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Definition of taper
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Taper (n.) A small wax
candle;
a small
lighted
wax
candle;
hence,
a small
light..
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Tapered
::
Tapered
(a.)
Lighted
with a taper or
tapers;
as, a
tapered
choir..
Corona
::
Corona
(n.) A crown or
circlet
suspended
from the roof or
vaulting
of
churches,
to hold
tapers
lighted
on
solemn
occasions.
It is
sometimes
formed
of
double
or
triple
circlets,
arranged
pyramidically.
Called
also
corona
lucis..
Pin-tailed
::
Pin-tailed
(a.)
Having
a
tapered
tail, with the
middle
feathers
longest;
-- said of
birds..
Tapering
::
Tapering
(a.)
Becoming
gradually
smaller
toward
one end.
Taper
::
Taper (n.) A small wax
candle;
a small
lighted
wax
candle;
hence,
a small
light..
Fid
::
Fid (n.) A pin of hard wood,
tapering
to a
point,
used to open the
strands
of a rope in
splicing..
Surge
::
Surge (n.) The
tapered
part of a
windlass
barrel
or a
capstan,
upon which the cable
surges,
or
slips..
Terebra
::
Terebra
(n.) A genus of
marine
gastropods
having
a long,
tapering
spire.
They
belong
to the
Toxoglossa.
Called
also auger
shell..
Hig-taper
::
Hig-taper
(n.) A plant of the genus
Verbascum
(V.
Thapsus);
the
common
mullein.
[Also
high-taper
and
hag-taper..
Yard
::
Yard (v. i.) A long piece of
timber,
nearly
cylindrical,
tapering
toward
the ends, and
designed
to
support
and
extend
a
square
sail. A yard is
usually
hung by the
center
to the mast. See
Illust.
of
Ship..
Rat-tail
::
Rat-tail
(a.) Like a rat's tail in form; as, a
rat-tail
file, which is
round,
slender,
and
tapering.
See
Illust.
of
File..
Nozzle
::
Nozzle
(n.) A short tube,
usually
tapering,
forming
the vent of a hose or
pipe..
Belemnite
::
Belemnite
(n.) A
conical
calcareous
fossil,
tapering
to a point at the lower
extremity,
with a
conical
cavity
at the other end, where it is
ordinarily
broken;
but when
perfect
it
contains
a small
chambered
cone,
called
the
phragmocone,
prolonged,
on one side, into a
delicate
concave
blade;
the
thunderstone.
It is the
internal
shell of a
cephalopod
related
to the
sepia,
and
belonging
to an
extinct
family.
The
belemnites
are found in rocks of the
Jurassic
and
Cretaceous
ages..
Pintail
::
Pintail
(n.) A
northern
duck
(Dafila
acuta),
native
of both
continents.
The adult male has a long,
tapering
tail.
Called
also gray duck,
piketail,
piket-tail,
spike-tail,
split-tail,
springtail,
sea
pheasant,
and gray
widgeon..
Cucumiform
::
Cucumiform
(a.)
Having
the form of a
cucumber;
having
the form of a
cylinder
tapered
and
rounded
at the ends, and
either
straight
or
curved..
Tatouay
::
Tatouay
(n.) An
armadillo
(Xenurus
unicinctus),
native
of the
tropical
parts of South
America.
It has about
thirteen
movable
bands
composed
of
small,
nearly
square,
scales.
The head is long; the tail is round and
tapered,
and
nearly
destitute
of
scales;
the claws of the fore feet are very
large.
Called
also
tatouary,
and
broad-banded
armadillo..
Knout
::
Knout (n.) A kind of whip for
flogging
criminals,
formerly
much used in
Russia.
The last is a
tapering
bundle
of
leather
thongs
twisted
with wire and
hardened,
so that it
mangles
the
flesh..
Cone
::
Cone (n.) A solid of the form
described
by the
revolution
of a
right-angled
triangle
about one of the sides
adjacent
to the right
angle;
--
called
also a right cone. More
generally,
any solid
having
a
vertical
point and
bounded
by a
surface
which is
described
by a
straight
line
always
passing
through
that
vertical
point;
a solid
having
a
circle
for its base and
tapering
to a point or
vertex..
Taper
::
Taper (v. i.) To
become
gradually
smaller
toward
one end; as, a sugar loaf
tapers
toward
one end..
Tapering
::
Tapering
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tape.
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