v. i.
To swing with the stern in a certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream.
Next Wordn. pl.
An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch. →
a.
Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zool.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery. →
n.
A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, and their structure and functions. →