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Definition of Taperings
1. tapering [n] - See also: tapering
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taperings
Literary usage of Taperings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1882)
"Therefore, alter making a rude scaffolding, the stem is cut where all those
taperings join gypsum; or a certain smooth slone which served for polishing. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1882)
"Therefore, after making a rude scaffolding, the stem is cut where all those
taperings join gypsum; or a certain smooth stone which served for polishing. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1882)
"Therefore, after making a rnde scaffolding, the stem is cut where all those
taperings join gypsum: or a certain smooth stone which served for polishing. ..."
4. The Practical Book of Interior Decoration by Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Abbot McClure, Edward Stratton Holloway (1919)
"... while consoles and the pedestals were diversified by gentle swellings and
taperings." In accordance with this all-prevalent impetus, the bottoms (Plates ..."
5. Peter's Letters to His Kinsfolk by John Gibson Lockhart (1820)
"... with Queen Elizabeth taperings downward—no breeches of corduroy or velveteen,
hanging in luxurious looseness about their thick; —none of those ..."
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