a small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.-a tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.-regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.-to become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.-to make or cause to taper.