Tai"lor , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tailored (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tailoring.]
To practice making men's
clothes; to follow the business of a
tailor.
These tailoring
artists for our lays
Invent cramped rules.
M. Green.
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.
Well said, good woman's
tailor . . . I would thou wert a man's tailor.
Shak. 2. (Zoöl.) (a) The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring. (b) The silversides.
3.
(Zoöl.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.]
Salt-water tailor (Zoöl.),
the bluefish. [Local, U. S.]
Bartlett. -- Tailor bird (Zoöl.), 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 O. longicauda, which has the
back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts yellowish green, and the under
parts white; and the golden-headed tailor bird (O. coronatus), which has the
top of the head golden yellow and the back and
wings pale olive-green.
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