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1Tail Code — Tail codes are the markings usually on the vertical stabilizer of U.S. military aircraft that help characterize the aircraft s unit and/or base assignment and occasionally other information that is not unique. This is not the same as the serial… …
2Tail — Tail, v. t. 1. To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds, wherewith he was tailed, continued uncanceled, and was called on the …
3Tail — Tail, v. i. 1. (Arch.) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails… …
4Tail on — Tail Tail, v. i. 1. (Arch.) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel… …
5tail pin — tail pin, a slender pin or peg projecting from the lower end of a cello, used to support it on the floor while it is being played …
6tail skid — noun : a yielding support on which the tail of an airplane rests when on the ground * * * Aeron. a runner under the tail of an airplane. [1915 20] * * * tail skid, a runner at the back of certain aircraft, used instead of a wheel as a support in… …
7Tail recursion — In computer science, tail recursion (or tail end recursion) is a special case of recursion in which the last operation of the function is a recursive call. Such recursions can be easily transformed to iterations. Replacing recursion with… …
8tail — 1. n. & v. 1 the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. 2 a a thing like a tail in form or position, esp. something extending downwards or outwards at an extremity. b the rear end of anything, e.g. of a… …
9Tail of the Bank — The Tail of the Bank is the name given to the anchorage in the upper Firth of Clyde immediately north of Greenock and Gourock. This area of the firth gets its name from the sandbar immediately to its east which marks the entrance to the estuary… …
10Tail stock — Stock Stock (st[o^]k), n. [AS. stocc a stock, trunk, stick; akin to D. stok, G. stock, OHG. stoc, Icel. stokkr, Sw. stock, Dan. stok, and AS. stycce a piece; cf. Skr. tuj to urge, thrust. Cf. {Stokker}, {Stucco}, and {Tuck} a rapier.] 1. The stem …
