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Webster 1913 Edition

Taper

Ta′per

,
Noun.
[AS.
tapur
,
tapor
,
taper
; cf. Ir.
tapar
, W.
tampr
.]
1.
A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
Get me a
taper
in my study, Lucius.
Shakespeare
2.
A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object;
as, the
taper
of a spire
.

Ta′per

,
Adj.
[Supposed to be from
taper
, n., in allusion to its form.]
Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical;
as,
taper
fingers
.

Ta′per

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tapered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tapering
.]
To become gradually smaller toward one end;
as, a sugar loaf
tapers
toward one end
.

Ta′per

,
Verb.
T.
To make or cause to taper.

Webster 1828 Edition

Taper

TA'PER

,
Noun.
A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle, or a small light.
Get me a taper in my study, Lucius.

TA'PER

,
Adj.
[supposed to be from the form of a taper.]
Regularly narrowed towards the point; becoming small towards one end; conical; pyramidical; as taper fingers.

TA'PER

,
Verb.
I.
To diminish or become gradually smaller towards one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers towards a point.

TA'PER

,
Verb.
T.
To make gradually smaller in diameter.

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