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adv.
The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress.
v. i.
To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.
a.
Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.
n.
Same as Tailzie.
a.
Having no tail.
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Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
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Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules.
n.
One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing. See Illust. of Header.
n.
The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring.
n.
The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.
n.
The refuse part of stamped ore, thrown behind the tail of the buddle or washing apparatus. It is dressed over again to secure whatever metal may exist in it. Called also tails.
n.
Water in a tailrace.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Tailor
imp. & p. p.
of Tailor
a.
Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.
n.
Same as Tail, n., 8 (a).
a.
Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe, under Wood.
n.
A female tailor.
a.
Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red.
n.
An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch, grouper, and flasher.
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