Taper /(?)/

1. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.

   Get me a taper in my study, Lucius.

2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.

1. Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.

imp. & p. p. Tapered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tapering

1. To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.

1. To make or cause to taper.