tailing

[Eng. tail (1), s.; -ing.] 1. Agric . ( pl .): The lighter parts of grain blown to one end in winnowing. "Before 1884 I never used any wheat, other than tail ings, for feeding stock."- Field , Feb. 19, 1887. 2. Build .: The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted into a wall. 3. Mining ( pl . ): The refuse part of the stamped ore thrown behind the tail of the buddle or washing secure whatever metal might still remain in it. Hydr. Eng.: The channel which leads away the apparatus, and which is dre ed a second time to spent water from a water-wheel. IMG:content-0758.png:[blocks in formation] back-center. tail-tackle, s. IMG:content-0759.png:[blocks in formation] 4. Surg.: The same as TAIL (1), s., II. 10. *tāille, s. [Fr.=a cutting; tailler =to cut off.] 1. A tally; an account notched on a piece of wood. 2. A tax, tallage, impost, or subsidy; an imposition levied by the sovereign or any other lord on his subjects. "The taille , as it still subsists in France, may serve as an example of those ancient tallages "-Smith: Wealth of Nations , bk. iii., ch. ii. 3. The same as TAIL (2), s. (q. v.). 4. Mus.: The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola.