| 单词 | taper-headed | 
| 释义 | > as lemmastaper-headed  C1.   Chiefly parasynthetic in -ed suffix2, as  taper-bored,  taper-headed,  taper-limbed,  taper-moulded,  taper-pointed (but in some of these taper may be noun); also with a participle, as  taper-grown. ΚΠ 1626    J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 32  				To know whether she be equally bored, camber, taper, or belbored. a1661    W. Brereton Trav. 		(1844)	 165  				They are called drakes. They are taper-bored in the chamber. 1664    H. Power Exper. Philos.  i. 13  				Bristles or prickles like whin-pricks perfectly taper-grown. 1678    E. Phillips New World of Words 		(new ed.)	  				Taper-board, in Gunnery, is when a piece is wider at the mouth than towards the breetch. 1725    A. Philips To Honourable Miss Carteret 41  				Then the taper-moulded waist With a span of ribbon brac'd. 1828    J. E. Smith Eng. Flora 		(ed. 2)	 II. 12  				Leaves broad, taper-pointed, angular rather than toothed. c1843    T. Carlyle Hist. Sketches 		(1898)	 270  				The taper-limbed Apollo figure. < as lemmas  | 
	
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