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A kind of outer coat, or overcoat; -- said to be so named after a celebrated Italian family of professional dancers. He ought certainly to exchange his taglioni, or comfortable greatcoat, for a cuirass of steel. Sir W. Scott.

An entangled lock, as of hair or wool. Nares.

The white-lipped peccary.

Adhesion of the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriation produced by contact with the feces; -- called also tagbelt. [Obs.]

A worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.

A large flying squirrel (Pteromys petuarista). Its body becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as long.

The white-lipped peccary.

The African rufous-necked weaver bird (Hyphantornis texor).

A fox (Vulpes Niloticus) of Northern Africa.

Of or pertaining to Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean. -- n.

Same as Thar.

Designating, or pertaining to, the chief linguistic stock of Indo-China, including the peoples of Siamese and Shan speech.

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).