Taper
Taper , noun
[Anglo-Saxon tapur, tapor, taper; compare Ir. tapar, Welsh tampr.]
1.
A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
Get me a taper in my study, Lucius.
2.
A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
Taper , adjective
[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.
Taper , intransitive verb
To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
Taper , transitive verb
To make or cause to taper.