What is an ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book. Savage called?
tailpiece — (Print.) An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book. Savage. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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