Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tale"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

Tale
(1.) Heb. tokhen, "a task," as weighed and measured out = tally,
i.e., the number told off; the full number (Ex. 5:18; see 1 Sam.
18:27; 1 Chr. 9:28). In Ezek. 45:11 rendered "measure."

(2.) Heb. hegeh, "a thought;" "meditation" (Ps. 90:9); meaning
properly "as a whisper of sadness," which is soon over, or "as a
thought." The LXX. and Vulgate render it "spider;" the
Authorized Version and Revised Version, "as a tale" that is
told. In Job 37:2 this word is rendered "sound;" Revised Version
margin, "muttering;" and in Ezek. 2:10, "mourning."

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tael \Tael\, n. [Malay ta?l, a certain weight, probably fr.
Hind. tola, Skr. tul[=a] a balance, weight, tul to weigh.]
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. [Written also {tale}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tale \Tale\, v. i.
To tell stories. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Gower.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tale \Tale\, n.
See {Tael}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tale \Tale\, n. [AS. talu number, speech, narrative; akin to D.
taal speech, language, G. zahl number, OHG. zala, Icel. tal,
tala, number, speech, Sw. tal, Dan. tal number, tale speech,
Goth. talzjan to instruct. Cf. {Tell}, v. t., {Toll} a tax,
also {Talk}, v. i.]
1. 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.''
--Milton. ``In such manner rime is Dante's tale.''
--Chaucer.

We spend our years as a tale that is told. --Ps. xc.
9.

2. 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. --Hooker.

And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the
hawthornn in the dale. --Milton.

In packing, they keep a just tale of the number.
--Carew.

3. (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. --Chaucer.

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

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

tale
n 1: an account describing incidents or events; "a farfetched
narrative"; "after dinner he told the children stories
of his adventures" [syn: {narration}, {narrative}, {story},
{recital}, {yarn}]
2: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach";
"how can I stop my child from telling stories?" [syn: {fib},
{story}, {tarradiddle}, {taradiddle}]


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