Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tapish

Tapish , intransitive verb

[French se tapir to squat.]

To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self. [Obsolete or Provincial English]
As a hound that, having roused a hart, Although he tappish ne'er so soft. — Chapman