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Tailoring
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Tailor
Tailor
v. i.
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To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.
Tailoress
n.
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A female tailor.
Tailoring
adv.
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The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress.
Tailpiece
n.
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A piece at the end; an appendage.
Tailpiece
n.
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One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing. See Illust. of Header.
Tailpiece
n.
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An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book.
Tailpiece
n.
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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
n.
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The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.
Tailrace
n.
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See Race, n., 6.
Tailstock
n.
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The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle.
Tail-water
n.
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Water in a tailrace.
Tailzie
n.
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An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted.
Tain
n.
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Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors.
Taint
n.
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A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
Taint
n.
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An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.
Tainted
imp. & p. p.
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of Taint
Tainting
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Taint
Taint
v. i.
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To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
Taint
v. t.
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To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
Taint
v. t.
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To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
Taint
v. t.
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To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air.
Taint
v. t.
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Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.
Taint
v. i.
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To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather.
Taint
n.
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Tincture; hue; color; tinge.
Taint
n.
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Infection; corruption; deprivation.
Taint
n.
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A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.
Taintless
a.
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Free from taint or infection; pure.
Taintlessly
adv.
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In a taintless manner.
Tainture
n.
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Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot.