·vt To make or cause to taper.
II. Taper ·noun A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
III. Taper ·vi To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
IV. Taper ·noun A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
V. Taper ·adj Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.