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tailing definition

tail·ing (-iŋ)

noun

  1. waste or refuse left in various processes of milling, mining, distilling, etc.
  2. the part of a projecting brick, etc. fastened into a wall

Etymology: tail, v. + -ing

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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