Tailing
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Tailing may refer to:
- TailingsTailingsTailings, also called mine dumps, slimes, tails, leach residue, or slickens, are the materials left over after the process of separating the valuable fraction from the uneconomic fraction of an ore...
, the material left over after the extraction of ore from its host material - Lamb markingLamb markingLamb marking is the term applied to the procedure of earmarking, castration and tail-docking of the lambs of domestic sheep. Vaccination is usually carried out then, too. Sheep are usually ear marked at approximately 3 months of age after lambing . Lambs are castrated to prevent full development of...
, a process applied in sheep husbandry, typically involving removal of a sheep's tail - TailgatingTailgatingTailgating is the practice of driving on a road too close to the vehicle in front, at a distance which does not guarantee that stopping to avoid collision is possible...
, driving on a road too closely behind another vehicle - SurveillanceSurveillanceSurveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people. It is sometimes done in a surreptitious manner...
, following someone's movements