Defn: Telling tales officiously.
TALEBEARING
Tale"bear`ing, n.
Defn: The act of informing officiously; communication of sectrts, scandal, etc., maliciously.
TALED
Ta"led, n. (Jewish Antiq.)
Defn: A kind of quadrangular piece of cloth put on by the Jews when repeating prayers in the synagogues. Crabb.
TALEFUL
Tale"ful, a.
Defn: Full of stories. [R.] Thomson.
TALEGALLA
Tal`e*gal"la, n. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey.
See Brush turkey.
TALENT
Tal"ent, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. talentum a talent (in sense 1), Gr.
tolerare, tollere, to lift up, sustain, endure. See Thole, v. t.,
Tolerate.]