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Talegalla
n.
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A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush turkey.
Talent
v. t.
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Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. 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.
Talent
v. t.
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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.
Talent
v. t.
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Inclination; will; disposition; desire.
Talent
v. t.
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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).
Talented
a.
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Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted.
Tales
n.
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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.
Tales
syntactically sing.
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The writ by which such persons are summoned.
Talesmen
pl.
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of Talesman
Talesman
n.
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A person called to make up a deficiency in the number of jurors when a tales is awarded.
Taleteller
n.
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One who tells tales or stories, especially in a mischievous or officious manner; a talebearer; a telltale; a tattler.
Talewise
adv.
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In a way of a tale or story.
Taliacotian
a.
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See Tagliacotian.
Taliation
n.
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Retaliation.
Talion
n.
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Retaliation.
Talipes
n.
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The deformity called clubfoot. See Clubfoot.
Talipot
n.
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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.
Talismans
pl.
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of Talisman
Talisman
n.
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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.
Talisman
n.
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Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects, esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a talisman to avert diseases.
Talismanic
a.
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Alt. of Talismanical
Talismanical
a.
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Of or pertaining to a talisman; having the properties of a talisman, or preservative against evils by occult influence; magical.
Talked
imp. & p. p.
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of Talk
Talking
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Talk
Talk
n.
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To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.
Talk
n.
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To confer; to reason; to consult.
Talk
n.
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To prate; to speak impertinently.
Talk
v. t.
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To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French.
Talk
v. t.
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To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics.
Talk
v. t.
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To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening.