TAIL
ADJECTIVES
► BESOM-TAILED having a bushy tail → 1695
► CURVICAUDATE having a curved tail → 1864 obs.
NOUNS
► ALDERMAN’S NAIL an animal’s tail → 19C Brit. rhyming sl.
► BESOM-TAIL a tail formed like a ‘besom’; a bushy tail → 1678
► BUSH the bushy tail of a fox; the bushy tail of any animal → 1575 obs.
► CAUDATION the possession of a tail → 1856
► CUE the tail of an animal → 1862 humorous usage
► CURTAL any animal that has lost its tail → 1608 obs.
► DAILY (MAIL) a tail; hence, the buttocks, the rectum → 1956 UK rhyming sl.
► FUD the short, upright tail of a hare, rabbit, etc. → 1710 chiefly Sc.
► POLE the tail of an otter, pheasant, or other quarry → 1864 hunting usage
► QUIRK the end of a pig’s tail → 1885 Eng. dial.
► SCUT the tail of an animal, esp. that of a rabbit or deer → 16C
► SPRIGTAIL a short or docked tail → 1676
► STRUNT the fleshy part of the tail of an animal, esp. of a horse; hence, also, the whole tail → 1610
► STUMPLE a docked tail → 1686 obs.
► SWINGE the lashing of a tail → 1627 obs. obs.
► TAG a tail; any small object hanging from a larger one → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAILET a minute tail or tail-like appendage → 1817
► TEWEL a tail → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► TRINDLE-TAIL ► TRUNDLETAIL an animal with a curled tail; a curled tail → 1486
► WAG a cow’s tail → 1912 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► MUGGLING a person with a tail resembling that of a fish → c1275 obs.
VERBS
► BANG to dock the tail of a horse, etc. → 19C
► DECAUDALIZE to deprive of the tail → 1840
► DECAUDATE to deprive of the tail → 1864
► FAWN to wag the tail → a1300 obs.
► STRUNT to cut short, esp. to dock the tail of a horse or sheep → 1828
► SWINGE to lash the tail; to brandish, to flourish → 1605 obs.
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