Definition of tail

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Tail (n.) The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the expression heads or tails, employed when a coin is thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its fall..

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Bob Wig :: Bob wig () A short wig with bobs or short curls; -- called also bobtail wig.
Vanjas :: Vanjas (n.) The Australian pied crow shrike (Strepera graculina). It is glossy bluish black, with the under tail coverts and the tips and bases of the tail feathers white..
Tailpin :: Tailpin (n.) The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.
Fork-tailed :: Fork-tailed (a.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.
Argus :: Argus (n.) A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to the peacock's tail..
Sharptail :: Sharptail (n.) The pintail grouse, or prairie chicken..
Tailoring :: Tailoring (adv.) The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress.
Soma :: Soma (n.) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail..
Point :: Point (n.) That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as, the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story, etc..
Pragmatical :: Pragmatical (a.) Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; -- said of literature..
Lewisson :: Lewisson (n.) An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc..
Tailing :: Tailing (n.) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff.
Lungoor :: Lungoor (n.) A long-tailed monkey (Semnopithecus schislaceus), from the mountainous districts of India..
Foxtail :: Foxtail (n.) The last cinders obtained in the fining process.
Springtide :: Springtail (n.) Any one of numerous species of small apterous insects belonging to the order Thysanura. They have two elastic caudal stylets which can be bent under the abdomen and then suddenly extended like a spring, thus enabling them to leap to a considerable distance. See Collembola, and Podura..
Caudated :: Caudated (a.) Having a tail; having a termination like a tail.
Ecaudate :: Ecaudate (a.) Without a tail or spur.
Podura :: Podura (n.) Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura and related genera; a springtail.
Mona :: Mona (n.) A small, handsome, long-tailed West American monkey (Cercopithecus mona). The body is dark olive, with a spot of white on the haunches..
Retail :: Retail (a.) Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer.
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