Tai"lor*ess, n. A female tailor.
Tai"lor*ing, adv. The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress.
Tail"piece` (?), n. 1. A piece at the end; an appendage.
2. (Arch.) One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor
framing. See Illust. of Header.
3. (Print.) An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up
the space, or at the end of a book. Savage.
4. A piece of ebony or other material attached to the lower end of a
violin or similar instrument, to which the strings are fastened.
Tail"pin" (?), n. (Mach.) The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.
Tail"race` (?), n. 1. See Race, n., 6.
2. (Mining) The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are
conducted away.
Tail"stock` (?), n. The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which
carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports
the live spindle.
Tail"-wa`ter (?), n. Water in a tailrace.
Tail"zie (-z or -y), n. [F. tailler to cut. See Tail a limitation.]
(Scots Law) An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of
succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted. [Written also
tailzee.]
Tain (?), n. [OE. tein, teyne; cf. Icel. teinn a twig, akin to AS. tn,
Goth. tains.] Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors. Knight.
Taint (?), n. [Cf. F. atteinte a blow, bit, stroke. See Attaint.] 1. A
thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. [Obs.]
This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a silver sheath.
Chapman.
2. 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. [Obs.]
Taint, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tainted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tainting.] To
thrust ineffectually with a lance. [Obs.]
Taint, v. t. 1. To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to
break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
[Obs.]
Do not fear; I have A staff to taint, and bravely.
Massinger.