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Meaning of TUCKET

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Tuck"et\, n. [It toccata a prelude, fr. toccare to
    touch. See {Toccata}, {Touch}.]
    A slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare. [Obs.]
    {Tucket sonance}, the sound of the tucket. [Obs.]
             Let the trumpets sound The tucket sonance and the
             note to mount.                        --Shak.
    
  2. \Tuck"et\, n. [Cf. It. tocchetto a ragout of fish, meat,
    fr. tocco a bit, morsel, LL. tucetum, tuccetum, a thick
    gravy.]
    A steak; a collop. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
    
 
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