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   Taper (?), n. [AS. tapur, tapor, taper; cf. Ir. tapar, W. tampr.]
   1. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
   
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   Get me a taper in my study, Lucius. Shak.
   
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   2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, “the taper of a spire”.
   
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   Taper (?), a. [Supposed to be from taper, n., in allusion to its form.] Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, “taper fingers”.
   
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   Taper, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tapered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tapering.] To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, “a sugar loaf tapers toward one end”.
   
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   Taper, v. t. To make or cause to taper.
   
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