Definition of tail

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Tail (a.) Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail..

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Pigtail :: Pigtail (n.) A cue, or queue..
Graduated :: Graduated (a.) Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer..
Waggie :: Waggie (n.) The pied wagtail.
Fud :: Fud (n.) The tail of a hare, coney, etc..
Querquedule :: Querquedule (n.) The pintail duck.
Phleum :: Phleum (n.) A genus of grasses, including the timothy (Phleum pratense), which is highly valued for hay; cat's-tail grass..
Drabble-tail :: Drabble-tail (n.) A draggle-tail; a slattern.
Entailed :: Entailed (imp. & p. p.) of Entai.
Enumeration :: Enumeration (n.) A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed..
Spinetail :: Spinetail (n.) Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines..
Lyre Bird :: Lyre bird () Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail..
Pragmatical :: Pragmatical (a.) Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; -- said of literature..
Stained :: Stail (n.) A handle, as of a mop; a stale..
Argus :: Argus (n.) A genus of East Indian pheasants. The common species (A. giganteus) is remarkable for the great length and beauty of the wing and tail feathers of the male. The species A. Grayi inhabits Borneo.
Headstock :: Headstock (n.) The part of a lathe that holds the revolving spindle and its attachments; -- also called poppet head, the opposite corresponding part being called a tailstock..
Snail :: Snail (n.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock..
Whiterump :: Whiterump (n.) The American black-tailed godwit.
Cat O'' Nine Tails :: Cat o' nine tails () See under Cat.
Whipparee :: Whipparee (n.) A large sting ray (Dasybatis, / Trygon, Sayi) native of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail..
Retail :: Retail (n.) To distribute in small portions or at second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been told or done); to report; as, to retail slander..
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