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The ruddy duck. [Local, U.S.]

A sting ray.

A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail. Toten.

Having a short, thick tail. Stump-tailed lizard (Zoöl.), a singular Australian scincoid lizard (Trachydosaurus rugosus) having a short, thick tail resembling its head in form; -- called also sleeping lizard.

A contraction of Studding sail. With every rag set, stunsails, sky scrapers and all. Lowell.

Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow- tailed coat.

A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.

The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher.

The limulus.

See under T.

n, which is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around a ship's stern. [Written also tafferel.]

A worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.

Limitation; abridgment. Burrill. Estate in tail, a limited, abridged, or reduced fee; an estate limited to certain heirs, and from which the other heirs are precluded; -- called also estate tail. Blackstone.

One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder; also, the space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor. Cf. Case-bay.

Water in a tailrace.

See Tallage.

A block with a tail. See Tail, 9.

The board at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for convenience in loading or unloading.

Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc. Snouted and tailed like a boar. Grew.

Same as Tail, n., 8 (a).