[Archaic & Colloq.]
Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David.
1 Sam. xxvii. 11. Tell
(Tell), n. That which is told; tale; account. [R.]
I am at the end of my tell.
Walpole. Tell
(Tell), n. [Ar.] A hill or mound. W. M. Thomson.
Tellable
(Tell"a*ble) a. Capable of being told.
Tellen
(Tel"len) n. (Zoöl.) Any species of Tellina.
Teller
(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.
Tellership
(Tell"er*ship), n. The office or employment of a teller.
Tellina
(||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.
Telling
(Tell"ing) a. Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech. — Tell"ing*ly, adv.
Telltale
(Tell"tale`) a. Telling tales; babbling. "The telltale heart." Poe.
Telltale
(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.
