| Taper |
A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light. |
n. |
| Taper |
A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire. |
n. |
| Taper |
Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers. |
a. |
| Taper |
To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end. |
v. i. |
| Taper |
To make or cause to taper. |
v. t. |
| Hig-taper |
A plant of the genus Verbascum (V. Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.] |
n. |