Vocabulary : Tailless to Tailrace
Tailless : Having no tail.
Taillie : Same as Tailzie.
Tailor : One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments. ;; The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring. ;; The silversides. ;; The goldfish. ;; To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.
Tailored : of Tailor
Tailoress : A female tailor.
Tailoring : of Tailor ;; The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress.
Tailor-made : Made by a tailor or according to a tailor's fashion; -- said specif. of women's garments made with certain closeness of fit, simplicity of ornament, etc.
Tailpiece : A piece for transmitting motion from the hub of a lock to the latch bolt. ;; The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc. ;; A piece at the end; an appendage. ;; One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing. See Illust. of Header. ;; An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book. ;; A piece of ebony or other material attached to the lower end of a violin or similar instrument, to which the strings are fastened.
Tailpin : The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.
Tailrace : See Race, n., 6. ;; The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.
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