Tailor definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TA'ILOR, n. One whose ... a person whose occupation is making and altering garments [syn: tailor, seamster, sartor] v 1: adjust to a specific need or market; "a magazine oriented towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your surroundings" [syn: tailor, orient] 2: style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress" [syn: cut, tailor] 3: create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew ...
tailor-made definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: (of ... clothing) custom-made [syn: bespoke, bespoken, made-to-order, tailored, tailor-made] n 1: custom-made clothing Merriam Webster's I. adjective Date: 1832 1. made by a tailor or with a tailor's care and style 2. made or fitted especially to ... use or purpose 3. factory made rather than hand-rolled < tailor-made cigarettes > II. noun Date: 1892 one that is tailor-made; specifically a woman's garment styled for a ...
tailor-make definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: create ... seamstress sew me a suit by next week?" [syn: sew, tailor, tailor-make] 2: make to specifications; "I had this desk custom-made for me" [syn: custom-make, customize, customise, tailor-make] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (tailor-makes, tailor-making, tailor-made) If someone tailor-makes something for ...
Salt-water tailor definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Salt acid (Chem.), hydrochloric acid ... here. --Shak. Salt-water sailor, an ocean mariner. Salt-water tailor. (Zo["o]l.) See Bluefish. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tailor Tai"lor, n. [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF. taillier ... and makes ladies' outer garments. Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou wert a man's tailor. --Shak. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring. (b) The silversides. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The ...
tailor herring definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tailor Tai"lor, n. [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF. taillier ... and makes ladies' outer garments. Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou wert a man's tailor. --Shak. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring. (b) The silversides. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.] Salt-water tailor (Zo["o]l.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett. ...
Tailor bird definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tailor Tai"lor, n. [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF. taillier ... and makes ladies' outer garments. Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou wert a man's tailor. --Shak. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring. (b) The silversides. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.] Salt-water tailor (Zo["o]l.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett. ...
Merchant tailor definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Merchant Mer"chant, a. Of ... Am. Cyc. Merchant ship, a ship employed in commerce. Merchant tailor, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which he ...
saltwater tailor definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bluefish Blue"fish`, n. (Zo ... coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack. 2. A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of ...
tailor shad definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mattowacca Mat`to*wac ... smaller and less esteemed for food; -- called also hickory shad, tailor shad, fall herring, and shad herring.
O longicauda definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tailor Tai"lor, n. [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF. taillier ... and makes ladies' outer garments. Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou wert a man's tailor. --Shak. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring. (b) The silversides. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.] Salt-water tailor (Zo["o]l.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett. Tailor bird (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species ...
... rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailor; the longest muscle in the human body [syn: sartorius, sartorius ... noun (plural sartorii) Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin sartor tailor, from Latin sarcire to mend Date: 1704 a muscle that ... front of each thigh. Etymology: mod.L f. L sartor tailor (the muscle being used in adopting a tailor's cross-legged posture) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sartorius Sar ... to"ri*us, n. [NL., fr. L. sartor a patcher, tailor, fr. sarcire, sartum, to patch, mend.] (Anat.) A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and ...
O coronatus definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tailor Tai"lor, n. [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF. taillier ... and makes ladies' outer garments. Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou wert a man's tailor. --Shak. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring. (b) The silversides. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.] Salt-water tailor (Zo["o]l.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett. Tailor bird (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species ...