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Webster 1913 Edition
Tailing
Tail′ing
,Noun.
1.
(Arch.)
The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
Gwilt.
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.
Definition 2024
tailing
tailing
English
Verb
tailing
- present participle of tail
Noun
tailing (plural tailings)
- The act of following someone.
- (architecture) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gwilt to this entry?)
- (obsolete) sexual intercourse
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
- (obsolete) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
- A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.