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the rear part of an aircraft

the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"

a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body

(usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head

remove the stalk of fruits or berries

the rear part of an aircraft

the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"

a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body

(usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head

remove the stalk of fruits or berries

(aeronautical) pertaining to the tail section of a plane

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.

A tailed coat; a tail coat.

In flying machines, a plane or group of planes used at the rear to confer stability.

Limitation; abridgment.

Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.

The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal.

Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.

A train or company of attendants; a retinue.

The distal tendon of a muscle.

A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style.

One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.

A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.

The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.

Same as Tailing, 4.

The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile.

See Tailing, n., 5.

To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.

To pull or draw by the tail.

Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, - as opposed to the head, or the superior part.

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.

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.

To swing with the stern in a certain direction; - said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream.

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.

A tailed coat; a tail coat.

In flying machines, a plane or group of planes used at the rear to confer stability.

Limitation; abridgment.

Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.

The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal.

Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.

A train or company of attendants; a retinue.

The distal tendon of a muscle.

A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style.

One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.

A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.

The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.

Same as Tailing, 4.

The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile.

See Tailing, n., 5.

To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.

To pull or draw by the tail.

Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, - as opposed to the head, or the superior part.

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.

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.

To swing with the stern in a certain direction; - said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream.

The end, or a prolongation of the end, of the backbone of an animal's body, usually hanging loose; the back, last, or lesser part of anything; as, the tail-end of a storm; anything hanging; in law, a limitation of ownership.

The acuity at end of organ. Bony extremity of animals beginning just above rectum.

The end of the backbone of an animal, generally hanging loose, and hairy: anything resembling a tail in appearance, position, etc.: the back, lower, or hinder part of anything: anything long and hanging, as a catkin, train of a comet, etc.

(law) The term applied to an estate which is cut off or limited to certain heirs.

Hinder prolongation of an animal's backbone; the tuft of hair or feathers growing from it; hinder end of anything; anything like a tail; train.

The appendage at the hindmost part of the body of many animals; the hinder part of anything; any flap, stem, appendage, etc.; the reverse of a coin.

Limitation. An estate in tail, an estate limited to certain heirs.

The part which terminates an animal body; the hinder part of anything; a shoot or projection hanging loosely from the hinder part; the bottom or lower part of anything; anything long and pendent; the end or spent part.

In arch., to fasten by one of its ends into a wall.

Limitation; abridgment; an estate tail, a partial estate cut or carved out of the fee-simple; an estate limited to certain heirs.

In the human embryo, a conical caudal appendage visible during the fifth and sixth weeks; in other mammals, the vertebrae posterior to the sacrum, together with their muscles and integument; in general, any slender terminal prolongation.

n. [Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic,Gothic] Any long, flexible, terminal appendage ; the part of an animal which terminates its body behind;- hence, the back, lower, or inferior part of any thing;- the side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head or effigy ;-any thing hanging down ; a catkin ;-the long end of a block strap;- in music, the upward or downward line of a minim, crotchet, &c.; -a retinue ; the followers of a chieftain.

n. [French] Limitation ; abridgment. Estate in tail, an estate limited to certain heirs, and from which the other heirs are precluded.