Boat-tail |
A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States. |
n. |
Racket |
A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games. |
n. |
Racket |
A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural. |
n. |
Racket |
A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood. |
n. |
Racket |
A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground. |
n. |
Racket |
To strike with, or as with, a racket. |
v. t. |
Racket |
Confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport. |
n. |
Racket |
A carouse; any reckless dissipation. |
n. |
Racket |
To make a confused noise or racket. |
v. i. |
Racket |
To engage in noisy sport; to frolic. |
v. i. |
Racket |
To carouse or engage in dissipation. |
v. i. |
Racket-tailed |
Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers. |
a. |
Rat-tail |
Like a rat's tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File. |
a. |
Rat-tail |
An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse. |
n. |
Rat-tail |
The California chimaera. See Chimaera. |
n. |
Rat-tail |
Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2. |
n. |
Split-tail |
A california market fish (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) belonging to the Carp family. |
n. |
Split-tail |
The pintail duck. |
n. |
Tail |
Limitation; abridgment. |
n. |
Tail |
Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail. |
a. |