Definition of tail

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Tail (n.) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; -- called also tailing..

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Curtail Dog :: Curtail dog () A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running; hence, a dog not fit for sporting..
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A species of willow.
Tailblock :: Tailblock (n.) A block with a tail. See Tail, 9..
Job :: "Job (v. t.) To buy and sell, as a broker; to purchase of importers or manufacturers for the purpose of selling to retailers; as, to job goods..
Ratfish :: Ratfish (n.) Same as Rat-tail.
Circumstantiate :: Circumstantiate (v. t.) To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into details concerning.
Wedge-tailed :: Wedge-tailed (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..
Culvertailed :: Culvertailed (a.) United or fastened by a dovetailed joint.
Bobtailed :: Bobtailed (a.) Having the tail cut short, or naturally short; curtailed; as, a bobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat..
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..
Rat-tail :: Rat-tail (n.) The California chimaera. See Chimaera.
Urochord :: Urochord (n.) The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates.
Sea Snake :: Sea snake () Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a flattened tail and living entirely in the sea, especially in the warmer parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They feed upon fishes, and are mostly of moderate size, but some species become eight or ten feet long and four inches broad..
Draper :: Draper (n.) One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor..
Taille :: Taille (n.) The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola..
Police :: Police (n.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison..
Swingletree :: Swingletail (n.) The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher..
Ragamuffin :: Ragamuffin (n.) The long-tailed titmouse.
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap..
Tagtail :: Tagtail (n.) A person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a hanger-on.
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