tails

Etymology

noun

1. plural of tail

noun

1. (slang) Clipping of tailcoat.
   So I'm putting on my top hat, tying on my white tie, brushing off my tails. 1935, Irving Berlin, Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
2. The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar.
   Tails, I win.
3. (mining) Tailings; waste.
4. (alcohol production) Tailings, feints.
   The tails can be collected until the evolving distillate is down to about 10 percent, and the stillhead[…] 2011-02-09, Bill Owens, Alan Dikty, The Art of Distilling Whiskey and Other Spirits: An Enthusiast's Guide to the Artisan Distilling of Potent Potables, Quarry Books, page 39

verb

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tail