The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tail \Tail\, v. i.
(Arch.) To hold by the end; -- said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; -- with in or into.
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(Naut.) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream.
Tail on. (Naut.) See Tally on, under Tally.
Usage examples of "tail on".
Mofeislop jumped back, spitting out the tuft of tail on which he had been suck.
I thumped my tail on the carpet in the hope that she would take that for an affirmative to her question.
With impossible speed for one so wounded, Ulaha jerked him around and caught the voxyn's striking tail on his back.
After a week or so she found she didn't miss the tail on Relkin anymore.
Khiindi said, moving away from the bars to preserve his dignity, then ruining it by having to scratch compulsively at his left ear while biting the base of his tail on the other side.
Turning a contentedly waving tail on them, she stuck her nose in her dish.