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Spinet :: Spinescent (a.) Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid, leafless point; armed with spines..

Tapering :: Tapering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tape.

Knout :: Knout (n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh..

Belemnite :: Belemnite (n.) A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages..

Acuminate :: Acuminate (a.) Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc..

Taper :: Taper (n.) A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire..

Brad :: Brad (n.) A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing nail, with a countersunk head..

Spiss :: Spiry (a.) Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets..

Conical :: Conical (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel..

Wedge-shaped :: Wedge-shaped (a.) Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf..

Pintail :: Pintail (n.) A northern duck (Dafila acuta), native of both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also gray duck, piketail, piket-tail, spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, sea pheasant, and gray widgeon..

Spire :: Spire (n.) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself..

Rat-tailed :: Rat-tailed (a.) Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat..

Obelisk :: Obelisk (n.) An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom..

Wany :: Wany (a.) Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; -- said especially of sawed boards or timber when tapering or uneven, from being cut too near the outside of the log..

Rat :: Rat (n.) A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair..

Terete :: Terete (a.) Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants..

Nozzle :: Nozzle (n.) A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe..

Plug :: Plug (n.) A high, tapering silk hat..

Stal :: Staktometer (n.) A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. See Pipette..

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