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tail out

verb

  1. tr, adverb to guide (timber) as it emerges from a power saw


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Example Sentences

He pictured Maizie as wearing overalls, a man's shirt with the tail out, a big slouch hat, and buckskin gloves.

A very demon of a horse was tearing along the road, his mane flying, his tail out straight, and his body almost to the ground.

This is a mighty puzzling proposition we're up against, and I can't make head or tail out of it.

I had been making strenuous efforts to pull the tail out of the cat that I might use it for a feather duster.

I sat down to read the thing, and by thunder, sir, I couldn't make head nor tail out of it!

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