Taper


(n.) A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.


(n.) A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.


(a.) Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.


(v. i.) To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.


(v. t.) To make or cause to taper.



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Hag-taper   Hig-taper   Taper   Tapered   Tapering   Taperness  


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