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English Dictionary: Tael by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tael
n
  1. a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tael \Tael\, n. [Malay ta[?]l, a certain weight, probably fr.
      Hind. tola, Skr. tul[be] a balance, weight, tul to weigh.]
      A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings
      sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight
      of one ounce and a third. [Written also {tale}.]
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