| taper | Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers. Origin: Supposed to be from taper, n, in allusion to its form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tapered bougie | A bougie with gradually increasing caliber, used to dilate strictures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hag-taper | <botany> The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus). Origin: Cf. 1st Hag, and Hig-taper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| hig-taper | <botany> A plant of the genus Verbascum (V. Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper. Origin: Cf. Hag-taper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |