*taile*

a. Having the tail cropped. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. United or fastened by a dovetailed joint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who curtails. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Dag a loose end + tail. ] Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks. “Dag-tailed sheep.” Bp. Hall.

adj. 1. Developed or executed with care and in minute detail; as, a detailed plan.
Syn. -- elaborate, elaborated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Containing details; containing subordinate parts as well as more general discussion; -- of a discourse; as, a specific and detailed account of the accident. Opposite of sketchy, general, vague.
Syn. -- circumstantial, particularized, particularised. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. having fine or intricate added decoration. [ PJC ]

n. One who details. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Untidy; sluttish; slatternly. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fork-tailed flycatcher (Zool.), a tropical American flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus). --
Fork-tailed gull (Zool.), a gull of the genus Xema, of two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean. --
Fork-tailed kite (Zool.), a graceful American kite (Elanoides forficatus); -- called also swallow-tailed kite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small swift bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions.
Syn. -- freetail. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a lizard having a long tail with black bands (Callisaurus draconoides), which lives in the deserts of the southwestern U. S. and Mexico; called also zebra-tailed lizard. RHUD [ PJC ]

a. Having a tail like a pig's; as, the pigtailed baboon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; -- said of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rat-tailed larva (Zool.), the larva of a fly of the genus Eristalis. See Eristalis. --
Rat-tailed serpent (Zool.), the fer-de-lance. --
Rat-tailed shrew (Zool.), the musk shrew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a red tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

Red-tailed hawk (Zool.), a large North American hawk (Buteo borealis). When adult its tail is chestnut red. Called also hen hawck, and red-tailed buzzard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who retails anything; as, a retailer of merchandise; a retailer of gossip; -- used also of businesses, including large corporations; as, Sears, Roebuck is one the the country's largest retailers. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. (Zool.) Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ring-tailed cat (Zool.), the cacomixle. --
Ring-tailed eagle (Zool.), a young golden eagle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spine-tailed swift. (Zool.) See Spinetail (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a short, thick tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stump-tailed lizard (Zool.), a singular Australian scincoid lizard (Trachydosaurus rugosus) having a short, thick tail resembling its head in form; -- called also sleeping lizard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Carp.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Swallow-tailed duck (Zool.), the old squaw. --
Swallow-tailed gull (Zool.), an Arctic gull (Xema furcata), which has a deeply forked tail. --
Swallow-tailed hawk or
Swallow-tailed kite (Zool.), the fork-tailed kite. --
Swallow-tailed moth (Zool.), a European moth (Urapteryx sambucaria) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Snouted and tailed like a boar. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe, under Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wedge-tailed eagle, an Australian eagle (Aquila audax) which feeds on various small species of kangaroos, and on lambs; -- called also mountain eagle, bold eagle, and eagle hawk. --
Wedge-tailed gull, an arctic gull (Rhodostethia rosea) in which the plumage is tinged with rose; -- called also Ross's gull. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules. [ 1913 Webster ]