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Meaning Of Taper

n.

A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
n.

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

Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
v. i.

To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
v. t.

To make or cause to taper.

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