TAPPIT HEN

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head. [Scot.] Jamieson.

2.
n.

A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); -- so called from a knob on the lid, though to resemble a crested hen. [Scot.] Jamieson.