Tāp'ish or Tāp'pīs, v. i.

[Fr. tapir, to squat.] To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self. [Written also tappice.] [Obs. and rare.]

As a hound that, having roused a hart, Although he tapish ne'er so soft. Chapman.