The buttocks, bottom, butt.
In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).
The rear, back-end.
A one-point score.
The catcher.
Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
At or in the rear or back part of something.
So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
In a rearward direction.
Backward in time or order of succession; past.
Slow.
Not advanced to the required or expected degree; overdue or in arrears.
As a result or consequence of.
Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
After in time.
In the past, from the viewpoint of.
Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
After in physical progress or distance.
In support of.
Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
At or to the back or far side of.
The buttocks or backside.
All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.
A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
Sexual intercourse.
Synonym of pigtail (“a short length of twisted electrical wire”)
A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also tailing.
The part of a distribution most distant from the mode; as, a long tail.
A filamentous projection on the tornal section of each hind wing of certain butterflies.
Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.
One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
The penis of a person or animal.
A tailing.
The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
The distal tendon of a muscle.
The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
One who surreptitiously follows another.
The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
The lower order of batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
The stern; the back of the kayak.
An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
To follow and observe surreptitiously.
To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
To pull or draw by the tail.
Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed.