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Look up tailhook, tail-hook, or tail hook in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tail hook or variant, may refer to: Tailhook - used on carrier based aircraft
Tail_hook
Diacritical mark
characters. In typesetting, the hook or tail is a diacritic mark attached to letters in many alphabets. In shape it looks like a hook and it can be attached below
Hook_(diacritic)
Letter of the extended Latin alphabet
Q with hook tail (majuscule: Ɋ, minuscule: ɋ) is a letter of the extended Latin alphabet. It was introduced by Lutheran missionaries in Papua New Guinea
Q_with_hook_tail
Aircraft device which allows arrested landings on aircraft carriers
A tailhook, arresting hook, or arrester hook is a device attached to the tail of some military fixed-wing aircraft. The hook is used to achieve rapid deceleration
Tailhook
support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. ᶑ (d with hook and tail) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, used in phonetic transcription to
D_with_hook_and_tail
Method of launching military aircraft
aware that the F-84 had a tail-hook/airplane flap interconnect system that automatically retracted the flaps when the tail hook contacted the arresting
Zero-length_launch
American fighter aircraft
folding wings and no tail hook, allowing for reduced weight. The F2G-2 had hydraulically powered wing fold mechanisms and tail hooks installed to allow
Goodyear_F2G_Corsair
Diacritical mark
you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The palatal hook (◌̡) is a hook diacritic formerly used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to
Palatal_hook
American rock band
Dr. Hook (known as Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show until 1975) was an American rock band formed in Union City, New Jersey. The band had commercial success
Dr._Hook
American stealth multirole fighter aircraft
arresting wire in all eight landing tests;[citation needed] a redesigned tail hook was delivered two years later. By June 2009, many of the initial flight
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II
1941 torpedo bomber family by Nakajima
aboard the carriers Ryuho and Zuikaku indicated the need to strengthen the tail hook mounting on the plane's fuselage. Some attempts were also made to use
Nakajima_B6N_Tenzan
Letter of the Latin alphabet (Ɽ, ɽ)
is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from R with the addition of a tail. Its capital form may be based on either the uppercase or lowercase R. The
R_with_tail
Carrier-based fighter aircraft
the nations that did not have aircraft carriers often had the tail hooks and catapult hooks removed from their aircraft. A final variant, the Sea Fury T
Hawker_Sea_Fury
Aborted landing of an aircraft
wave-off by applying full thrust as a fail-safe measure. If the plane's tail hook fails to catch any of the arrestor cables (known as a (deck) "bolter")
Go-around
Variant of the Latin letter D used in African alphabets
same sound may be represented by a d with dot below: ḍ). D with hook D with hook and tail Eth D with stroke Omniglot: Ewe (Eʋegbe) (1998–). Retrieved 21
African_D
American VTOL fighter proposal
the CTOL, the single Pratt & Whitney JTF22A-26A with tail hook, canard with flap, and CTOL tail cone. For the VTOL operations, the single Pratt & Whitney
Convair_Model_200
Scout and dive bomber aircraft
called the A-24 Banshee. It lacked the tail hook used for carrier landings and a pneumatic tire replaced the solid tail wheel. First assigned to the 27th Bombardment
Douglas_SBD_Dauntless
Company that delivers medical supplies by drone
zone. The drone then returns to the distribution center and lands by its tail hook catching an arresting gear, similar to airplanes landing on an aircraft
Zipline (drone delivery company)
Zipline_(drone_delivery_company)
Airborne early warning and control aircraft
with all CATOBAR carrier-borne airplanes, the E-2 is equipped with a tail hook for recovery (landing) and the nose gear can attach to a shuttle of the
Grumman_E-2_Hawkeye
Species of dragonfly
forcipatus, the small pincertail, green-eyed hooktail, or green-eyed hook-tailed dragonfly, is a species of dragonfly belonging to the family Gomphidae
Onychogomphus_forcipatus
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɳ⟩ in IPA
consonants, the IPA symbol is formed by adding a rightward-pointing hook (right-tail) extending from the bottom of ⟨n⟩, the letter used for the corresponding
Voiced_retroflex_nasal
Attack aircraft by Dassault
Underside of a Super Étendard in-flight. The protruding tail hook is towards the rear of the fuselage
Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard
Dassault-Breguet_Super_Étendard
United States Navy World War II era fighter plane
Mk II also had a larger tailwheel. For carrier operations, the "sting" tail hook and attachment point for the American single-point catapult launch system
Grumman_F4F_Wildcat
Latin letter T with retroflex hook
letter Ʈ (minuscule: ʈ), called T with retroflex hook (in some literature, T with right tail or Right-tail T), is a letter of the Latin alphabet based on
Ʈ
Kingdom Jet Fighter 1951 1958 36 . "De-navalised" Attacker FB.2 with tail hook removed and wings "locked down". First jet fighter in PAF service. de
List of retired Pakistan Air Force aircraft
List_of_retired_Pakistan_Air_Force_aircraft
Cyrillic letter used in Kildin Sami
En with tail (Ӊ ӊ; italics: Ӊ ӊ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter En (Н н) by adding a tail to the right
En_with_tail
US navy biplane
new feature for the Navy, for storage and the aircraft had an exposed tail hook for carrier landings. The first flight was in July 1933 but in September
Curtiss_SBC_Helldiver
Aircraft tail that incorporates rudder and elevators in a V shape
The V-tail or vee-tail (sometimes called a butterfly tail or Rudlicki's V-tail[citation needed]) of an aircraft is an unconventional arrangement of the
V-tail
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up hooktail in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hooktail or hook tail or variant, may refer to: Hooktail (character), a fictional character from
Hooktail
American carrier-capable multirole strike aircraft
nose gear and cantilever oleo main gear), and changing to a land-based tail hook. The revised F/A-18L included wing fuel tanks and fuselage stations of
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet
Royal Navy test pilot, author (1920–2016)
the escort carrier in a Bell Airacobra, which had been modified with a tail hook. During one of these passes, Brown declared an emergency and was given
Eric_Brown_(pilot)
Tail section of an aircraft containing stabilisers
The empennage (/ˌɑːmpɪˈnɑːʒ/ or /ˈɛmpɪnɪdʒ/), also known as the tail or tail assembly, is a structure at the rear of an aircraft that provides stability
Empennage
Cutting tool
rat-tail tang, except the Yorkshire having such a long handle that a tang is just not practical – they have a socket instead. The smaller hooks have
Billhook
Type of vertical tails on aircraft
A twin tail is a type of vertical tail arrangement found on the empennage of some aircraft. Two vertical tails—often smaller individually than a single
Twin_tail
Aircraft component
A vertical stabilizer or tail fin is the static part of the vertical tail of an aircraft. The term is commonly applied to the assembly of both this fixed
Vertical_stabilizer
UK Royal Navy program
Vixen. Royal Navy briefings have used the MQ-28 Ghost Bat, adapted with a tail hook necessary for carrier-borne recovery, as a representation of Vixen in
Project_Vixen
Letter of the Latin alphabet
WITH TAIL and U+0293 ʓ LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH WITH CURL. U+1DBE ᶾ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL EZH and U+1D9A ᶚ LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH WITH RETROFLEX HOOK are
Ezh
Fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
with a hook, which represents a retroflex nasal in the IPA ᶯ : Modifier letter small n with retroflex hook ᶮ : Modifier letter small n with left hook ɴ :
N
109 E) were converted to test carrier equipment. This included adding a tail-hook, catapult fittings and increasing the wingspan to 11.08 m (36.35 ft).
Messerschmitt_Bf_109_variants
Prehistoric spear thrower found in France
broken tail hook had already been repaired. This was achieved by drilling a hole through the mammoth shape, just in front of the broken hook - and inserting
Mammoth_spear_thrower
Latin letter M with hook
The letter Ɱ (minuscule: ɱ), called M with hook (in some literature referred to as Left-tail M; sometimes informally referred to as meng or emg, analogous
Ɱ
American WWII glider
using a fairly simple grapple system, an in-flight C-47 equipped with a tail hook and rope braking drum could "pick up" a CG-4A waiting on the ground. The
Waco_CG-4
Seventh letter of the Latin alphabet
The loop-tail form is the original one, as seen in 9th century Carolingian script; evolving over centuries of monastic copying, the open-tail variant came
G
Multi-role combat aircraft family by Dassault
structure to allow the aircraft to operate aboard ships, and provision for a tail hook and an in-built ladder, which increased the weight of the Rafale M by
Dassault_Rafale
Fishing lure
fished on a swimbait jig head or a weighted extra-wide gap (EWG) hook. Paddle tail swimbaits come in two styles: - Solid-body paddle tails provide durability
Swimbait
Practice of fishing with a jig
consists of a heavy metal (typically lead) sinker with an attached fish hook that is usually obscured inside a soft lure or feather-like decorations.
Jigging
Criminal organization
known as the Short Tail Gang for their distinctive short-tailed jacket coats, were an 1880s–1890s Irish gang located in the Corlear's Hook section of the
Short_Tails
Type of furnace
or helicopter transmissions, mounts or fasteners for jet engines, jet tail hooks and other demanding applications. Most grades of steel are melted once
Electric_arc_furnace
1940 fighter aircraft family by Chance Vought
Hi-res spherical panoramas inside the cockpit, access panels, tail wheel, and arrestor hook bays of the Collings Foundation's F4U-5NL[permanent dead link];
Vought_F4U_Corsair
Type of WWII aircraft carrier
standard. The carriers employed the same system of arresting cables and tail hooks as on the big carriers, and procedures for launch and recovery were the
Escort_carrier
Cyrillic letter used for /ŋ/ in many languages
descender Ӊ ӊ : Cyrillic letter En with tail Ҥ ҥ : Cyrillic ligature En Ge Ԩ ԩ : Cyrillic letter En with left hook Ŋ ŋ : Latin letter Eng Ꜧ ꜧ : Latin letter
En_with_hook
Development of the HAL Tejas and its variants
Chandipur. 23 July – LCA Navy NP2 flies for the first time with a tail-hook (arresting hook). 2 August – LCA Navy NP2 started taxi in engagement arrester
Timeline_of_HAL_Tejas
Fishing lure
have to alter presentation. The simplest hook dressings have been hair or feather and add a fluttering tail action that is imparted by blade vibration
Spinnerbait
Mechanical device used to adjust rope tension
including hooks which attach to specific parts of the car. J-hooks, which look somewhat like blunt meat hooks are used to hook around axles. Mini-J hooks can
Winch
Cyrillic letter used for /ɬ/ in Kildin Sami
El with tail (Ӆ ӆ; italics: Ӆ ӆ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter el (Л л) by adding a tail to the right
El_with_tail
Escort carriers of the United States Navy
Okinawa, from 5–14 July, covering minesweeping operations. On 7 July, a tail hook broke on a landing aircraft, allowing it to clear all barriers, crash
USS_Santee_(CVE-29)
US military aircraft tail markings
Patrick (1994). Hook Code: United States Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Tail Code Markings, 1963-1994. Martin, Patrick (1994). Tail Code USAF: The Complete
Tail_code
1991 animated film directed by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (also known as An American Tail II: Fievel Goes West) is a 1991 American animated Western musical comedy film directed
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
An_American_Tail:_Fievel_Goes_West
Latin letter D with hook
specific languages: Fula (see also Fula alphabets) Hausa African D D with hook and tail Practical Orthography of African Languages "Latin Extended B: Range
D_with_hook
Family containing the hook-tip moths
the drepanid family have a distinctively hook-shaped apex to the fore wing, leading to their common name of hook-tips. The larvae of many species are very
Drepanidae
Cyrillic letter
letter El with descender Ӆ ӆ : Cyrillic letter El with tail Ԓ ԓ : Cyrillic letter El with hook Љ љ : Cyrillic letter Lje Cyrillic characters in Unicode
El_with_middle_hook
Casablanca-class escort carrier of the US Navy
aircraft continued to lose altitude. As the pilot applied full throttle, its tail hook caught the No 5. arresting wire, forcing the aircraft onto a gun mount
USS_Admiralty_Islands
Male reproductive cell
in most cases, mitochondrial DNA). Animals produce motile sperm with a tail known as a flagellum, which are known as spermatozoa, while some red algae
Sperm
British-built class of escort carrier
with the aircraft initially hung over the ship's side from its tail hook. When the hook gave way, it crashed into the sea and only the pilot was rescued
Nairana-class_escort_carrier
1943 Nairana-class escort carrier of the Royal Navy
with the aircraft initially hung over the ship's side from its tail hook. When the hook gave way, it crashed into the sea and only the pilot was rescued
HMS_Nairana_(D05)
Diacritical mark
The ogonek, also informally referred to as the tail, is a diacritic hook placed under the lower right corner of a vowel grapheme in the Latin alphabets
Ogonek
Species of butterfly
skippers. Their pupae are attached to their substrate by a girth, head-, and tail-hook (or cremaster) surrounded by a cocoon-like structure made out of silk
Hesperia_comma
Military aviation museum in Lazo, British Columbia
seat 414 Squadron The Black Knight Suit of Armour VU 33 Squadron Tracker Tail Hook This exhibit displays artifacts from squadrons currently serving at Comox
Comox_Air_Force_Museum
kabuto-yaki) is served, Subeta takes Koronda's portion and suggests that he eat the tail instead. When everyone objects to Subeta's behaviour, he declares that he
List_of_Oishinbo_episodes
Aircraft tail configuration
Swearingen Metroliner, and the Rockwell B-1 Lancer. Pelikan tail T-tail Twin tail V-tail "Cruciform tail Pros and Cons". thoracentesis.science.{{cite web}}: CS1
Cruciform_tail
Italian aircraft carrier
Only 10 Re.2001s were fully converted for carrier use. They were given tail hooks, RTG naval radio equipment and bomb racks for carrying 650 kg (1,430 lb)
Italian aircraft carrier Aquila
Italian_aircraft_carrier_Aquila
1943 Nairana-class escort carrier of the Royal Navy
with the aircraft initially hung over the ship's side from its tail hook. When the hook gave way it crashed into the sea and only the pilot was rescued
HMS_Vindex_(D15)
Aircraft empennage configuration
A T-tail is an empennage configuration in which the tailplane of an aircraft is mounted to the top of the fin. The arrangement looks like the capital letter
T-tail
implosives have hook tops: ɓ hook-top b, ɗ hook-top d, etc., as does ɦ hook-top h. Such an extension at the bottom of a letter is called a tail. It may be
Naming conventions of the International Phonetic Alphabet
Naming_conventions_of_the_International_Phonetic_Alphabet
Nautical terms for direction
Nacelle Rib Spar Stabilizer Stressed skin Strut T-tail Tailplane Trailing edge Triple tail Twin tail V-tail Vertical stabilizer Wing root Wing tip Wingbox
Port_and_starboard
Cyrillic letter used for /ɬ/ in Chukchi
letter El with descender Ӆ ӆ : Cyrillic letter El with tail Ԡ ԡ : Cyrillic letter El with middle hook Cyrillic characters in Unicode Burykin, A. A. (2000)
El_with_hook
stuck in a pool drain, Maggie drowns. Angela hires a private investigator to tail Pilar. Rod Taylor (Frank) and Gregory Harrison (Michael) are added to the
List_of_Falcon_Crest_episodes
Compulsory Retirement for Age October 19, 1936 1645 7476 Establishing Long Tail Point Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Wisconsin October 23, 1936 1927 1646 7477
List of executive actions by Franklin D. Roosevelt
List_of_executive_actions_by_Franklin_D._Roosevelt
Prime mover
from the first in having a towing sign plate fitted on the top, new towing hooks and an elongated stowage box on the left side. Orders reached a total of
Renault_UE_Chenillette
"The Way He Makes Me Feel" Nominated 1986 Cynthia Weil (lyrics) An American Tail "Somewhere Out There" Nominated Shared with James Horner & Barry Mann (music)
List of female Academy Award winners and nominees for non-gendered categories
List_of_female_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees_for_non-gendered_categories
Extinct genus of worms
of tessellating plates more typical of palaeoscolecids, and has more tail hooks than is the norm. Nevertheless, it is clearly a close relative of Palaeoscolex
Scathascolex
slow the aircraft as it landed, but this system failed after A69-7234's tail hook engaged the wires, causing the Phantom to slide off the runway. The pilot
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in Australian service
McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II_in_Australian_service
Small lifting surface of a fixed-wing aircraft
known as a horizontal stabilizer, is a small lifting surface located on the tail (empennage) behind the main lifting surfaces of a fixed-wing aircraft. Gyroplanes
Tailplane
Rachel Shoaf after being stabbed. Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting "Run!" — Jesse Lewis, victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting (14 December
List of last words (21st century)
List_of_last_words_(21st_century)
King Charles Spaniel HN128 Puppy sitting with head down looking left at tail HN129 HN130 Flambe Fox (Seated, brown, 8.75" tall, LG) Charles J Noke 1913
List of Royal Doulton figurines
List_of_Royal_Doulton_figurines
Unicode character block
WITH HOOK U+04C4 ӄ CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER KA WITH HOOK U+04C5 Ӆ CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EL WITH TAIL U+04C6 ӆ CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EL WITH TAIL U+04C7
Cyrillic_(Unicode_block)
Aircraft passenger service
Nacelle Rib Spar Stabilizer Stressed skin Strut T-tail Tailplane Trailing edge Triple tail Twin tail V-tail Vertical stabilizer Wing root Wing tip Wingbox
Inflight_Connectivity
Japanese television series
Transliteration: "Shika supuringusu" (Japanese: 鹿スプリングス) January 11, 2014 (2014-01-11) "Tail Fishing" Transliteration: "O-zuri" (Japanese: 尾釣り) "Hachirōtarō" Transliteration:
Folktales_from_Japan
Sea serpent in Norse mythology
dwells in the world sea, encircling the Earth (Midgard) and biting his own tail, an example of an ouroboros. As a result of him surrounding Midgard, the
Jörmungandr
Fly fishing pattern
The Pheasant Tail nymph or PT Nymph or Sawyer's Pheasant Tail is a popular all purpose nymph imitation used by fly anglers. It imitates a large variety
Pheasant_Tail_Nymph
Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
these letters: ɓ (b with hook), ɗ (d with hook), ŋ (n with leg), ȿ (s with swash tail), ʋ (v with hook), ɀ (z with swash tail). In 1955, these were replaced
Shona_language
Twenty-sixth letter of the Latin alphabet
value of /s/. Ɀ ɀ : Latin letter Z with swash tail Ʒ ʒ : Latin letter ezh Ꝣ ꝣ : Visigothic Z Ᶎ ᶎ : Z with hook, used for writing Mandarin Chinese using the
Z
Letter of the Latin alphabet
Alexander Gill the Elder uses an uppercase G with a hooked tail and a lowercase n with the hooked tail of a script g ⟨ŋ⟩ for the same sound in Logonomia Anglica
Eng_(letter)
This is a list of reptile species found in the Kerala, India. Dorsal view Lateral view Head Lateral view Lateral view Head Illustration Lateral view Lateral
List_of_reptiles_of_Kerala
Species of reptile
short-tailed moccasin short-tail rattler small-tailed cottonmouth snap-jaw stub-tail stub-tail snake stump moccasin stump-tail moccasin stump-tail viper
Agkistrodon_piscivorus
Latin letter Z with hook
Z with hook (majuscule: Ȥ, minuscule: ȥ) is an additional letter of the Latin script. This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering
Z_with_hook
2019 (2019-10-17) After a short stay in prison for a minor offense, Esther Beckley hooks up with Shane Harrison. In March 1996, Esther and Shane decide to rob a
List_of_Deadly_Women_episodes
affecting the same; and for settling the Remainder of the said Estate in Tail on the same Series of Heirs, and in the same Manner as is mentioned in a
List of acts of the 6th session of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain
List_of_acts_of_the_6th_session_of_the_13th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain
Aircraft configuration in which a small wing is placed in front of the main wing
of their novelty, leading to them being shelved in favor of traditional tail-aft configurations for the first half of the 20th century. However, more
Canard_(aeronautics)
American television series
Mama Tanya, Dino Gatto, Michele Ragussis Leftover Stuffing Stuffed Lobster Tail Amanda Freitag and Scott Conant 438 3 "Holiday Throwdown: 12 Ways to Beat
Beat_Bobby_Flay
TAIL HOOK
TAIL HOOK
Boy/Male
English Israeli
Tall.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Hail Mail
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, Middle English baile, from Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’ (see Bailey 2).Spanish : variant of Baile.Indian (Karnataka) : Hindu (Brahman) name, probably a topographic name from Tulu bail ‘low-lying land’ (Dravidian vayal ‘plain’, ‘field’).
Boy/Male
Muslim
Repentant, Penitent
Female
English
Short form of English Abigail, GAIL means "father rejoices."
Girl/Female
Hebrew American English
Father rejoiced, or father's joy. Gives joy. The intelligent, beautiful Abigail was Old Testament...
Girl/Female
Muslim
Night
Boy/Male
Norse Swedish English Irish Scandinavian
Happy.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Gale.French : nickname from Old French gail ‘cheerful’, ‘jolly’.German : variant of Geil.
Boy/Male
Sikh
Province, Region, Officer of a province
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Old Norse heill ‘healthy’, ‘sound’, ‘whole’.South German : variant of Heil.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English naile, nayle ‘nail’ (from Old English nægel), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of nails, or as a nickname for a tall thin person.Americanized form of German Nagel.
Boy/Male
Indian
Hail, Mail
Boy/Male
Muslim
Hail, Mail
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a respectable or decent person, or else a good-looking one, both these senses belonging to Middle English tall (Old English getæl ‘swift’, ‘prompt’). The modern sense ‘of high stature’ did not develop until the end of the 16th century; the usual Middle English equivalents were Long and High.
Female
Hebrew
(טַל) Hebrew unisex name TAL means "dew."Â
Boy/Male
English French
Lives in the valley.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Gale, GAIL means "calm, tranquil."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Vale.Scottish : shortened form of Macvail, a variant of Macphail, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Phà il ‘son of Paul’.Irish : variant of Veale.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Returnee
TAIL HOOK
TAIL HOOK
Boy/Male
Hindu
The knower of Vedas
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a spiritless man, from Middle English milksop ‘piece of bread soaked in milk’.
Girl/Female
Australian
Peace
Boy/Male
Tamil
Powerful, Power, Diamond, Darkness
Girl/Female
Australian
Cheerful
Boy/Male
Tamil
Pashunathi | பஷà¯à®¨à®¾à®¤
Lord of animals, Lord Shiva
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu, Traditional
A Garland of Lord Vishnu
Boy/Male
Sikh
Gods light
Girl/Female
American, British, English
From the Old House
Boy/Male
Indian
King of warriors
TAIL HOOK
TAIL HOOK
TAIL HOOK
TAIL HOOK
TAIL HOOK
n.
A slattern who suffers her gown to trail in the mire; a drabble-tail.
v. t.
To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
n.
To set sail; to begin a voyage.
v. t.
To rail at.
a.
Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.
v. t.
To pull or draw by the tail.
n.
Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
v. t.
To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.
v. i.
To swing with the stern in a certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream.
n.
To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.
n.
The lime tree, or linden; -- called also teil tree.
a.
Like a rat's tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File.
n.
A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.
n.
See Timothy, Cat-tail, Cirrus.
n.
Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
a.
Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish.
v. t.
To arm with mail.
v. t.
To pour forcibly down, as hail.
n.
Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.
n.
A draggle-tail; a slattern.