Tak"ing-off` (?), n. Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take,
v. t.
The deep damnation of his taking-off.
Shak.
Tal"a*poin (tl"*poin), n. (Zoöl.) A small African monkey
(Cercopithecus, or Miopithecus, talapoin) — called also melarhine.
||Ta*la"ri*a (?), n. pl. [L., from talaris pertaining to the ankles,
||fr. talus ankle.] (Class. Myth.) Small wings or winged shoes
||represented as fastened to the ankles, — chiefly used as an attribute
||of Mercury.
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Tal"bot (?), n. A sort of dog, noted for quick scent and eager pursuit
of game. [Obs.] Wase (1654).
The figure of a dog is borne in the arms of the Talbot family, whence,
perhaps, the name.
Tal"bo*type (?), n. (Photog.) Same as Calotype.
Talc (?), n. [F. talc; cf. Sp. & It. talco, LL. talcus; all fr. Ar.
talq.] (Min.) A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish,
or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous
silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular
variety.
Indurated talc, an impure, slaty talc, with a nearly compact texture,
and greater hardness than common talc; — called also talc slate.
{ Tal*cose" (?), Talc"ous (?), } a. [Cf. F. talqueux.] (Min.) Of or
pertaining to talc; composed of, or resembling, talc.
Tale (?), n. See Tael.
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.