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Definition: To tail in
Tail
\Tail\, v. t.
1. To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely
to, as that which can not be evaded. [Obs.]
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Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds,
wherewith he was tailed, continued uncanceled, and
was called on the next Parliament. --Fuller.
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2. To pull or draw by the tail. [R.] --Hudibras.
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To tail in or
To tail on (Arch.), to fasten by one of the
ends into a wall or some other support; as, to tail in a
timber.
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