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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
tailor
n 1: a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
[syn: tailor, seamster, sartor]
v 1: adjust to a specific need or market; "a magazine oriented
towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your
surroundings" [syn: tailor, orient]
2: style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress" [syn:
cut, tailor]
3: create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a
suit by next week?" [syn: sew, tailor, tailor-make]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Silversides \Sil"ver*sides`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of small fishes of the family
Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the
body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia
notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand
smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker.
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Brook silversides (Zool.), a small fresh-water North
American fish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to the
marine silversides.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Tailor \Tai"lor\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tailored; p. pr. & vb.
n. Tailoring.]
To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a
tailor.
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These tailoring artists for our lays
Invent cramped rules. --M. Green.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Tailor \Tai"lor\, n. [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF.
taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a
cutting, layer for planting. Cf. Detail, Entail,
Retail, Tally, n.]
1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's
garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer
garments.
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Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou
wert a man's tailor. --Shak.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring.
(b) The silversides.
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3. (Zool.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.]
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Salt-water tailor (Zool.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.]
--Bartlett.
Tailor bird (Zool.), any one of numerous species of small
Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to
Orthotomus, Prinia, and allied genera. They are noted
for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form
nests. The common Indian species are Orthotomus
longicauda, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail
coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and
the golden-headed tailor bird (Orthotomus coronatus),
which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back
and wings pale olive-green.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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