When I sed this he tapered rite down, an ses he, jest as good as pie, "Let's have some old rye and make frends."
"Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia"
Seba Smith
The object was about five inches long, thin and flat, and tapered to a point at each end, something like a thick cigar except that it was not round.
"In the Musgrave Ranges"
Jim Bushman
At the head end he was a fat yellow balloon, and the rest of him tapered vaguely to a blunt apex of infinity.
"Master of the Moondog"
Stanley Mullen