[ noun ] formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men <noun.artifact>
Tailing \Tail"ing\, n. 1. (Arch.) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall. --Gwilt.
2. (Surg.) Same as {Tail}, n., 8 (a) .
3. Sexual intercourse. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
4. pl. The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff.
5. 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}. --Pryce.
6. (Elec.) A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
In butcher shops, tripes hang from hooks like chamoix leathers and there are pigs' tails, cheeks and testicles on offer.
"It's heads I win, tails you lose because brave words notwithstanding, the peril of communal animosity is still not taken seriously.
Rows of new F-50 turboprops fill two huge halls, sporting such logos as those for Philippine Airlines and Inter-Canadian on their tails.
They hang over the roof of the room swinging erect green tails and snorting lewdly.
The harvest that begins this weekend will be the year's major catch of the seafood, which vies with cold-water lobster tails as a premium item on restaurant menus in the United States and abroad.
If you take our blade business, we introduced Trac-II in 1972 and we're still selling it, still adding capacity on a worldwide basis, although in the more developed markets, the tails are running down.
IT WAS TO have been a simple yet greedy feast a deux: asparagus to start, followed by wild salmon tails dressed with an olive oil variation on beurre noir, then soft goat's cheese with oatcakes or soda bread, and fresh cherries and apricots to finish.
As a crowd of hundreds watched Sunday, federal fisheries officers sent divers to tie slings, one at a time, around the tails of the creatures, which ranged in length from about 40 to 65 feet.
Today, it has shiny offices in Neenah, Dallas and Atlanta, with squadrons of marketing executives and million-dollar research and development labs, where babies crawl about with temperature and humidity sensors trailing from their tails.
He tails her as she follows her nose to a campground with a tent, picnic table, ice chest and, for the moment, no people.
For the occasion, Bush had rented a morning coat in Washington, including grey stripe pants, black vest, black tie and black cutaway jacket with tails.
Despite running into general, year-end profit-taking yesterday, London Metal Exchange base metal contracts mostly ended 1993 with their tails up as traders looked forward to a sustained upturn in global economic activity in 1994.
They appear to relish the human contact _ nuzzling kisses on the cheeks of young women, wagging their powerful tails to stand in the water and "dance," and even flying out of the water to turn somersaults above swimmers' heads.
Its operators, who for some whimsical reason are kitted out in top hats and tails, are employed by franchisees.
It made Sweden the second country after Norway to ban the cropping of dogs' tails for cosmetic reasons.
Victor remembers afternoons at the Gezira Sporting Club when 300 polo ponies would be gathered round the thundering fields, their Nubian grooms, in regimental colours, sporting turbans with tails that hung to the ground.
A man in purple tails beckoned the company onto the City Center stage.
"Three tails followed me to work, but because no outsiders were allowed in our building, they had to remain in the car.
'I have never yet worn tails but it is tempting,' he says, adding: 'I also tell my mother not to wear colour as it detracts from the walls.' He chose monochrome again for a recent appearance in court on a drink-driving charge.
Group members stages several rehearsals before Groundhog Day, when they don top hats and tails for the event.
When the catfish decide to change territory, they simply heave themselves out of the water, supported by their fins and propelled by their tails.
And the squirrels in city parks have such bushy tails it's certain to be cold as well, he contended.
Each morning, he and other children gathered missile tails and traded them like baseball cards.
For participation in between, the IRS will exercise its "anti-abuse" discretion, sometimes called "heads I win, tails you lose."
The rock bandleader wore a white tux with tails and the bride wore a white gown.
After three throws of heads, he may choose to take his winnings, or take part of them, and keep spinning until he throws tails.
"Unfortunately," Jumper said, "if you pick them up by their tails, their tails fall off." The recaptured lizards are regrowing their tails, and some have gone home to live with young museum patrons.
"Unfortunately," Jumper said, "if you pick them up by their tails, their tails fall off." The recaptured lizards are regrowing their tails, and some have gone home to live with young museum patrons.
"Unfortunately," Jumper said, "if you pick them up by their tails, their tails fall off." The recaptured lizards are regrowing their tails, and some have gone home to live with young museum patrons.
With pointed tails or swallowtails, the jackets over knickers or fuller pants came out in hot-pepper red, aubergine orange or okra green, with big ruffled jabots for the aristocratic touch.