Middle English Dictionary Entry

tachen v.(1)
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

Note: Cp. takken v.
1.
(a) To fasten (sth. to sth.), attach; also fig.;—also without obj.; nail (sb. to a cross or tree); also, sew (sth. to a garment); ppl. tachinge, sticking together, gluey; (b) to tie (a horse to sth.); secure (a book with a chain, a purse with a silk cord); wel tached, of a grate or window: well secured, locked; (c) to place (sth. in sth.), fix, implant; ben tached ful of teth, have firmly implanted teeth; (d) ~ up, to set (sth.) up, erect; (e) to append (a bill to a document); (f) of a fish: to collect together or shoal with (its own species); (g) ben tached in, of a morbid condition or an ailment: to be found in (a hawk), occur.
2.
(a) To reserve (property) for one's own use, claim; (b) law to take (sb.) into custody, arrest; legally bind (sb.) to appear in court; also fig.

Supplemental Materials (draft)

  • a1525 BodEMus.52 Artist.Recipes (BodEMus 52) 188/27 : Take chalke and a lytell saferon and glayre, and grynde þem togeder long upon a ston to it be sumwhat tachyng.
  • Note: Postdates sense 1.(a).