Definition: A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a
small light.
Definition: A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an
elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
Definition: Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward
one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
Definition: To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar
loaf tapers toward one end.
Definition: To make or cause to taper.
