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Definition of taper
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of taper is as below...
Taper (a.)
Regularly
narrowed
toward
the
point;
becoming
small
toward
one end;
conical;
pyramidical;
as, taper
fingers..
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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..
Toggle
::
Toggle
(n.) A
wooden
pin
tapering
toward
both ends with a
groove
around
its
middle,
fixed
transversely
in the eye of a rope to be
secured
to any other loop or bight or ring; a kind of
button
or frog
capable
of being
readily
engaged
and
disengaged
for
temporary
purposes..
Rat-tailed
::
Rat-tailed
(a.)
Having
a long,
tapering
tail like that of a rat..
Taper
::
Taper (v. t.) To make or cause to
taper.
Taperness
::
Taperness
(n.) The
quality
or state of being
taper;
tapering
form;
taper.
Subulicornes
::
Subulated
(a.) Very
narrow,
and
tapering
gradually
to a fine point from a
broadish
base;
awl-shaped;
linear..
Whip-shaped
::
Whip-shaped
(a.)
Shaped
like the lash of a whip; long,
slender,
round,
and
tapering;
as, a
whip-shaped
root or
stem..
Wany
::
Wany (a.)
Waning
or
diminished
in some
parts;
not of
uniform
size
throughout;
-- said
especially
of sawed
boards
or
timber
when
tapering
or
uneven,
from being cut too near the
outside
of the log..
Pin-tailed
::
Pin-tailed
(a.)
Having
a
tapered
tail, with the
middle
feathers
longest;
-- said of
birds..
Eristalis
::
Eristalis
(n.) A genus of
dipterous
insects
whose young
(called
rat-tailed
larvae)
are
remarkable
for their long
tapering
tail, which
spiracles
at the tip, and for their
ability
to live in very
impure
and salt
waters;
-- also
called
drone fly..
Illuminati
::
Illuminati
(v. t.)
Persons
in the early
church
who had
received
baptism;
in which
ceremony
a
lighted
taper was given them, as a
symbol
of the
spiritual
illumination
they has
received
by that
sacrament..
Touch
::
Touch (v.) The
broadest
part of a plank
worked
top and but (see Top and but, under Top, n.), or of one
worked
anchor-stock
fashion
(that is,
tapered
from the
middle
to both
ends);
also, the
angles
of the stern
timbers
at the
counters..
Acuminate
::
Acuminate
(a.)
Tapering
to a
point;
pointed;
as,
acuminate
leaves,
teeth,
etc..
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..
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..
Graduated
::
Graduated
(a.)
Tapered;
-- said of a
bird's
tail when the outer
feathers
are
shortest,
and the
others
successively
longer..
Grenadier
::
Grenadier
(n.) Any
marine
fish of the genus
Macrurus,
in which the body and tail taper to a
point;
they
mostly
inhabit
the deep sea; --
called
also onion fish, and
rat-tail
fish..
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..
Tapering
::
Tapering
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tape.
Lanceolated
::
Lanceolated
(a.)
Rather
narrow,
tapering
to a point at the apex, and
sometimes
at the base also; as, a
lanceolate
leaf..
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