Răt'-tāil1, a.
a. Like a rat’s tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, rasped or roughened, and tapering.
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a. Like a rat’s tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, rasped or roughened, and tapering.
n. (Far.) An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.