'To tail on' definitions:

Definition of 'To tail on'

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Tail \Tail\, v. t.
1. To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds, wherewith he was tailed, continued uncanceled, and was called on the next Parliament. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
2. To pull or draw by the tail. [R.] --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
To tail in or To tail on (Arch.), to fasten by one of the ends into a wall or some other support; as, to tail in a timber. [1913 Webster]

Words containing 'To tail on'

Tail,
Tail on,
Tailed,
Tailing,
To tail in,
tails,
Box tail,
Dragon's tail,
Estate in tail,
Fee tail,
Head or tail,
Heads or tails,
Lion's tail,
Lizard's tail,
Mill tail,
Otter Tail,
Scansorial tail,
Scorpion's tail,
Tail beam,
Tail coverts,
Tail end,
Tail joist,
Tail of a comet,
Tail of a gale,
Tail of a lock,
Tail of the trenches,
Tail spindle,
Tail stock,
To stave and tail,
To turn tail,
burro's tail,
donkey's tail,
estate tail,
horizontal tail,
horse's tail,
kite tail,
lamb's tail,
lobster tail,
mare's tail,
piece of tail,
sprig tail,
tail assembly,
tail bone,
tail coat,
tail feather,
tail fin,
tail gate,
tail gunner,
tail lamp,
tail rotor,
tail wind,
tailed frog,
tailed toad,
turn tail,
under tail coverts,
vertical tail,
white tail,
Boat-tail,
Cat's-tail,
Cat-tail,
Crop-tailed,
Cross-tail,
Dag-tailed,
Daggle-tail,
Daggle-tailed,
Drabble-tail,
Draggle-tail,
Draggle-tailed,
Fan-tailed,
Fish-tail,
Fork-tailed,
Hare's-tail,
Mare's-tail,
Neither head nor tail,
Otter Tail County,
Otter Tail, MN,
Pin-tailed,
Racket-tail,
Racket-tailed,
Rat-tail,
Rat-tailed,
Red-tailed,
Ring-tailed,
Ruby-tailed,
Scissors-tailed,
Spine-tailed,
Split-tail,
Stiff-tailed,
Stump-tailed,
Swallow-tailed,
Tail-bay,
Tail-water,
Teeter-tail,
Triple-tail,
Wedge-tailed,
Wire-tailed,
fee-tail,
high-tail,
kitten-tails,
lizard's-tail,
lyre-tail,
naked-tailed,
pen-tail,
piket-tail,
scaly-tailed,
scissor-tailed,
short-tailed,
spike-tail,
spreet-tail,
square-tailed,
swingle-tail,
tail-flower,
tail-shaped,
upper tail coverts,
white tie and tails,
Cat o' nine tails,
Dog's-tail grass,
Fish-tail burner,
Fish-tail propeller,
Fork-tailed flycatcher,
Fork-tailed gull,
Fork-tailed kite,
Hare's-tail grass,
Otter Tail County, MN,
Rat-tailed larva,
Rat-tailed radish,
Rat-tailed serpent,
Rat-tailed shrew,
Red-tailed hawk,
Ring-tailed cat,
Ring-tailed eagle,
Spine-tailed swift,
Squirrel-tail grass,
Stump-tailed lizard,
Swallow-tailed duck,
Swallow-tailed gull,
Swallow-tailed hawk,
Swallow-tailed kite,
Swallow-tailed moth,
Wedge-tailed eagle,
Wedge-tailed gull,
Yellow-tailed shad,
band-tail pigeon,
band-tailed pigeon,
black-tailed deer,
brown-tail moth,
brush-tail porcupine,
brush-tailed phalanger,
brush-tailed phascogale,
brush-tailed porcupine,
cat's-tail grass,
four-tailed bandage,
free-tailed bat,
gold-tail moth,
green-tailed towhee,
gridiron-tailed lizard,
hair-tailed mole,
lesser cat-tail,
lion-tailed baboon,
lizard's-tail family,
long-tailed cat,
long-tailed porcupine,
long-tailed weasel,
nail-tailed kangaroo,
nail-tailed wallaby,
pin-tailed duck,
pin-tailed grouse,
pin-tailed sandgrouse,
rat's-tail cactus,
rat-tail file,
rat-tail fish,
red-tailed buzzard,
ring-tailed lemur,
round-tailed muskrat,
sharp-tailed grouse,
short-tailed shrew,
slender-tailed meerkat,
swallow-tailed coat,
white-tailed deer,
white-tailed jackrabbit,
white-tailed kite,
zebra-tailed lizard,
meadow cat's-tail grass,
pen-tailed tree shrew,
white-tailed sea eagle,
cat-o'-nine-tails