tailpiece

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A piece forming an end; an appendage.

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An engraving or design placed as an ornament at the end of a chapter or at the bottom of a page.

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A beam tailed into a wall.

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A triangular piece of ebony to which the lower ends of the strings of a violin or other related instrument are attached.

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A piece forming a tail; a piece at the end; an appendage.

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In zoology, one of the parts or pieces composing the pygidium of an insect.

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A piece at the end; an appendage.

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One of the timbers which tail into a header, in floor framing. See Illust. of Header.

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An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book.