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   Silversides , n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker.
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   Brook silversides (Zool.), a small fresh-water North American fish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to the marine silversides.
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   Tailor , n. [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF. taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a cutting, layer for planting. Cf. Detail, Entail, Retail, Tally, n.]
   One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments.
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   Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou wert a man's tailor.
   Shak.
   
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   (Zool.) (a) The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring. (b) The silversides.
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   (Zool.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.]
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   Salt-water tailor (Zool.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett. -- Tailor bird (Zool.), any one of numerous species of small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to Orthotomus, Prinia, and allied genera. They are noted for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form nests. The common Indian species are Orthotomus longicauda, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headed tailor bird (Orthotomus coronatus), which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale olive-green.
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   Tailor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tailored ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tailoring.] To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.
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   These tailoring artists for our lays
   Invent cramped rules.
   M. Green.
   
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