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TAPER (probably of Celtic origin, cf. Irish tapar, Welsh tampr, taper, torch) , a smhll thin candle of tallow or wax (see CANDLE); from itS early shape, in which the circumference of the top was smaller than that of the base
architecture the word is used of the gradual diminishing of a spire or column as it rises. The spire tapers almost to a point, where it is terminated by a finial or vane
diameter at the top, and as a general rule
ancient
Selinus
Sicily
diameter is about half the lower
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