tache noun¹. [tɑ:ʃ, taʃ] ME.
[Old French teche, (also mod.) tache, ult. from Frankish = a token.]
1. a. A spot, a blotch, a blot. obsolete exc. Scot. ME.
b. Medicine. A blemish on the skin, an organ, etc. Usu. with French specifying word. L19.
c. Art. A dab or dash of colour. Cf. TACHISM. M20.
Art & Design Bright colour taches..dispel the suggestions of a formal composition.

2. fig.
a. A moral spot or blemish; a fault or vice; a bad quality or habit. ME-E17.
b. An imputation of fault or disgrace; a stain or blot on one's character; a stigma. Scot. E17.
■ M. Napier The only tache upon his military fame.

3. A distinctive mark, quality, or habit; a trait, a characteristic. obsolete exc. dial. LME.

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tache noun². [tatʃ] Now rare. Also tach. LME.
[Old French tache fibula, clasp, a large nail: alt. of TACK noun¹.]
1. A device for fastening two parts together; a fibula, a buckle, a hook and eye, etc.; a hook from which an object is suspended. Cf. TACK noun¹ 1. arch. LME.
b. A band or strap used for fastening. Cf. TACK noun¹ 3. rare. obsolete exc. Scot. E17.
c. fig. A means of attachment, a link, a connecting bond. E18.

2. A rest for the shank of a punch or drill. Now dial. L17.

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tache noun³. [tatʃ] In sense 1 also teache. M17.
[French tache, tèche plate of iron.]
1. In sugar-making, each pan of the series through which the juice of the sugar cane passes during the evaporation process; esp. the smallest and last of these pans (also striking-tache). M17.

2. A flat iron pan in which tea leaves are dried. E18-E19.

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tache verb¹ trans. [tatʃ, taʃ] LME.
[Old French tachier (mod. tacher) stain, soil, formed as TACHE noun¹.]
1. Stain or taint, esp. morally, or with the imputation of guilt or disgraceful conduct; stigmatize. obsolete exc. Scot. LME.

2. Blemish, deface; mar or spoil slightly by handling or use; make the worse for wear. Scot. E18.

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tache verb² trans. [tatʃ] ME.
[Partly from TACHE noun², partly aphet. from ATTACH verb.]
1. Fasten, fix, secure (a person or thing). obsolete exc. Scot. & dial. ME.

2. = ATTACH verb 1, 4. LME-M17.

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