Tail, 1) the part of an animal which terminates its body behind: Ven. 298. Ven. 298 Ven. 298 Ven. 298 Gent. II, 5, 37. Merch. II, 2, 101. Merch. II, 2, 101 Merch. II, 2, 101 Shr. II, 215. Wint. I, 2, 329. H6A III, 3, 6. H6B V, 1, 154. Troil. V, 8, 21. V, 10, 4. V, 10, 4 Rom. I, 4, 79. Mcb. I, 3, 9. Oth. II, 1, 156. Metaphorically: “this body hath a t. more perilous than the head,” Cymb. IV, 2, 144. As for “dragon's t.,” Lr. I, 2, 140, see Dragon.
2) backside, arse: if they (his eyes) “were set in his t.” Tp. III, 2, 13. “where should I lose my tongue? In thy tale. In thy tail?” Gent. II, 3, 55. “with my tongue in your t.” Shr. II, 219.
3) the yard: Troil. V, 10, 44 (quibbling). Rom. II, 4, 101. Rom. II, 4, 101
Quibbling between t. and “tale:” Gent. II, 3, 55. Rom. II, 4, 101. Oth. III, 1, 8 (thereby hangs a t.).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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