| Taper |
A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light. |
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| 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. |
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