...The tree is of no great thickness, and tapers gradually to a point... 
W.H.G. Kingston 「Great African Travellers」
...The greatest dimension is a little in advance ofthe anal sucker; the body thence tapers to the other extremity,which ends in an upper lip projecting considerably beyond themouth...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...Thegreatest girth is in middle or fore-part of the dorsal fin, from whichthe body tapers to both ends, presenting the true spindle form...
Robert A. Sterndale 「Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon」
...They are characterized by 1) an extremely robust bodythat rapidly tapers near the tail, 2) a squarish head, and 3) anarrow, underslung lower jaw which is located well behindthe tip of the snout...
Stephen Leatherwood 「Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic」
...It then tapers to a point approximately 2...
Theodore H. Eaton 「A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas」
...The tail of the former, moreover, is not of the trowel-shape, but tapers like that of the common rat...
Mayne Reid 「The Hunters' Feast」
...Such a rollwas called an “Exultet” from its first word,which is the beginning of the line “Exultet jamAngelica turba cælorum” of the hymn for thebenediction of the paschal wax tapers on EasterEve...
John W. Bradley 「Illuminated Manuscripts」
...The darkness was feeblydispelled by the light of wax tapers carried by the guide and myself;and the aspect of the narrow, low-browed passages and chambers wasgloomy in the extreme...
Hugh Macmillan 「Roman Mosaics」
...There were many tapers and candles lighted all about...
Chretien DeTroyes 「Four Arthurian Romances」
...But thirty knights mount guard over her, and there are ten tapers burning there, which light up the place all about...
Chretien DeTroyes 「Four Arthurian Romances」
...With that Sir Launcelot saw the candlestick with the six tapers come before the cross, and he saw nobody that brought it...
Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, Raphael Holinshed 「Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series)」
...With that there entered men bearingtorches and tapers, so that the hall, whichbefore was dark and dim, became light andclear...
Anonymous Jessie L. Weston 「Sir Gawain and the Lady of Lys」
...’Twas richly garnished, and fourgreat tapers, cunningly placed, gave fittinglight...
Anonymous Jessie L. Weston 「Sir Gawain and the Lady of Lys」
...Next there came into the court four childrenwho bore four tapers, and an old man in their midstwith a censer in one hand a spear in the other,and that spear was called the spear of vengeance...
Charles Morris 「Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15)」
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