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To inclose with curtains.

That which is entailed. Hence: (Law)

The act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent.

To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.

One who entertains.

Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting. -- En`ter*tain"ing*ly, adv. -- En`ter*tain"ing*ness, n.

, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general. The entertainment of Christ by faith. Baxter. The sincere entertainment and practice of the precepts of the gospel. Bp. Sprat.

Pertaining to Epictetus, the Roman Stoic philosopher, whose conception of life was to be passionless under whatever circumstances.

Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon.

A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail.

The European redstart; -- called also fireflirt. [prov. Eng.]

Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish. Fish-tail burner, a gas burner that gives a spreading flame shaped somewhat like the tail of a fish. -- Fish-tail propeller (Steamship), a propeller with a single blade that oscillates like the tail of a fish when swimming.…

Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds. Fork-tailed flycatcher (Zoöl.), a tropical American flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus). -- Fork-tailed gull (Zoöl.), a gull of the genus Xema, of two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean. -- Fork-tailed kite (Zoöl.)…

al Asiatic and East Indian passerine birds, belonging to Enucurus, and allied genera. The tail is deeply forking.

A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc.

Having no fountain; destitute of springs or sources of water. Barren desert, fountainless and dry. Milton.

The tail or brush of a fox.

A yellow-tailed worm or larva.

T. lepterus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also bladefish.

See Jurel.