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▪ I. tapered, a.|ˈteɪpəd|
[f. taper n.1 + -ed2.]
Lighted by, or accompanied by the use of, tapers.
1745Warton Pleas. Melanch. 196 The taper'd choir, at the late hour of pray'r. 1792S. Rogers Pleas. Mem. ii. 325 The chanted hymn, the tapered rite. 18..Campbell On Poland 49 The taper'd pomp—the hallelujah's swell.
▪ II. tapered, ppl. a.|ˈteɪpəd|
[f. taper v. + -ed1.]
Made to taper; diminished in breadth or thickness by degrees; tapering, taper.
1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag. v. xii. 63 If you will make for tapered bore Guns, your Forms must be accordingly tapered. 1783Justamond tr. Raynal's Hist. Indies I. 141 Ten or twelve pinnated leaves, tapered towards the top, very broad at their basis. 1839–40W. Irving Wolfert's R. (1855) 49 A lady's glove, of delicate size and shape, with beautifully tapered fingers. 1882Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 75 The fore and main tacks are tapered ropes. |