Tall /(?)/

Tall

a.
  1. High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast.
    Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall.
  2. Brave; bold; courageous. [Obs.]
    As tall a trencherman As e'er demolished a pye fortification.
    His companions, being almost in despair of victory, were suddenly recomforted by Sir William Stanley, which came to succors with three thousand tall men.
    — Grafton.
  3. Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive. [Obs. or Slang]