[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tailor \tai"lor\, 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.
   1. 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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   2. zool.
      a the mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring.
      b the silversides.
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   3. 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.
      1913 webster
see also:
detail entail retail tally tailor herring salt-water tailor 
tailor bird orthotomus prinia orthotomus longicauda orthotomus coronatus 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fall \fall\, n.
   1. the act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force
      of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the
      yard of ship.
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   2. the act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as,
      he was walking on ice, and had a fall.
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   3. death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
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            they thy fall conspire.               --denham.
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            pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit
            before a fall.                        --prov. xvi.
                                                  18.
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   4. downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office;
      termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin;
      overthrow; as, the fall of the roman empire.
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            beholds thee glorious only in thy fall. --pope.
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   5. the surrender of a besieged fortress or town; as, the fall
      of sebastopol.
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   6. diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation;
      as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
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   7. a sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at
      the close of a sentence.
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   8. declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
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   9. descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water
      down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural,
      sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of niagara.
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   10. the discharge of a river or current of water into the
       ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the po
       into the gulf of venice. --addison.
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   11. extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as,
       the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.
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   12. the season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
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             what crowds of patients the town doctor kills,
             or how, last fall, he raised the weekly bills.
                                                  --dryden.
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   13. that which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy
       fall of snow.
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   14. the act of felling or cutting down. "the fall of timber."
       --johnson.
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   15. lapse or declension from innocence or goodness.
       specifically: the first apostasy; the act of our first
       parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy
       of the rebellious angels.
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   16. formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling
       band; a faule. --b. jonson.
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   17. that part as one of the ropes of a tackle to which the
       power is applied in hoisting.
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   fall herring zool., a herring of the atlantic clupea
      mediocris; -- also called tailor herring, and hickory
      shad.

   to try a fall, to try a bout at wrestling. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
fall herring clupea mediocris tailor herring hickory shad to try a fall 

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