| 1 | His hands were on the large side, with long, tapering fingers. | |
| 2 | Now I will to taper the bottom of the heart. | |
| 3 | The tang is usually found only on tapered shank tools. | |
| 4 | A thin fragile edge, especially a tapering edge of a board. | |
| 5 | I ask if his voice was as thin and high-pitched as it sounds on the recordings, and the man assures me that indeed it was. |