high-taper [Altered from higtaper (Lyte, Gerarde, Cotgrave), earlier higgis taper, hickis taper (Turner).] = hag-taper, q.v. 1605Timme Quersit. iii. 179 Take of..hightaper, and of ferne, of each one pound and a halfe.1861Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. IV. 135.