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A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood. [Obs.] Whether that he paid or took by taille. Chaucer.

Having no tail. H. Spencer.

Same as Tailzie.

arments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments. Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou wert a man's tailor. Shak.

Made by a tailor or according to a tailor's fashion; -- said specif. of women's garments made with certain closeness of fit, simplicity of ornament, etc.

A female tailor.

The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress.

One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing. See Illust. of Header.

The center in the spindle of a turning lathe.

The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.

The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle.

An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted. [Written also tailzee.]

Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors. Knight.

A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. [Obs.] This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a silver sheath. Chapman.

Free from taint or infection; pure.

In a taintless manner.

Taint; tinge; difilement; stain; spot. [R.] Shak.

A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.

Pertaining to or designating a dynasty with which one Hung-Siu- Chuen, a half-religious, half-political enthusiast, attempted to supplant the Manchu dynasty by the Taiping rebellion, incited by him in 1850 and suppressed by General Gordon about 1864.

Same as Tayra.