different between cass vs tass

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English cassen, from Old French casser, from Late Latin cass?, from Latin cassus (“empty, hollow”), and perhaps influenced by quass? (“to shake, shatter”).

Verb

cass (third-person singular simple present casses, present participle cassing, simple past and past participle cassed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To render useless or void; to annul; to reject; to send away.

   •1687 James II/VII of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland Declaration of Indulgence  : "(...)Do therefore, with Advice and Consent aforesaid, Cass, Annul and Discharge all Oaths whatsoever, by which any of Our Subjects are incapacitated or disabled from holding Places, or Offices in Our said Kingdom (...)"

Etymology 2

Noun

cass

1. (computing, dated) Abbreviation of cassette.
   • 1985, Stephen Doyle, GCSE Computer Studies for You (page 214)

     STOCK CONTROL / CASS / DATASOFT / 12.81

   • 1988, PC Mag (volume 7, number 7, page 62)

     Radio Shaft color computer w/printer & cass. drive, several programs, $250.

Anagrams

• ASCs, CSAs, SACs, Sacs, sacs

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?s/

Noun

cass f (genitive singular coshey, plural cassyn)

1. foot, leg

Derived terms

• daa-chassagh, daa-choshagh
• yl-chassagh, yl-choshagh

Mutation

English

Alternative forms

• tas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæs/

Etymology 1

Partly from Middle English tas (“heap”), from Old French tas (“heap”), from 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 *deh?y- (“to divide, split, section, part, separate”). Related to Middle Dutch tas, tasse (“heap, pile”, Dutch tas), 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.

Noun

tass (plural tasses)

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

Etymology 2

From Middle English *tasse, from Old French tasse (Modern French tasse (“cup, cupful”)). Cognate with Dutch tas (“cup”), German Tasse (“mug”). Doublet of tazza.

Noun

tass (plural tasses)

1. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A cup or cupful.

Etymology 3

From Middle English tasse, tache, from Old French tasse, tasche (“purse; pouch”), from Frankish *taska (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *task?, cognate with Old High German tasca (“pouch”), German Tasche (“pocket; pouch”).

Alternative forms

• tasse

Noun

tass (plural tasses)

1. Synonym of tasse

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Etymology 4

From Hindi [Term?].

Alternative forms

• tash

Noun

tass

1. An Oriental silk fabric, with gold or silver thread.

Anagrams

• Ass't, Asst, SATs, STAS, asst., sats

Swedish

Etymology

Possibly from Ancient Greek ?????? (tarsós) or more likely from German Tatze.

Noun

tass c

1. a paw (animal's foot)

2. (colloquial) a hand

Declension

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Finnish: tassu

References

• tass in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• sats