of or pertaining to a tail; situated in the tail or rear section (as of an aircraft)
remove the tail of an animal; furnish with a tail; come after, follow behind; gradually stop or disappear; follow a person in order to observe his activities
rear appendage on some animals; longer section at the back of an evening dress or jacket; detective who follows a person and keeps track of his activities; woman as a sex object (Derogatory Slang); buttocks, derriere (Slang)
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Tail Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Tail Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.
Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.
(n.)
A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
(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.
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.
(n.)
A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
(n.)
A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
(n.)
Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
(n.)
Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior part.
Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior part.
(n.)
Limitation; abridgment.
Limitation; abridgment.
(n.)
One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
(n.)
Same as Tailing, 4.
Same as Tailing, 4.
(n.)
See Tailing, n., 5.
See Tailing, n., 5.
(n.)
The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile.
The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile.
(n.)
The distal tendon of a muscle.
The distal tendon of a muscle.
(n.)
The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
(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.
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.
(n.)
The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal.
The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal.
(v. i.)
To hold by the end; -- said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; -- with in or into.
To hold by the end; -- said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; -- with in or into.
(v. i.)
To swing with the stern in a certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream.
To swing with the stern in a certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream.
(v. t.)
To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
(v. t.)
To pull or draw by the tail.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo pull or draw by the tail.
tail
\tail\, n.
1. pl. (rope making) in some forms of rope-laying machine, pieces of rope attached to the iron bar passing through the grooven wooden top containing the strands, for wrapping around the rope to be laid.
2. pl. a tailed coat; a tail coat. [colloq. or dial.]
tail
\tail\, n. (aëronautics) in flying machines, a plane or group of planes used at the rear to confer stability.
tail
\tail\ (?), n. [f. taille a cutting. see entail, tally.] (law) limitation; abridgment.
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Meaning
An item of group of minor importance influencing events more than its larger and more important neighbour. S.J. Perelman, the US humorist, used the phrase for a nice wittism after escaping the attentions of a group of prostitutes - 'A case of the tail dogging the wag'.
© 2004 The Phrase Finder. Take a look at Phrase Finder’s sister site, the Phrases Thesaurus, a subscription service for professional writers & language lovers.An item of group of minor importance influencing events more than its larger and more important neighbour. S.J. Perelman, the US humorist, used the phrase for a nice wittism after escaping the attentions of a group of prostitutes - 'A case of the tail dogging the wag'.
eireaball, earball m.; earr m.
tail end: geadán
tail end: geadán
Tail = n. soil; manure; muck
Bonllost = n. the tail end
Cloren = n. a rump, a tail
Cynffon = n. tail, rump
Ffwtog = n. a short tail, a scut
Llosgwrn = n. a tail
Llost = n. a dart; a sting; a tail
Llosten = n. a tail; genitals
Llwst = n. that parts off; a tail
Meroren = n. a tail, a trail
Rhagarnawdd = n. a plough tail
Rhon = n. a tail; a pike, a lance
Rhonell = n. a tail; hair of a tail
Tin = n. a tail, a bottom
Tincerdd = n. the tail of a craft; a tinker
Tail, (n.)
The part of an animal's spine that has transcended its natural limitations to set up an independent existence in a world of its own. Excepting in its foetal state, Man is without a tail, a privation of which he attests an hereditary and uneasy consciousness by the coat-skirt of the male and the train of the female, and by a marked tendency to ornament that part of his attire where the tail should be, and indubitably once was. This tendency is most observable in the female of the species, in whom the ancestral sense is strong and persistent. The tailed men described by Lord Monboddo are now generally regarded as a product of an imagination unusually susceptible to influences generated in the golden age of our pithecan past.
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)The part of an animal's spine that has transcended its natural limitations to set up an independent existence in a world of its own. Excepting in its foetal state, Man is without a tail, a privation of which he attests an hereditary and uneasy consciousness by the coat-skirt of the male and the train of the female, and by a marked tendency to ornament that part of his attire where the tail should be, and indubitably once was. This tendency is most observable in the female of the species, in whom the ancestral sense is strong and persistent. The tailed men described by Lord Monboddo are now generally regarded as a product of an imagination unusually susceptible to influences generated in the golden age of our pithecan past.
1. buttocks; rump; arse; 2. person who follows another, especially one who is employed to do so in order to hinder their escape or observe their movements; 3. (offensive) woman considered as a sex object: “nice bit of tail”; 4. follow close behind; 5. follow a person surreptitiously: “tailing a suspect”
really soon
state of utter confusion; flat spin
active personnel to administration
very short time; minute
"You are not competent to comment on the matter"
a prostitute
Noun
1. the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
(hypernym) process, outgrowth, appendage
(hyponym) rattle
(part-holonym) vertebrate, craniate
(part-meronym) dock
(derivation) dock, bob
2. the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"
(synonym) fag end, tail end
(hypernym) end, ending
3. any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
(synonym) tail end
(hypernym) projection
4. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
(synonym) buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
(hypernym) body part
(part-holonym) torso, trunk, body
5. a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
(synonym) shadow, shadower
(hypernym) follower
(derivation) chase, chase after, trail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
6. (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
(antonym) head
(hypernym) reverse, verso
(part-holonym) coin
(classification) plural, plural form
7. the rear part of an aircraft
(synonym) tail assembly, empennage
(hypernym) rear, back
(part-holonym) fuselage
(part-meronym) horizontal tail
8. the rear part of a ship
(synonym) stern, after part, quarter, poop
(hypernym) rear, back
(part-holonym) ship
(part-meronym) escutcheon
Verb
1. go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
(synonym) chase, chase after, trail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
(hypernym) pursue, follow
(hyponym) quest
(derivation) shadow, shadower
2. remove or shorten the tail of an animal
(synonym) dock, bob
(hypernym) cut
3. remove the stalk of fruits or berries
(hypernym) top, pinch
Tail Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
The rear of a container.
The rear of a container.
(1) The difference between the average price in Treasury auctions and the stopout price. (2) A future money market instrument (one available some period hence) created by buying an existing instrument and financing the initial portion of its life with a term repo. (3) The extreme ends under a probability curve. (4) The odd amount in a M.B.S. pool .
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To carry the light end of a load; to extricate a vehicle from a ditch or mud.
Tail Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
To dream of seeing only the tail of a beast, unusual annoyance is indicated where pleasures seemed assured. To cut off the tail of an animal, denotes that you will suffer misfortune by your own carelessness. To dream that you have the tail of a beast grown on you, denotes that your evil ways will cause you untold distress, and strange events will cause you perplexity.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectTail Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
The phenomenon in which the normal Gaussian peak has an asymmetry factor > 1. The peak will have skew in trailing edge. Tailing is caused by sites on the packing that have a stronger-than normal retention for the solute. A typical example of a tailing phenomenon is the strong adsorption of amines on the residual silanol groups of a low-coverage reversed-phase packing.
Tail Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The tail is the section at the rear end of an animal's body; in general, the term refers to a distinct, flexible appendage to the torso. It is the part of the body that corresponds roughly to the sacrum and coccyx in mammals, reptiles, and birds. While tails are primarily a feature of vertebrates, some invertebrates including scorpions and springtails, as well as snails and slugs, have tail-like appendages that are sometimes referred to as tails. Tailed objects are sometimes referred to as "caudate" and the part of the body associated with or proximal to the tail are given the adjective "caudal".
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Tail Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
TAIL - An estate tail is an estate of inheritance, to a man or a woman and his or her heirs of his or her body, or heirs of his body of a particular description, or to several persons and the heirs of their bodies, or the heirs generally or specially of the body or bodies of one person, or several bodies.
Estates tail, as qualified "in their limitation and extent, are of several sorts. They have different denominations, according to the circumstances under which, or the persons to whom they are limited. They are usually divided into estates tail general or special.
But they may be more advantageously arranged under the following classes.
As to the extent of the degree to which the estates may descend, they are, 1st, general; 2d, qualified.
As to the sex of the person who may succeed, they are, 1st. General, as extending to males or females of the body, without exception. 2d. Special, as admitting only one sex to the succession, and excluding the other sex.
As to the person by whom or by whose body those heirs are to be begotten, they are either, 1st. General, as to all the heirs of the body of a man or woman. 2d. Special, as to the heirs of the body of a man or woman begotten by a particular person, or to the heirs of the two bodies of a man and woman. On the several species of estates tail noticed under this division, it may be observed, that the samer estate may at the same time, be general in one respect; as, for example, to all the heirs of the body in whatever degree they are related; and may be, special in another respect, as that these heirs shall be males, etc.
TAILLE - Obs. tax imposed on the revenues of non-nobility.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.Estates tail, as qualified "in their limitation and extent, are of several sorts. They have different denominations, according to the circumstances under which, or the persons to whom they are limited. They are usually divided into estates tail general or special.
But they may be more advantageously arranged under the following classes.
As to the extent of the degree to which the estates may descend, they are, 1st, general; 2d, qualified.
As to the sex of the person who may succeed, they are, 1st. General, as extending to males or females of the body, without exception. 2d. Special, as admitting only one sex to the succession, and excluding the other sex.
As to the person by whom or by whose body those heirs are to be begotten, they are either, 1st. General, as to all the heirs of the body of a man or woman. 2d. Special, as to the heirs of the body of a man or woman begotten by a particular person, or to the heirs of the two bodies of a man and woman. On the several species of estates tail noticed under this division, it may be observed, that the samer estate may at the same time, be general in one respect; as, for example, to all the heirs of the body in whatever degree they are related; and may be, special in another respect, as that these heirs shall be males, etc.
TAILLE - Obs. tax imposed on the revenues of non-nobility.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Tail Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
Rear of a container or trailer-opposite the front or nose.
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