Salt-water tailor (Zoöl.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett. —
Tailor bird (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of small Asiatic and
East Indian singing birds belonging to Orthotomus, Prinia, and allied
genera. They are noted for the skill with which they sew leaves
together to form nests. The common Indian species are O. longicauda,
which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts yellowish green,
and the under parts white; and the golden-headed tailor bird (O.
coronatus), which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back
and wings pale olive-green.
Tai"lor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tailored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tailoring.]
To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.
These tailoring artists for our lays Invent cramped rules.