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Entry 5 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Taper

/tāp'-ẽr/ · Ta·per · IPA /ˈteɪpɚ/
01 n. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
  1. 1.
    A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
    “Get me a taper in my study, Lucius.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
02 a. Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
  1. 1.
    Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
03 v. i. To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
imp. & p. p. Tapered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tapering
  1. 1.
    To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
04 v. t. To make or cause to taper.
  1. 1.
    To make or cause to taper.