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noun

Tael n. (Written also tale) A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight of one ounce and a third.

Tale n. See Tael.

Tale n.

That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. "The tale of Troy divine." "In such manner rime is Dante's tale." "We spend our years as a tale that is told."

A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated. "The ignorant,... who measure by tale, and not by weight." "And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the hawthorn in the dale." "In packing, they keep a just tale of the number."

(Law) A count or declaration. (Obs.)

To tell tale of, to make account of. (Obs.) "Therefore little tale hath he told Of any dream, so holy was his heart."

Synonyms: Anecdote; story; fable; incident; memoir; relation; account; legend; narrative.

verb

Tale v. i. To tell stories. (Obs.)

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"Tale" Quotes from Famous Books

... Government to promote peace and welfare among these Republics, efforts which are fully appreciated by the majority of them who are loyal to their true interests. It would be no less unnecessary to rehearse here the sad tale of unspeakable barbarities and oppression alleged to have been committed by the Zelaya Government. Recently two Americans were put to death by order of President Zelaya himself. They were reported to have been regularly commissioned officers ...

— State of the Union Addresses of William H. Taft • William H. Taft

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... morning. Not now, with this fire of impotent resentment burning in her, would she take out those memories and look at them. Those were not thoughts to be dragged through the litter of unbleached cotton cuttings. She worked on doggedly, completed the tale of hot heavy little garments, gathered up the pieces into the waste-paper basket and ...

— The Incomplete Amorist • E. Nesbit

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... mixture of flowing locks before, and prim purse behind, was an exact counterpart of the life and character of its inventor. He had had no intention of being symbolic in his contrivance; it had been solely designed to conceal the little tell-tale lines that were just about to indent the smooth surface of his white forehead. He bent his proud head, while the hair-dresser placed the wonderful wig, and then fell to studying its effect. Here he drew a curl forward, there he gently removed another; placing each ...

— Joseph II. and His Court • L. Muhlbach

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... assured her that she did want to know; whereupon Elizabeth-Jane told the tale of her life as she understood it, which was in general the true one, except that the sale at the fair ...

— The Mayor of Casterbridge • Thomas Hardy

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... he began to want to hit the trail for home. I helped him out of town an' started him back for camp, where, I reckon, his old lady was waitin' to give him fits for forgettin' the calico and beads." The captain paused as if his tale was completed. ...

— The Boy Chums in the Forest - or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades • Wilmer M. Ely

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