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taper
(encz) | taper,kužel n: Nijel |
taper
(encz) | taper,zahrotit Zdeněk Brož |
taper
(encz) | taper,zúžení Zdeněk Brož |
taper
(encz) | taper,zúžit v: Zdeněk Brož |
taper
(encz) | taper,zužovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Taper
(gcide) | Taper \Ta"per\, n. [AS. tapur, tapor, taper; cf. Ir. tapar, W.
tampr.]
1. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a
small light.
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Get me a taper in my study, Lucius. --Shak.
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2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an
elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
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Taper
(gcide) | Taper \Ta"per\, a. [Supposed to be from taper, n., in allusion
to its form.]
Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward
one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
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Taper
(gcide) | Taper \Ta"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tapered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tapering.]
To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf
tapers toward one end.
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Taper
(gcide) | Taper \Ta"per\, v. t.
To make or cause to taper.
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taper
(wn) | taper
n 1: a convex shape that narrows toward a point
2: the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point
(as a wedge or cone)
3: a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws
fuel by capillary action up into the flame [syn: wick,
taper]
4: stick of wax with a wick in the middle [syn: candle,
taper, wax light]
v 1: diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"
2: give a point to; "The candles are tapered" [syn: sharpen,
taper, point] |
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taperecorder
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taper file
(encz) | taper file, n: |
taper off
(encz) | taper off, v: |
tapered
(encz) | tapered,kuželovitý adj: Zdeněk Brožtapered,zahrocený adj: Zdeněk Brožtapered,zkosený adj: Zdeněk Brožtapered,zúžený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tapering
(encz) | tapering,kuželovitý n: Zdeněk Brožtapering,zahrocení n: Zdeněk Brožtapering,zašpičatělý n: Zdeněk Brožtapering,zužování n: Zdeněk Brož |
tapering off
(encz) | tapering off, adj: |
Gutta-percha
(gcide) | Gutta-percha \Gut"ta-per`cha\, n. [Malay gutah gum + pertja the
tree from which is it procured.]
A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the
Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra Gutta,
syn. Dichopsis Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at
the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains
its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in
water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and
it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The
Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material.
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Hag-taper
(gcide) | Hag-taper \Hag"-ta`per\ (-t[=a]`p[~e]r), n. [Cf. 1st Hag, and
Hig-taper.] (Bot.)
The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).
[1913 Webster]Hig-taper \Hig"-ta`per\, n. [Cf. Hag-taper.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Verbascum (Verbascum Thapsus); the
common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.] Hijera |
hag-taper
(gcide) | Hag-taper \Hag"-ta`per\ (-t[=a]`p[~e]r), n. [Cf. 1st Hag, and
Hig-taper.] (Bot.)
The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).
[1913 Webster]Hig-taper \Hig"-ta`per\, n. [Cf. Hag-taper.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Verbascum (Verbascum Thapsus); the
common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.] Hijera |
high-taper
(gcide) | Hig-taper \Hig"-ta`per\, n. [Cf. Hag-taper.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Verbascum (Verbascum Thapsus); the
common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.] Hijera |
hig-taper
(gcide) | Torchwort \Torch"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
The common mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet,
anciently served for torches. Called also torch, and
hig-taper.
[1913 Webster]Hig-taper \Hig"-ta`per\, n. [Cf. Hag-taper.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Verbascum (Verbascum Thapsus); the
common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.] Hijera |
Hig-taper
(gcide) | Torchwort \Torch"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
The common mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet,
anciently served for torches. Called also torch, and
hig-taper.
[1913 Webster]Hig-taper \Hig"-ta`per\, n. [Cf. Hag-taper.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Verbascum (Verbascum Thapsus); the
common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.] Hijera |
Taper
(gcide) | Taper \Ta"per\, n. [AS. tapur, tapor, taper; cf. Ir. tapar, W.
tampr.]
1. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a
small light.
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Get me a taper in my study, Lucius. --Shak.
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2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an
elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
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[1913 Webster]Taper \Ta"per\, a. [Supposed to be from taper, n., in allusion
to its form.]
Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward
one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
[1913 Webster]Taper \Ta"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tapered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tapering.]
To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf
tapers toward one end.
[1913 Webster]Taper \Ta"per\, v. t.
To make or cause to taper.
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Tapered
(gcide) | Taper \Ta"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tapered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tapering.]
To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf
tapers toward one end.
[1913 Webster]Tapered \Ta"pered\, a.
Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir. [R.]
--T. Warton.
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Tapering
(gcide) | Taper \Ta"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tapered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tapering.]
To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf
tapers toward one end.
[1913 Webster]Tapering \Ta"per*ing\, a.
Becoming gradually smaller toward one end. --
Ta"per*ing*ly, adv.
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Taperingly
(gcide) | Tapering \Ta"per*ing\, a.
Becoming gradually smaller toward one end. --
Ta"per*ing*ly, adv.
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Taperness
(gcide) | Taperness \Ta"per*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being taper; tapering form; taper.
--Shenstone.
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taper file
(wn) | taper file
n 1: a file with converging edges [ant: blunt file] |
taper off
(wn) | taper off
v 1: end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no
proper ending" [syn: taper off, peter out, {fizzle
out}, fizzle]
2: become smaller or less active; "Business tapered off" |
tapered
(wn) | tapered
adj 1: becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers";
"trousers with tapered legs" [syn: tapered, tapering,
narrowing] |
tapering
(wn) | tapering
adj 1: becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers";
"trousers with tapered legs" [syn: tapered, tapering,
narrowing]
2: gradually decreasing until little remains [syn: dwindling,
tapering, tapering off]
n 1: the act of gradually lowering the size or amount; "the
doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose" |
tapering off
(wn) | tapering off
adj 1: gradually decreasing until little remains [syn:
dwindling, tapering, tapering off] |
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