Tall
Tall , adjective
[Old English tal seemly, elegant, docile (?); of uncertain origin; compare Anglo-Saxon un-tala, un-tale, bad, Gothic untals indocile, disobedient, uninstructed, or Welsh & Corn. tal high, Ir. talla meet, fit, proper, just.]
1.
High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast.
Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall.
2.
Brave; bold; courageous. [Obsolete]
As tall a trencherman
As e'er demolished a pye fortification.
His companions, being almost in despair of victory, were suddenly recomforted by Sir William Stanley, which came to succors with three thousand tall men.
3.
Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive. [Obsolete or Slang] — B. Jonson