Taled Ta"led noun (Jewish Antiq.) A kind of quadrangular piece of cloth put on by the Jews when repeating prayers in the synagogues. Crabb.
Taleful Tale"ful adjective Full of stories. [ R.]
Thomson.
Talegalla Tal`e·gal"la noun [ New Latin ]
(Zoology) A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush turkey .
Talent Tal"ent noun [ French, from Latin
talentum a talent (in sense 1), Greek ... a balance, anything weighed, a definite weight, a talent; akin to ... to bear, endure, ..., Latin
tolerare ,
tollere , to lift up, sustain, endure. See
Thole ,
transitive verb ,
Tolerate .]
1. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minę or 6,000 drachmę. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180. Rowing vessel whose burden does not exceed five hundred talents .
Jowett (Thucid.). 2. Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93... lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels. 3. Inclination; will; disposition; desire. [ Obsolete]
They rather counseled you to your talent than to your profit.
Chaucer. 4. Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents ( Matt. xxv. 14-30 ). He is chiefly to be considered in his three different talents , as a critic, a satirist, and a writer of odes.
Dryden. His talents , his accomplishments, his graceful manners, made him generally popular.
Macaulay. Syn. -- Ability; faculty; gift; endowment. See
Genius .
Talented Tal"ent·ed adjective Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted. Abp. Abbot (1663). » This word has been strongly objected to by Coleridge and some other critics, but, as it would seem, upon not very good grounds, as the use of
talent or
talents to signify mental ability, although at first merely metaphorical, is now fully established, and
talented , as a formative, is just as analogical and legitimate as
gifted ,
bigoted ,
moneyed ,
landed ,
lilied ,
honeyed , and numerous other adjectives having a participal form, but derived directly from nouns and not from verbs.
Tales Ta"les noun [ Latin , plural of
talis such (persons).]
(Law) (a) plural Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter. Blount. Blackstone. (b) syntactically sing. The writ by which such persons are summoned. Tales book ,
a book containing the names of such as are admitted of the tales. Blount. Craig. --
Talesman Tales"man noun ;
plural Talesmen (Law) A person called to make up a deficiency in the number of jurors when a tales is awarded. Wharton.
Taleteller Tale"tell`er noun One who tells tales or stories, especially in a mischievous or officious manner; a talebearer; a telltale; a tattler.
Talewise Tale"wise` adverb In a way of a tale or story.
Taliacotian Tal"ia·co`tian adjective See Tagliacotian .
Taliation Tal`i·a"tion noun Retaliation. [ Obsolete]
Just heav'n this taliation did decree.
Beaumont.
Talion Ta"li·on noun [ French, from Latin
talio , perhaps from
talis such. Confer
Retaliation .]
Retaliation. [ R.]
Holinshed.
Talipes Tal"i·pes noun [ New Latin , from Latin
talus an ankle +
pes ,
pedis , a foot; confer Latin
talipedare to be weak in the feet, properly, to walk on the ankles.]
(Surg.) The deformity called clubfoot . See Clubfoot . » Several varieties are distinguished; as,
Talipes varus , in which the foot is drawn up and bent inward;
T. valgus , in which the foot is bent outward;
T. equinus , in which the sole faces backward and the patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and
T. calcaneus (called also
talus ), in which the sole faces forward and the patient walks upon the heel.
Talipot Tal"i·pot noun [ Hind.
tālpāt the leaf of the tree.]
(Botany) A beautiful tropical palm tree ( Corypha umbraculifera ), a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper.
Talisman Tal"is·man noun ;
plural Talismans . [ Spanish , from Arabic
tilism ,
tilsam , a magical image, plural
tilsamān , from Greek ... tribute, tax, LGr., an initiation, incantation, from ... to complete, perform, to play taxes, to make perfect, to initiate, especially in the mysteries, from ... completion, end.]
1. A magical figure cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the configuration of the heavens, to which wonderful effects are ascribed; the seal, figure, character, or image, of a heavenly sign, constellation, or planet, engraved on a sympathetic stone, or on a metal corresponding to the star, in order to receive its influence. 2. Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects, esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a talisman to avert diseases. Swift.
Talismanic, Talismanical Tal`is·man"ic, Tal`is·man"ic·al adjective [ Confer French
talismanique .]
Of or pertaining to a talisman; having the properties of a talisman, or preservative against evils by occult influence; magical.
Talk Talk intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Talked ;
present participle & verbal noun Talking .] [ Confer LG.
talk talk, gabble, Prov. German
talken to speak indistinctly; or OD.
tolken to interpret, Middle High German
tolkan to interpret, to tell, to speak indistinctly, Danish
tolke to interpret, Swedish
tolka , Icelandic
t...lka to interpret,
t...lkr an interpreter, Lithuanian
tulkas an interpreter,
tulkanti ,
tulkōti , to interpret, Russian
tolkovate to interpret, to talk about; or perhaps from Middle English
talien to speak (see
Tale ,
intransitive verb &
noun ).]
1. To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts. I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat with you.
Shak. 2. To confer; to reason; to consult. Let me talk with thee of thy judgments.
Jer. xii. 1. 3. To prate; to speak impertinently. [ Colloq.]
To talk of ,
to relate; to tell; to give an account of; as, authors talk of the wonderful remains of Palmyra. "The natural histories of Switzerland
talk much
of the fall of these rocks, and the great damage done."
Addison. --
To talk to ,
to advise or exhort, or to reprove gently; as, I will talk to my son respecting his conduct. [ Colloq.]
Talk Talk transitive verb 1. To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French. 2. To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics. 3. To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away ; as, to talk away an evening. 4. To cause to be or become by talking. "They would
talk themselves mad."
Shak. To talk over .
(a) To talk about; to have conference respecting; to deliberate upon; to discuss; as, to talk over a matter or plan. (b) To change the mind or opinion of by talking; to convince; as, to talk over an opponent.
Talk Talk noun 1. The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more. In various talk the instructive hours they passed.
Pope. Their talk , when it was not made up of nautical phrases, was too commonly made up of oaths and curses.
Macaulay. 2. Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war. I hear a talk up and down of raising our money.
Locke. 3. Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town. Syn. -- Conversation; colloquy; discourse; chat; dialogue; conference; communication. See
Conversation .
Talkative Talk"a·tive adjective Given to much talking. Syn. -- Garrulous; loquacious. See
Garrulous . --
Talk"a*tive*ly ,
adverb --
Talk"a*tive*ness ,
noun
Talker Talk"er noun 1. One who talks; especially, one who is noted for his power of conversing readily or agreeably; a conversationist. There probably were never four talkers more admirable in four different ways than Johnson, Burke, Beauclerk, and Garrick.
Macaulay. 2. A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler; a babbler; also, a boaster; a braggart; -- used in contempt or reproach. Jer. Taylor.
Talking Talk"ing adjective 1. That talks; able to utter words; as, a talking parrot. 2. Given to talk; loquacious. The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade,
For talking age and whispering lovers made.
Goldsmith.
Tall Tall adjective [
Compar. Taller ;
superl. Tallest .] [ Middle English
tal seemly, elegant, docile; of uncertain origin; confer Anglo-Saxon un-
tala , un-
tale , bad, Goth. un
tals indocile, disobedient, uninstructed, or W. & Corn.
tal high, Ir.
talla meet, fit, proper, just.]
1. High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast. Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall .
Milton. 2. Brave; bold; courageous. [ Obsolete]
As tall a trencherman
As e'er demolished a pye fortification.
Massinger. His companions, being almost in despair of victory, were suddenly recomforted by Sir William Stanley, which came to succors with three thousand tall men.
Grafton. 3. Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive. [ Obsolete or Slang]
B. Jonson. Syn. -- High; lofty. --
Tall ,
High ,
Lofty .
High is the generic term, and is applied to anything which is elevated or raised above another thing.
Tall specifically describes that which has a small diameter in proportion to its height; hence, we speak of a
tall man, a
tall steeple, a
tall mast, etc., but not of a
tall hill.
Lofty has a special reference to the expanse above us, and denotes an imposing height; as, a
lofty mountain; a
lofty room.
Tall is now properly applied only to physical objects;
high and
lofty have a moral acceptation; as,
high thought, purpose, etc.;
lofty aspirations; a
lofty genius.
Lofty is the stronger word, and is usually coupled with the grand or admirable.
Tallage Tal"lage transitive verb To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.
Tallage, Talliage Tal"lage, Tal"li·age noun [ French
taillage . See
Taille , and confer
Tailage .]
(O. Eng. Law) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses. [ Written also
tailage ,
taillage .] » When paid out of knight's fees, it was called
scutage ; when by cities and burghs,
tallage ; when upon lands not held by military tenure,
hidage .
Blackstone.
Tallboy Tall"boy` noun 1. A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup. 2. A piece of household furniture common in the eighteenth century, usually in two separate parts, with larger drawers above and smaller ones below and raised on legs fifteen inches or more in height; -- called also highboy . 3. A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.
Tallier Tal"li·er noun One who keeps tally.
Tallis Tal"lis noun Same as Tallith .
Tallith Tal"lith noun [ NHeb.
tallīth .]
(Jewish Costume) (a) An undergarment worn by orthodox Jews, covering the chest and the upper part of the back. It has an opening for the head, and has tassels, called zizith, on its four corners. (b) A tasseled shawl or scarf worn over the head or thrown round the shoulders while at prayer.
Tallness Tall"ness noun The quality or state of being tall; height of stature.
Tallow Tal"low noun [ Middle English
taluh ,
talugh ; akin to OD.
talgh , Dutch
talk , G., Dan. and Swedish
talg , Icelandic
tōlgr ,
tōlg ,
tōlk ; and perhaps to Goth.
tulgus firm.]
1. The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting. » The solid consistency of tallow is due to the large amount of stearin it contains. See
Fat .
2. The fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from certain plants, or from other sources, resembling the fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds. Tallow candle ,
a candle made of tallow. --
Tallow catch ,
a keech. See
Keech . [ Obsolete] --
Tallow chandler ,
one whose occupation is to make, or to sell, tallow candles. --
Tallow chandlery ,
the trade of a tallow chandler; also, the place where his business is carried on. --
Tallow tree (Botany) ,
a tree ( Stillingia sebifera ) growing in China, the seeds of which are covered with a substance which resembles tallow and is applied to the same purposes.
Tallow Tal"low transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Tallowed ;
present participle & verbal noun Tallowing .]
1. To grease or smear with tallow. 2. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep.
Tallow-face Tal"low-face` noun One who has a sickly, pale complexion. Shak.
Tallow-faced Tal"low-faced` adjective Having a sickly complexion; pale. Burton.
Tallower Tal"low·er noun An animal which produces tallow.
Tallowing Tal"low·ing noun The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow.
Tallowish Tal"low·ish adjective Having the qualities of tallow.
Tallowy Tal"low·y adjective Of the nature of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy.
Tallwood Tall"wood` noun [ Confer
Tally .]
Firewood cut into billets of a certain length. [ Obsolete] [ Eng.]
Tally Tal"ly noun ;
plural Tallies . [ Middle English
taile ,
taille , French
taille a cutting, cut tally, from
tailler to cut, but influenced probably by
taillé , past participle of
tailler . See
Tailor , and confer
Tail a limitation,
Taille ,
Tallage .]
1. Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept. » In purshasing and selling, it was once customary for traders to have two sticks, or one stick cleft into two parts, and to mark with a score or notch, on each, the number or quantity of goods delivered, -- the seller keeping one stick, and the purchaser the other. Before the use of writing, this, or something like it, was the only method of keeping accounts; and
tallies were received as evidence in courts of justice. In the English exchequer were
tallies of loans, one part being kept in the exchequer, the other being given to the creditor in lieu of an obligation for money lent to government.
2. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in duplicate. 3. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate. They were framed the tallies for each other.
Dryden. 4. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game. 5. A tally shop. See Tally shop , below. Tally shop ,
a shop at which goods or articles are sold to customers on account, the account being kept in corresponding books, one called the tally , kept by the buyer, the other the counter tally , kept by the seller, and the payments being made weekly or otherwise by agreement. The trade thus regulated is called tally trade . Eng. Encyc. --
To strike tallies ,
to act in correspondence, or alike. [ Obsolete]
Fuller.
Tally Tal"ly transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Tallied ;
present participle & verbal noun Tallying .] [ Confer French
tialler to cut. See
Tally ,
noun ]
1. To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit. They are not so well tallied to the present juncture.
Pope. 2. (Nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard. W. C. Russell. Tally on (Nautical) ,
to dovetail together.
Tally Tal"ly intransitive verb 1. To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match. I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel.
Addison. Your idea . . . tallies exactly with mine.
Walpole. 2. To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game. Tally on (Nautical) ,
to man a rope for hauling, the men standing in a line or tail.
Tally Tal"ly adverb [ See
Tall ,
adjective ]
Stoutly; with spirit. [ Obsolete]
Beau. & Fl.
Tallyho Tal"ly·ho` interj. & noun 1. The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds. 2. A tallyho coach. Tallyho coach ,
a pleasure coach. See under Coach .
Tallyman Tal"ly·man noun ;
plural Tallymen 1. One who keeps the tally, or marks the sticks. 2. One who keeps a tally shop, or conducts his business as tally trade.
Talma Tal"ma noun ;
plural Talmas . [ Prob. so called from
Talma , a French actor.]
(a) A kind of large cape, or short, full cloak, forming part of the dress of ladies. (b) A similar garment worn formerly by gentlemen.
Talmud Tal"mud noun [ Chald.
talmūd instruction, doctrine, from
lamad to learn,
limmad to teach.]
The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch. » The
Talmud consists of two parts, the
Mishna , or text, and the
Gemara , or commentary. Sometimes, however, the name
Talmud is restricted, especially by Jewish writers, to the Gemara. There are two Talmuds, the
Palestinian , commonly, but incorrectly, called the
Talmud of Jerusalem , and the
Babylonian Talmud . They contain the same Mishna, but different Gemaras. The Babylonian Talmud is about three times as large as the other, and is more highly esteemed by the Jews.
Talmudic, Talmudical Tal·mud"ic, Tal·mud"ic·al adjective [ Confer French
talmudique .]
Of or pertaining to the Talmud; contained in the Talmud; as, Talmudic Greek; Talmudical phrases. Lightfoot.
Talmudism Tal"mud·ism noun noun The teachings of the Talmud, or adherence to them.
Talmudist Tal"mud·ist noun [ Confer French
talmudiste .]
One versed in the Talmud; one who adheres to the teachings of the Talmud.
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