See Also: fee tail(dictionary)
tail(3)(dictionary)
tail(2)(dictionary)
tail(1)(dictionary)
Tail(finance)
red-tail(dictionary)
rat-tail(dictionary)
rat's-tail(dictionary)
pen-tail(dictionary)
cat's-tail(dictionary)

becalm (iou) and tail-end (iou)


becalm (iou)



becalm verb trans. M16.
[from BE- 1, 4 + CALM verb.]
Nautical. Deprive (a ship) of wind. Usu. in pass. M16.
Ld Macaulay The fleet was becalmed off the Goodwin Sands.
Make calm or still, soothe, assuage. E17.
Pope What power becalms the innavigable seas?

tail-end (iou)



tail-end noun. LME.
[from TAIL noun1 + END noun.]
a. The buttocks. Only in LME.
b. The lower, hindmost, or final part of something; the part opposite the head. M18.
The inferior or weaker part of something; spec. (a) Cricket the weaker batsmen constituting the end of a batting order; (b) rare a quantity of inferior grain, flour, etc. L19.
Comb.: tail-end Charlie (a) a tail gunner; the last aircraft in a flying formation; (b) a tail-ender.
tail-ender noun (esp. in Sport) a person at the tail-end of something L19.