Taper

1. (n.) A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
2. (n.) A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
3. (a.) Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
4. (v. i.) To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
5. (v. t.) To make or cause to taper.