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noun

Rat-tail n.

(Far.) pl. An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.

(Zool.)

(a)

The California chimaera. See Chimaera.

(b)

Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2.

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"Rat-tail" Quotes from Famous Books

... did I iver 'xpact he was up to sich a trick and he would niver have l'aved me a-fishing. Oorah, oorah!" he muttered, gnashing his teeth together. "What a miserable fool I have been. He to come here and insult me mistress after professin' the kindest regards. May I be made to eat rat-tail files for potaties if iver I trust red-skin ...

— The Lost Trail - I • Edward S. Ellis

... Long ere the quarter was a half, The chuckling crowd had ceased to laugh; Tighter his frightened jockey clung As in a mighty stride he swung, The gravel flying in his track, His neck stretched out, his ears laid back, His tail extended all the while Behind him like a rat-tail file! Off went a shoe,—away it spun, Shot like a ...

— The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Complete • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

... is not only a thankless job at any time, but it is no saving of time or money. There was a good two-handed saw in the shed and Hiram found a good rat-tail file. With the aid of a home-made saw-holder and a monkey wrench he sharpened and set this saw and then got Henry Pollock to help him for ...

— Hiram The Young Farmer • Burbank L. Todd

... deemed necessary. Lock with lock-string. Elevating screw. Sight. Priming-wire. Boring-bit. Vent-cloth. Sponge and rammer. " " spare. Spring-spike. Rat-tail file. Haversack, with strap, for Captain of howitzer, to contain a supply of primers, spare fuzes, spare lock, vent-bit, vent-cloth, and implements for spiking; leather ammunition-pouches for each of the men of the field-gun, except Nos. 1 and 3, to be supplied by the Quarter Gunner, ...

— Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. - 1866. Fourth edition. • Bureau of Ordnance, USN

... gave me a rat-tail to eat,' Miss Kitten replied thoughtfully. 'I believe I would rather have that than anything else,' and she looked longingly at young Mr. ...

— The Gray Goose's Story • Amy Prentice