Walpole.
Tell, n. [Ar.] A hill or mound. W. M. Thomson.
Tell"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being told.
Tel"len (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any species of Tellina.
Tell"er (?), n. 1. One who tells, relates, or communicates; an
informer, narrator, or describer.
2. One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to
receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the king.
Cowell.
3. An officer of a bank who receives and counts over money paid in, and
pays money out on checks.
4. One who is appointed to count the votes given in a legislative body,
public meeting, assembly, etc.
Tell"er*ship, n. The office or employment of a teller.
||Tel*li"na (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a kind of shellfish.] (Zoöl.) A
||genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often
||handsomely colored shells.
||
Tell"ing (?), a. Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling
speech. — Tell"ing*ly, adv.
Tell"tale` (?), a. Telling tales; babbling. "The telltale heart." Poe.
Tell"tale`, n. 1. One who officiously communicates information of the
private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should
suppress.
2. (Mus.) A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected
with the bellows of an organ, that gives notice, by its position, when
the wind is exhausted.
3. (Naut.) (a) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in
the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm. (b) A compass
in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it
at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.
4. (Mach.) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording
something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory
hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to
their employers what they have done or omitted.