taleteller
         n 1: someone who gossips indiscreetly [syn: {tattletale},
               {tattler}, {taleteller}, {talebearer}, {telltale},
               {blabbermouth}]

English Dictionary: tilled land	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tall tale n an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
telltale adj disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down" Synonym(s): revealing, telling, telltale(a) n someone who gossips indiscreetly [syn: tattletale, tattler, taleteller, talebearer, telltale, blabbermouth]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tilled land n arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops Synonym(s): cultivated land, farmland, plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage, tilth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Taleteller \Tale"tell`er\, n.       One who tells tales or stories, especially in a mischievous       or officious manner; a talebearer; a telltale; a tattler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yellowlegs \Yel"low*legs`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the       genus {Totanus}, in which the legs are bright yellow; --       called also {stone snipe}, {tattler}, {telltale},       {yellowshanks}; and {yellowshins}. See {Tattler}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Telharmony \Tel*har"mo*ny\ [[?]]), at a distant point or points       by means of alternating currents of electricity controlled by       an operator who plays on a keyboard. The music is produced by       a receiving instrument similar or analogous to the telephone,       but not held to the ear. The pitch corresponds with frequency       of alternation of current. Telltale \Tell"tale`\, n.       1. A thing that serves to disclose something or give             information; a hint or indication.                         It supplies many useful links and telltales.                                                                               --Saintsbury.          2. (Railroads) An arrangement consisting of long strips, as             of rope, wire, or leather, hanging from a bar over             railroad tracks, in such a position as to warn freight             brakemen of their approach to a low overhead bridge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Telltale \Tell"tale`\, a.       Telling tales; babbling. [bd]The telltale heart.[b8] --Poe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.          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.          5. (Zo[94]l.) The tattler. See {Tattler}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tattler \Tat"tler\, n.       1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.             --Jer. Taylor.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large,             long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus {Totanus}.          Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or                telltale ({T. melanoleucus}), the smaller tattler, or                lesser yellowlegs ({T. flavipes}), the solitary tattler                ({T. solitarius}), and the semipalmated tattler, or                willet. The first two are called also {telltale},                {telltale spine}, {telltale tattler}, {yellowlegs},                {yellowshanks}, and {yelper.}
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yellowlegs \Yel"low*legs`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the       genus {Totanus}, in which the legs are bright yellow; --       called also {stone snipe}, {tattler}, {telltale},       {yellowshanks}; and {yellowshins}. See {Tattler}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Telharmony \Tel*har"mo*ny\ [[?]]), at a distant point or points       by means of alternating currents of electricity controlled by       an operator who plays on a keyboard. The music is produced by       a receiving instrument similar or analogous to the telephone,       but not held to the ear. The pitch corresponds with frequency       of alternation of current. Telltale \Tell"tale`\, n.       1. A thing that serves to disclose something or give             information; a hint or indication.                         It supplies many useful links and telltales.                                                                               --Saintsbury.          2. (Railroads) An arrangement consisting of long strips, as             of rope, wire, or leather, hanging from a bar over             railroad tracks, in such a position as to warn freight             brakemen of their approach to a low overhead bridge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Telltale \Tell"tale`\, a.       Telling tales; babbling. [bd]The telltale heart.[b8] --Poe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.          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.          5. (Zo[94]l.) The tattler. See {Tattler}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tattler \Tat"tler\, n.       1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.             --Jer. Taylor.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large,             long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus {Totanus}.          Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or                telltale ({T. melanoleucus}), the smaller tattler, or                lesser yellowlegs ({T. flavipes}), the solitary tattler                ({T. solitarius}), and the semipalmated tattler, or                willet. The first two are called also {telltale},                {telltale spine}, {telltale tattler}, {yellowlegs},                {yellowshanks}, and {yelper.}
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yellowlegs \Yel"low*legs`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the       genus {Totanus}, in which the legs are bright yellow; --       called also {stone snipe}, {tattler}, {telltale},       {yellowshanks}; and {yellowshins}. See {Tattler}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Telharmony \Tel*har"mo*ny\ [[?]]), at a distant point or points       by means of alternating currents of electricity controlled by       an operator who plays on a keyboard. The music is produced by       a receiving instrument similar or analogous to the telephone,       but not held to the ear. The pitch corresponds with frequency       of alternation of current. Telltale \Tell"tale`\, n.       1. A thing that serves to disclose something or give             information; a hint or indication.                         It supplies many useful links and telltales.                                                                               --Saintsbury.          2. (Railroads) An arrangement consisting of long strips, as             of rope, wire, or leather, hanging from a bar over             railroad tracks, in such a position as to warn freight             brakemen of their approach to a low overhead bridge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Telltale \Tell"tale`\, a.       Telling tales; babbling. [bd]The telltale heart.[b8] --Poe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.          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.          5. (Zo[94]l.) The tattler. See {Tattler}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tattler \Tat"tler\, n.       1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.             --Jer. Taylor.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large,             long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus {Totanus}.          Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or                telltale ({T. melanoleucus}), the smaller tattler, or                lesser yellowlegs ({T. flavipes}), the solitary tattler                ({T. solitarius}), and the semipalmated tattler, or                willet. The first two are called also {telltale},                {telltale spine}, {telltale tattler}, {yellowlegs},                {yellowshanks}, and {yelper.}
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tattler \Tat"tler\, n.       1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.             --Jer. Taylor.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large,             long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus {Totanus}.          Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or                telltale ({T. melanoleucus}), the smaller tattler, or                lesser yellowlegs ({T. flavipes}), the solitary tattler                ({T. solitarius}), and the semipalmated tattler, or                willet. The first two are called also {telltale},                {telltale spine}, {telltale tattler}, {yellowlegs},                {yellowshanks}, and {yelper.}
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tattler \Tat"tler\, n.       1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.             --Jer. Taylor.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large,             long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus {Totanus}.          Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or                telltale ({T. melanoleucus}), the smaller tattler, or                lesser yellowlegs ({T. flavipes}), the solitary tattler                ({T. solitarius}), and the semipalmated tattler, or                willet. The first two are called also {telltale},                {telltale spine}, {telltale tattler}, {yellowlegs},                {yellowshanks}, and {yelper.}
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Let-alone \Let"-a*lone"\ (l[ecr]t"[adot]*l[omac]n"), a.       Letting alone.          {The let-alone} {principle, doctrine, [or] policy}. (Polit.             Econ.) See {Laissez faire}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{To lay on}, to apply with force; to inflict; as, to lay on             blows.          {To lay on load}, to lay on blows; to strike violently. [Obs.             [or] Archaic]          {To lay one's self out}, to strive earnestly.                         No selfish man will be concerned to lay out himself                      for the good of his country.               --Smalridge.          {To lay one's self open to}, to expose one's self to, as to             an accusation.          {To lay open}, to open; to uncover; to expose; to reveal.          {To lay over}, to spread over; to cover.          {To lay out}.             (a) To expend. --Macaulay.             (b) To display; to discover.             (c) To plan in detail; to arrange; as, to lay out a                   garden.             (d) To prepare for burial; as, to lay out a corpse.             (e) To exert; as, to lay out all one's strength.          {To lay siege to}.             (a) To besiege; to encompass with an army.             (b) To beset pertinaciously.          {To lay the course} (Naut.), to sail toward the port intended             without jibing.          {To lay the land} (Naut.), to cause it to disappear below the             horizon, by sailing away from it.          {To lay to}             (a) To charge upon; to impute.             (b) To apply with vigor.             (c) To attack or harass. [Obs.] --Knolles.             (d) (Naut.) To check the motion of (a vessel) and cause                   it to be stationary.          {To lay to heart}, to feel deeply; to consider earnestly.          {To lay under}, to subject to; as, to lay under obligation or             restraint.          {To lay unto}.             (a) Same as {To lay to} (above).             (b) To put before. --Hos. xi. 4.          {To lay up}.             (a) To store; to reposit for future use.             (b) To confine; to disable.             (c) To dismantle, and retire from active service, as a                   ship.          {To lay wait for}, to lie in ambush for.          {To lay waste}, to destroy; to make desolate; as, to lay             waste the land.          Syn: See {Put}, v. t., and the Note under 4th {Lie}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Let \Let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Let} ({Letted}       (l[ecr]t"t[ecr]d), [Obs].); p. pr. & vb. n. {Letting}.] [OE.       leten, l[91]ten (past tense lat, let, p. p. laten, leten,       lete), AS. l[aemac]tan (past tense l[emac]t, p. p.       l[aemac]ten); akin to OFries. l[emac]ta, OS. l[be]tan, D.       laten, G. lassen, OHG. l[be]zzan, Icel. l[be]ta, Sw. l[86]ta,       Dan. lade, Goth. l[emac]tan, and L. lassus weary. The       original meaning seems to have been, to let loose, let go,       let drop. Cf. {Alas}, {Late}, {Lassitude}, {Let} to hinder.]       1. To leave; to relinquish; to abandon. [Obs. or Archaic,             except when followed by alone or be.]                         He . . . prayed him his voyage for to let.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         Yet neither spins nor cards, ne cares nor frets, But                      to her mother Nature all her care she lets.                                                                               --Spenser.                         Let me alone in choosing of my wife.   --Chaucer.          2. To consider; to think; to esteem. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          3. To cause; to make; -- used with the infinitive in the             active form but in the passive sense; as, let make, i. e.,             cause to be made; let bring, i. e., cause to be brought.             [Obs.]                         This irous, cursed wretch Let this knight's son anon                      before him fetch.                              --Chaucer.                         He . . . thus let do slay hem all three. --Chaucer.                         Anon he let two coffers make.            --Gower.          4. To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively,             by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain             or prevent.          Note: In this sense, when followed by an infinitive, the                latter is commonly without the sign to; as to let us                walk, i. e., to permit or suffer us to walk. Sometimes                there is entire omission of the verb; as, to let [to be                or to go] loose.                            Pharaoh said, I will let you go.   --Ex. viii.                                                                               28.                            If your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it                         is.                                                --Shak.          5. To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to             lease; to rent; to hire out; -- often with out; as, to let             a farm; to let a house; to let out horses.          6. To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or             contract; -- often with out; as, to let the building of a             bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering.          Note: The active form of the infinitive of let, as of many                other English verbs, is often used in a passive sense;                as, a house to let (i. e., for letting, or to be let).                This form of expression conforms to the use of the                Anglo-Saxon gerund with to (dative infinitive) which                was commonly so employed. See {Gerund}, 2. [bd] Your                elegant house in Harley Street is to let.[b8]                --Thackeray. In the imperative mood, before the first                person plural, let has a hortative force. [bd] Rise up,                let us go.[b8] --Mark xiv. 42. [bd] Let us seek out                some desolate shade.[b8] --Shak.          {To let alone}, to leave; to withdraw from; to refrain from             interfering with.          {To let blood}, to cause blood to flow; to bleed.          {To let down}.             (a) To lower.             (b) To soften in tempering; as, to let down tools,                   cutlery, and the like.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{To let} {drive [or] fly}, to discharge with violence, as a             blow, an arrow, or stone. See under {Drive}, and {Fly}.          {To let in} [or] into.             (a) To permit or suffer to enter; to admit.             (b) To insert, or imbed, as a piece of wood, in a recess                   formed in a surface for the purpose. {To let loose},             to remove restraint from; to permit to wander at large.          {To let off.}             (a) To discharge; to let fly, as an arrow; to fire the                   charge of, as a gun.             (b) To release, as from an engagement or obligation.                   [Colloq.]          {To let out}.             (a) To allow to go forth; as, to let out a prisoner.             (b) To extend or loosen, as the folds of a garment; to                   enlarge; to suffer to run out, as a cord.             (c) To lease; to give out for performance by contract, as                   a job.             (d) To divulge.          {To let slide}, to let go; to cease to care for. [Colloq.]             [bd] Let the world slide.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loose \Loose\, a. [Compar. {Looser}; superl. {Loosest}.] [OE.       loos, lous, laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS.       le[a0]s false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. l[94]s,       Goth. laus, and E. lose. [?] See {Lose}, and cf. {Leasing}       falsehood.]       1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed,             or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.                         Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty,             habit, etc.; -- with from or of.                         Now I stand Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's                      thoughts ?                                          --Addison.          3. Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.          4. Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of             loose texture.                         With horse and chariots ranked in loose array.                                                                               --Milton.          5. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose             style, or way of reasoning.                         The comparison employed . . . must be considered                      rather as a loose analogy than as an exact                      scientific explanation.                     --Whewel.          6. Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to             some standard of right.                         The loose morality which he had learned. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          7. Unconnected; rambling.                         Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose                      and unconnected pages.                        --I. Watts.          8. Lax; not costive; having lax bowels. --Locke.          9. Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.                         Loose ladies in delight.                     --Spenser.          10. Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language;             as, a loose epistle. -- Dryden.          {At loose ends}, not in order; in confusion; carelessly             managed.          {Fast and loose}. See under {Fast}.          {To break loose}. See under {Break}.          {Loose pulley}. (Mach.) See {Fast and loose pulleys}, under             {Fast}.          {To let loose}, to free from restraint or confinement; to set             at liberty.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
teledildonics /tel`*-dil-do'-niks/ n.   Sex in a computer    simulated virtual reality, esp. computer-mediated sexual interaction    between the {VR} presences of two humans.   This practice is not yet    possible except in the rather limited form of erotic conversation on    {MUD}s and the like.   The term, however, is widely recognized in the    VR community as a {ha ha only serious} projection of things to come.    "When we can sustain a multi-sensory surround good enough for    teledildonics, _then_ we'll know we're getting somewhere." See also    {hot chat}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
teledildonics          /tel"*-dil-do"-niks/ Sex in a       computer simulated {virtual reality}, especially       computer-mediated sexual interaction between the VR presences       of two humans.   This practice is not yet possible except in       the rather limited form of erotic conversation on {MUD}s and       the like.   The term, however, is widely recognised in the VR       community as a {ha ha only serious} projection of things to       come.   "When we can sustain a multi-sensory surround good       enough for teledildonics, *then* we'll know we're getting       somewhere."          [{Jargon File}]          (1995-02-06)