Ta"per (?), n. [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.
Ta"per (?), a. [Supposed to be from
taper, n., in allusion to its form.] Regularly narrowed toward
the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as,
taper fingers.
Ta"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Tapered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tapering.]
To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf
tapers toward one end.
Ta"per, v. t. To make or cause to
taper.
Ta"per (?), n. [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.
Ta"per (?), a. [Supposed to be from
taper, n., in allusion to its form.] Regularly narrowed toward
the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as,
taper fingers.
Ta"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Tapered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tapering.]
To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf
tapers toward one end.
Ta"per, v. t. To make or cause to
taper.
