taper : Idioms & Phrases

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hag-taper

Hag"-ta`per noun
Etymology
Cf. 1st Hag, and Hig-taper.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).
Webster 1913

hig-taper

Hig"-ta`per noun
Etymology
Cf. Hag-taper.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Verbascum (V. Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.]
Webster 1913

taper file

  • noun a file with converging edges
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taper off

  • verb end weakly
    peter out; fizzle; fizzle out.
    • The music just petered out--there was no proper ending
  • verb become smaller or less active
    • Business tapered off
WordNet

tapering off

  • adjective satellite gradually decreasing until little remains
    dwindling; tapering.
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