taperlyadv.
rare.
In a tapering manner, taperingly, slenderly.
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1802 Sporting Mag. 20 292 A small dog, taperly and elegantly formed.
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adv.1802- to keep one's residence
- to keep one's room
- to keep one's seat
- to keep one's silence
- to keep one's standing
- to keep one's state
- to keep one's station
- to keep one's temper
- to keep one's terms
- to keep one's the wind
- to keep one's threap
- to keep one's toe in one's pump
- to keep one's tongue
- to keep one's top eye open
- to keep one's touch
- to keep one's trap shut
- to keep one's way
- to keep one's weather-eye open
- to keep one's weathereye open
- to keep one's wicket up
- to keep one's wind
- to keep one's wool
- to keep one's word
- to keep one'the hand in use
- to keep one'the house