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装尾巴,嵌入墙中砖石突出部,屑
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tailing \Tail"ing\, n. (Elec.)
A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to
capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.
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.
资料来源 : WordNet®
tailing
adj : following surreptitiously; keeping under surveillance;
"always on guard against shadowing submarines" [syn: {shadowing}]
n : the act of following someone secretly [syn: {shadowing}]