adj.
consisting of tailings (q.v.).
1890. `Goldfields of Victoria,' p. 21:
«From recent assays of the tailing-sand, scarcely one quarterof the pyrites has been extracted.»
·noun Sexual intercourse. II. Tailing ·noun ·same·as <<Tail>>, ·noun, 8 (a). III. Tailing ·noun Th...
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The act of the sperm whale in violently beating the water with its tail. ...
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