Category:Taper

Ta"per, n. Etym: [as. tapur, tapor, taper; cf. Ir. tapar, w. tampr.]

1. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small Light. Get me a taper in my study, lucius. Shak.

2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated Object; as, the taper of a spire.

Taper Ta"per, a. Etym: [supposed to be from taper, n., in allusion to its Form.]

Defn: regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one End; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.

Taper Ta"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tapered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tapering.]

Defn: to become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf Tapers toward one end.

Taper Ta"per, v. t.

Defn: to make or cause to taper.