tails : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tails	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tails
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tails n formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men [syn: dress suit, full dress, tailcoat, tail coat, tails, white tie, white tie and tails]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tailing \Tail"ing\, n. 1. (Arch.) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall. --Gwilt. 2. (Surg.) Same as {Tail}, n., 8 (a) . 3. Sexual intercourse. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 4. pl. The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed threshing and winnowing; chaff. 5. pl. (Mining) 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.