[fish-teyl] 
| 1. | to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car. |
| 2. | to slow an airplane by causing its tail to move rapidly from side to side. |
| 3. | such a maneuver. |
| 4. | a gas burner having two jets crossing each other so as to produce a flame resembling a fish's tail. |
| 5. | a device having a long, narrow slot at the top, placed over a gas jet, as of a Bunsen burner, to give a thin, fanlike flame. |
| 6. | Jewelry. a setting consisting of four prominent triangular corner prongs to hold the stone. |
| fish·tail (fĭsh'tāl') adj. Resembling or suggestive of the tail of a fish in shape or movement. intr.v. fish·tailed, fish·tail·ing, fish·tails
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