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Definition of taper
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Taper (v. t.) To make or cause to
taper.
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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..
Flagelliform
::
Flagelliform
(a.)
Shaped
like a
whiplash;
long,
slender,
round,
flexible,
and
(comming)
tapering..
Spire
::
Spire (n.) A
tapering
body that
shoots
up or out to a point in a
conical
or
pyramidal
form.
Specifically
(Arch.),
the roof of a tower when of a
pyramidal
form and high in
proportion
to its
width;
also, the
pyramidal
or
aspiring
termination
of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of
Strasburg
cathedral;
the
tapering
part of a
steeple,
or the
steeple
itself..
Nozzle
::
Nozzle
(n.) A short tube,
usually
tapering,
forming
the vent of a hose or
pipe..
Acumination
::
Acumination
(n.) A
sharpening;
termination
in a sharp
point;
a
tapering
point.
Tapered
::
Tapered
(a.)
Lighted
with a taper or
tapers;
as, a
tapered
choir..
Tapering
::
Tapering
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tape.
Plug
::
Plug (n.) A high,
tapering
silk hat..
Taper
::
Taper (n.) A small wax
candle;
a small
lighted
wax
candle;
hence,
a small
light..
Wedge
::
Wedge (n.) A piece of
metal,
or other hard
material,
thick at one end, and
tapering
to a thin edge at the
other,
used in
splitting
wood,
rocks,
etc., in
raising
heavy
bodies,
and the like. It is one of the six
elementary
machines
called
the
mechanical
powers.
See
Illust.
of
Mechanical
powers,
under
Mechanical..
Brad
::
Brad (n.) A thin nail,
usually
small,
with a
slight
projection
at the top on one side
instead
of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat
circular
head;
sometimes,
a
small,
tapering,
square-bodied
finishing
nail, with a
countersunk
head..
Scarf
::
Scarf (n.) In a piece which is to be
united
to
another
by a scarf
joint,
the part of the end or edge that is
tapered
off,
rabbeted,
or
notched
so as to be
thinner
than the rest of the
piece..
Fusiform
::
Fusiform
(a.)
Shaped
like a
spindle;
tapering
at each end; as, a
fusiform
root; a
fusiform
cell..
Stal
::
Staktometer
(n.) A drop
measurer;
a glass tube
tapering
to a small
orifice
at the
point,
and
having
a bulb in the
middle,
used for
finding
the
number
of drops in equal
quantities
of
different
liquids.
See
Pipette..
Taper
::
Taper (v. t.) To make or cause to
taper.
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..
Principal
::
Principal
(n.) One of
turrets
or
pinnacles
of
waxwork
and
tapers
with which the posts and
center
of a
funeral
hearse
were
formerly
crowned.
Graduated
::
Graduated
(a.)
Tapered;
-- said of a
bird's
tail when the outer
feathers
are
shortest,
and the
others
successively
longer..
Taper
::
Taper (n.) A
tapering
form;
gradual
diminution
of
thickness
in an
elongated
object;
as, the taper of a
spire..
Spinet
::
Spinescent
(a.)
Becoming
hard and
thorny;
tapering
gradually
to a
rigid,
leafless
point;
armed with
spines..
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