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A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
- the Canterbury Tales
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A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
- the ignorant, […] who measure by tale, and not by weight
- In packing, they keep a just tale of the number that every hogshead containeth ...
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The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.slang
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An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
- Don't tell tales!
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Number; tally; quota.obsolete
- And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
- Both number twice a day the milky dams And once she takes the tale of all the lambs.
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Account; estimation; regard; heed.obsolete
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Speech; language.obsolete
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A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.obsolete
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A count; declaration.obsolete
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A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.archaicrare
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To speak; discourse; tell tales.dialectalobsolete
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To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.Scotlanddialectal
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Alternative form of tael.alt-ofalternative