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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TA'ILOR, n. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments.
TA'ILOR, v.i. To practice making men's clothes.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person whose occupation is making and altering garments [syn: tailor, seamster, sartor] v
1: adjust to a specific need or market; "a magazine oriented towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your surroundings" [syn: tailor, orient]
2: style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress" [syn: cut, tailor]
3: create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?" [syn: sew, tailor, tailor-make]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English taillour, from Anglo-French taillur, from tailler, taillier to cut, from Late Latin taliare, from Latin talea plant cutting, thin piece of wood Date: 13th century a person whose occupation is making or altering outer garments II. verb Date: 1719 intransitive verb to do the work of a tailor transitive verb 1. a. to make or fashion as the work of a tailor b. to make or adapt to suit a special need or purpose 2. to fit with clothes 3. to style with trim straight lines and finished handwork

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a maker of clothes, esp. one who makes men's outer garments to measure. --v. 1 tr. make (clothes) as a tailor. 2 tr. make or adapt for a special purpose. 3 intr. work as or be a tailor. 4 tr. (esp. as tailored adj.) make clothes for (he was immaculately tailored). 5 tr. (as tailored adj.) = tailor-made. Phrases and idioms: tailor-bird any small Asian etc. bird of the genus Orthotomus that stitches leaves together to form a nest. tailor-made adj. 1 (of clothing) made to order by a tailor. 2 made or suited for a particular purpose (a job tailor-made for me). --n. a tailor-made garment. tailor's chair a chair without legs for sitting cross-legged like a tailor at work. tailor's twist a fine strong silk thread used by tailors. Derivatives: tailoring n. Etymology: ME & AF taillour, OF tailleur cutter, formed as TAIL(2)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Shad Shad (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species. [Written also chad.] Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under Gizzard), called also mud shad, white-eyed shad, and winter shad. Hardboaded, or Yellow-tailed, shad, the menhaden. Hickory, or Tailor, shad, the mattowacca. Long-boned shad, one of several species of important food fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus Gerres. Shad bush (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs or small trees of the rosaceous genus Amelanchier (A. Canadensis, and A. alnifolia) Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The plant is also called service tree, and Juneberry. Shad frog, an American spotted frog (Rana halecina); -- so called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers. Trout shad, the squeteague. White shad, the common shad.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Silversides Sil"ver*sides`, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinid[ae], having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker. Brook silversides (Zo["o]l.), a small fresh-water North American fish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to the marine silversides.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tailor Tai"lor, n. [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF. taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a cutting, layer for planting. Cf. Detail, Entail, Retail, Tally, n.] 1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments. Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou wert a man's tailor. --Shak. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring. (b) The silversides. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.] Salt-water tailor (Zo["o]l.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett. Tailor bird (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to Orthotomus, Prinia, and allied genera. They are noted for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form nests. The common Indian species are O. longicauda, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headed tailor bird (O. coronatus), which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale olive-green.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tailor Tai"lor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tailored; p. pr. & vb. n. Tailoring.] To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor. These tailoring artists for our lays Invent cramped rules. --M. Green.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(tailors, tailoring, tailored) 1. A tailor is a person whose job is to make men's clothes. N-COUNT 2. If you tailor something such as a plan or system to someone's needs, you make it suitable for a particular person or purpose by changing the details of it. We can tailor the program to the patient's needs. VERB: V n to n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Maker of men's clothes.

Foolish Dictionary

One who takes your measure on first sight, gives you a fit, sews you up and follows suit until paid.

Moby Thesaurus

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