1. See Race, n., 6.
2. (Mining)
Defn: The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.
TAILSTOCK
Tail"stock`, n.
Defn: The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle.
TAIL-WATER
Tail"-wa`ter, n.
Defn: Water in a tailrace.
TAILZIE Tail"zie (-zî or -yî), n. Etym: [F. tailler to cut. See Tail a limitation.] (Scots Law)
Defn: An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted. [Written also tailzee.]
TAIN Tain, n. Etym: [OE. tein, teyne; cf. Icel. teinn a twig, akin to AS. tan, Goth. tains.]