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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall. Gwilt.

2. Same as Tail, n., 8 (a).

3. Sexual intercourse. [Obs.] Chaucer.

4. The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff.

5. The refuse part of stamped ore, thrown behind the tail of the buddle or washing apparatus. It is dressed over again to secure whatever metal may exist in it. Called also tails. Pryce.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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