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Silversides \Sil"ver*sides`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of small fishes of the family
{Atherinidae}, 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}.
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{Brook silversides} (Zool.), a small fresh-water North
American fish ({Labadesthes sicculus}) related to the
marine silversides.
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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.
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These tailoring artists for our lays
Invent cramped rules. --M. Green.
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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.
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Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou
wert a man's tailor. --Shak.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) The mattowacca; -- called also {tailor herring}.
(b) The silversides.
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3. (Zool.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.]
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{Salt-water tailor} (Zool.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.]
--Bartlett.

{Tailor bird} (Zool.), 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 {Orthotomus
longicauda}, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail
coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and
the golden-headed tailor bird ({Orthotomus coronatus}),
which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back
and wings pale olive-green.
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