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Definition of Taller
1. tall [adj] - See also: tall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taller
Literary usage of Taller
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Frank Forester's Field sports of the United States and British provinces of by Henry William Herbert (1860)
"... the American namesake of which is essentially a shore bird. The Upland Sandpiper,
or taller, is thus described by Mr. Audubon : BARTRAM'S TATLER. ..."
2. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"Driven wild, however, by some more persecution in the 'taller,' he was foolish
enough, ... JP" This the ' taller' noticed immediately as " an advertisement, ..."
3. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Of taller race, the chiefs they own Were by the eagle's plumage known. The hunted
red-deer's undressed hide The graceful bonnet decked their head; ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"... or kneeling position, and the large harp, with twenty strings or upward, and
as tall as a man, or still taller; in playing this harp, the player stood. ..."
5. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1903)
"It ceased in January 1711, and was succeeded within two months by the Spectator,
another folio sheet, consisting only of a single essay, whereas the taller ..."
6. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England by John Campbell Campbell, Joseph Arnould (1878)
"The lustre of his fame in latter times has been somewhat dimmed by our being
accustomed to behold judges 1 Own Times, iii. 6. ' taller ..."
7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... is taller than the Annamite, and more graceful if less robust. His forehead
is high and narrow; his face long and oval, his complexion varies from ..."
8. Frank Forester's Field sports of the United States and British provinces of by Henry William Herbert (1860)
"... the American namesake of which is essentially a shore bird. The Upland Sandpiper,
or taller, is thus described by Mr. Audubon : BARTRAM'S TATLER. ..."
9. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"Driven wild, however, by some more persecution in the 'taller,' he was foolish
enough, ... JP" This the ' taller' noticed immediately as " an advertisement, ..."
10. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Of taller race, the chiefs they own Were by the eagle's plumage known. The hunted
red-deer's undressed hide The graceful bonnet decked their head; ..."
11. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"... or kneeling position, and the large harp, with twenty strings or upward, and
as tall as a man, or still taller; in playing this harp, the player stood. ..."
12. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1903)
"It ceased in January 1711, and was succeeded within two months by the Spectator,
another folio sheet, consisting only of a single essay, whereas the taller ..."
13. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England by John Campbell Campbell, Joseph Arnould (1878)
"The lustre of his fame in latter times has been somewhat dimmed by our being
accustomed to behold judges 1 Own Times, iii. 6. ' taller ..."
14. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... is taller than the Annamite, and more graceful if less robust. His forehead
is high and narrow; his face long and oval, his complexion varies from ..."
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