tailing

To follow and observe surreptitiously.

“Tail that car!”

To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into

To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.

“This vessel tails downstream.”

To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.

To pull or draw by the tail.

The act of following someone.

The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.

Sexual intercourse

The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.

A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.