TAPER, TAPERING
ADJECTIVES
► FASTIGIATE tapering to a point like a cone or pyramid → 1662
► TEREY tapering to a point → 1876 obs.
ADVERBS
► TAPERLY in a tapering manner, taperingly, slenderly → 1802
VERBS
► FASTIGIATE to taper to a point; to make pointed at the top like a gable → 1656
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