Obs. rare–1. Also 5 tach, tacche, tasche, tasshe. [Origin obscure.] Touch-wood, tinder.
1393. Langl., P. Pl., C. XX. 211. Bote þou haue tache [v.rr. tach, tasche, tasshe, B. XVII. 245 towe] to take hit with tunder and broches, Al þy labour is lost.
