Word Meanings - TAPER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light. Get me a taper in my study, Lucius. Shak. 2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.

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• LIGHT
  licht, OHG. lioht, Goth. liuhap, Icel. lj, L. lux light, lucere to 1. That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous. Note: Light was regarded formerly
• OBJECTIVENESS
  Objectivity. Is there such a motion or objectiveness of external bodies, which produceth light Sir M. Hale
• CANDLE POWER
  Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle.
• TAPERED
  Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir. T. Warton.
• LIGHTSOME
  1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon. 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. That lightsome affection of joy. Hooker. -- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. Happiness
• CANDLEHOLDER
  One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance. Shak.
• OBJECTIST
  One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy. Ed. Rev.
• SMALLISH
  Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
• LIGHTNESS
  The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace. Syn. -- Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility;
• LIGHT-ARMED
  Armed with light weapons or accouterments.
• THICKNESS
  The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).
• OBJECT
  before, to oppose; ob + jacere to throw: cf. objecter. See 1. To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose. Of less account some knight thereto object, Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove. Fairfax. Some strong
• LIGHTERAGE
  1. The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. 2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
• CANDLE FOOT
  The illumination produced by a British standard candle at a distance of one foot; --used as a unit of illumination.
• OBJECTIVATE
  To objectify.
• LIGHT-O'-LOVE
  1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love." Shak. 2. Hence: A light or wanton woman. Beau. & Fl.
• LIGHT-FOOT; LIGHT-FOOTED
  Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Tennyson.
• LIGHTHOUSE
  A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos.
• GRADUAL
  Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline. Creatures animate with gradual life Of growth, sense,
• OBJECTLESS
  Having no object; purposeless.
• SLIGHTNESS
  The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• DRUMMOND LIGHT
  A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called
• ACROSPIRE
  The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form.
• SUSPIRE
  To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe. Shak. Fireflies that suspire In short, soft lapses of transported flame. Mrs. Browning.
• HEREHENCE
  From hence.
• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• DISMALLY
  In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
• SLIGHTEN
  To slight. B. Jonson.
• LAMPLIGHTER
  The calico bass. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.
• FLIGHTER
  A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor. Knight.
• SUNLIGHT
  The light of the sun. Milton.