 81/1108.

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