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noun

Tailing n.

(Arch.) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.

(Surg.) Same as Tail, n., 8 (a).

Sexual intercourse. (Obs.)

pl. The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff.

pl. (Mining) The refuse part of stamped ore, thrown behind the tail of the buddle or washing apparatus. It is dressed over again to secure whatever metal may exist in it. Called also tails.

(Elec.) A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.

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Etymology of 'Tailing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tailing" Quotes from Famous Books

... the teepees without stopping, the biggest ones in the van, the little ones tailing off and falling down and getting up again ...

— The Fur Bringers - A Story of the Canadian Northwest • Hulbert Footner

... is required to light. In this latter respect it differs materially, and with advantage, from the Siemens burner, which, while presenting an extremely brilliant and beautiful ball of flame outside its central tube of porcelain, may yet be tailing smokily downward inside this opaque screen, and thereby causing unperceived waste. The flame of the Grimston burner, on the other hand, is quite exposed, and all its light, from the ends of the burner-tubes to the point where ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 • Various

... he who tends cattle and horses is called, despises the shepherd as a grovelling, inferior creature, and considers 'tailing sheep' as an employment too tardigrade for a man ...

— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris

... was not at home. Martha was sitting under the grape-vine trellis at the back door, topping and tailing gooseberries. From the kitchen behind her came the pleasant smell of preserving. She had a big yellow earthenware bowl in her lap, and excused herself for not rising when Dr. Lavendar came round the corner of the house to ...

— The Awakening of Helena Richie • Margaret Deland

... New Mexican village—the houses are completely deserted. All people turn out, and proceed to some well-known locality, usually a neighbouring plain, to witness the sports—which consist of horse-racing, "tailing the bull," "running the cock," and the like. The intervals are filled up ...

— The White Chief - A Legend of Northern Mexico • Mayne Reid

Words linked to "Tailing" : chase, tail, pursual, pursuit