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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Silversides \Sil"ver*sides'\, noun (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family {Atherinid[ae]}, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast ({Menidia notata}) is very abundant. Called also {silverside}, {sand smelt}, {friar}, {tailor}, and {tinker}.
{Brook silversides} (Zo["o]l.), a small fresh-water North American fish ({Labadesthes sicculus}) related to the marine silversides.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tailor \Tai"lor\, noun [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF. taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a cutting, layer for planting. Cf. {Detail}, {Entail}, {Retail}, {Tally}, noun]
1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out 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 of small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to {Orthotomus}, {Prinia}, and allied genera. They are noted for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form nests. The common Indian species are {Orthotomus longicauda}, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headed tailor bird ({Orthotomus coronatus}), which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale olive-green.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tailor \Tai"lor\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Tailored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tailoring}.] To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor.
These tailoring artists for our lays Invent cramped rules. --M. Green.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tailor
noun: a person whose occupation is making and altering garments [syn: {seamster}, {sartor}]
verb
1: make fit for a specific purpose [syn: {shoehorn}]
2: style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress" [syn: {cut}]
3: create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?" [syn: {sew}, {tailor-make}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
106 Moby Thesaurus words for "tailor": accommodate, accord, accustom, adapt, adjust, adjust to, alter, assimilate, attune, block out, busheler, bushelman, carve, cast, change, chisel, clothier, conform, convert, coordinate, costumier, couturier, create, cut, cut to, dovetail, dressmaker, efform, equalize, fashion, figure, fit, fitter, fix, forge, form, formalize, found, frame, furrier, garmentmaker, gear to, harmonize, hew, homologate, homologize, key to, knead, knock out, lay out, lick into shape, make plumb, make uniform, measure, mint, model, modify, modiste, mold, mould, needle, needleman, needler, needlewoman, needleworker, outfitter, proportion, put in tune, quadrate, reconcile, rectify, regulate, right, rough out, roughcast, roughhew, sartor, sculpt, sculpture, seamster, seamstress, sempster, set, set right, sew, sew up, sewer, shape, shape up, similarize, square, stamp, stitch, stretch, style, suit, sync, synchronize, tailleur, tailoress, thermoform, trim to, true, true up, tune, work
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