n.
One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
n.
A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
n.
The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
n.
The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile.
v. t.
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.
v. i.
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.
n.
One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder; also, the space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor. Cf. Case-bay.
n.
The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.
n.
A block with a tail. See Tail, 9.
n.
The board at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for convenience in loading or unloading.
a.
Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc.
n.
The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
n.
Same as Tail, n., 8 (a).
n.
The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff.