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   tattling
         adj 1: prone to communicate confidential information [syn:
                  {blabbermouthed}, {leaky}, {talebearing(a)},
                  {tattling(a)}]

English Dictionary: to the limit by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ted Williams
n
  1. United States baseball player noted as a hitter (1918-2002)
    Synonym(s): Williams, Ted Williams, Theodore Samuel Williams
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tiddlywinks
n
  1. a game in which players try to flip plastic disks into a cup by pressing them on the side sharply with a larger disk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tideland
n
  1. land near the sea that is overflowed by the tide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
to the limit
adv
  1. in full; "you are in this to the hilt" [syn: {to the hilt}, to the limit]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toe the line
v
  1. do what is expected
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tattle \Tat"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tattled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Tattling}.] [Akin to OE. tateren, LG. tateln, D. tateren to
      stammer, and perhaps to E. titter.]
      1. To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little
            meaning; to chat.
  
                     The tattling quality of age, which is always
                     narrative.                                          --Dryden.
  
      2. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer;
            as, a tattling girl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tattling \Tat"tling\, a.
      Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales. -- {Tat"tling*ly},
      adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tattling \Tat"tling\, a.
      Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales. -- {Tat"tling*ly},
      adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Thiotolene \Thi`o*to"lene\, n. [Thio- + toluene.] (Chem.)
      A colorless oily liquid, {C4H3S.CH3}, analogous to, and
      resembling, toluene; -- called also {methyl thiophene}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tiddledywinks \Tid"dle*dy*winks`\, n.
      A game in which the object is to snap small disks of bone,
      ivory, or the like, from a flat surface, as of a table, into
      a small cup or basket; -- called also {tiddlywinks}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tiddlywinks \Tid"dly*winks`\, n.
      Same as {Tiddledywinks}. --Kipling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tiddledywinks \Tid"dle*dy*winks`\, n.
      A game in which the object is to snap small disks of bone,
      ivory, or the like, from a flat surface, as of a table, into
      a small cup or basket; -- called also {tiddlywinks}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tiddlywinks \Tid"dly*winks`\, n.
      Same as {Tiddledywinks}. --Kipling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tideland \Tide"land\, n.
      Land that is overflowed by tide water; hence, land near the
      sea.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Titling \Tit"ling\, n. [Icel. titlingr a tit sparrow. See {Tit}
      a small bird.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The hedge sparrow; -- called also {titlene}. Its nest
                  often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing
                  its own eggs.
  
                           The titling, . . . being thus deceived, hatcheth
                           the egg, and bringeth up the chick of another
                           bird.                                          --Holland.
            (b) The meadow pipit.
  
      2. Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ling-bird \Ling"-bird`\ (l[icr]ng"b[etil]rd`), n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The European meadow pipit; -- called also {titling}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Titling \Tit"ling\, n. [Icel. titlingr a tit sparrow. See {Tit}
      a small bird.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The hedge sparrow; -- called also {titlene}. Its nest
                  often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing
                  its own eggs.
  
                           The titling, . . . being thus deceived, hatcheth
                           the egg, and bringeth up the chick of another
                           bird.                                          --Holland.
            (b) The meadow pipit.
  
      2. Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Title \Ti"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Titled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Titling}.] [Cf. L. titulare, F. titrer. See {Title}, n.]
      To call by a title; to name; to entitle.
  
               Hadrian, having quieted the island, took it for honor
               to be titled on his coin, [bd]The Restorer of
               Britain.[b8]                                          --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ling-bird \Ling"-bird`\ (l[icr]ng"b[etil]rd`), n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The European meadow pipit; -- called also {titling}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Titling \Tit"ling\, n. [Icel. titlingr a tit sparrow. See {Tit}
      a small bird.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The hedge sparrow; -- called also {titlene}. Its nest
                  often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing
                  its own eggs.
  
                           The titling, . . . being thus deceived, hatcheth
                           the egg, and bringeth up the chick of another
                           bird.                                          --Holland.
            (b) The meadow pipit.
  
      2. Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Title \Ti"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Titled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Titling}.] [Cf. L. titulare, F. titrer. See {Title}, n.]
      To call by a title; to name; to entitle.
  
               Hadrian, having quieted the island, took it for honor
               to be titled on his coin, [bd]The Restorer of
               Britain.[b8]                                          --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deal \Deal\, v. i.
      1. To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards
            to the players.
  
      2. To do a distributing or retailing business, as
            distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to
            traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour.
  
                     They buy and sell, they deal and traffic. --South.
  
                     This is to drive to wholesale trade, when all other
                     petty merchants deal but for parcels. --Dr. H. More.
  
      3. To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to
            manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or
            with.
  
                     Sometimes he that deals between man and man, raiseth
                     his own credit with both, by pretending greater
                     interest than he hath in either.         --Bacon.
  
      4. To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or
            towards any one; to treat.
  
                     If he will deal clearly and impartially, . . . he
                     will acknowledge all this to be true. --Tillotson.
  
      5. To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition,
            check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to
            deal with.
  
      {To deal by}, to treat, either well or ill; as, to deal well
            by servants. [bd]Such an one deals not fairly by his own
            mind.[b8] --Locke.
  
      {To deal in}.
            (a) To have to do with; to be engaged in; to practice; as,
                  they deal in political matters.
            (b) To buy and sell; to furnish, as a retailer or
                  wholesaler; as, they deal in fish.
  
      {To deal with}.
            (a) To treat in any manner; to use, whether well or ill;
                  to have to do with; specifically, to trade with.
                  [bd]Dealing with witches.[b8] --Shak.
            (b) To reprove solemnly; to expostulate with.
  
                           The deacons of his church, who, to use their own
                           phrase, [bd]dealt with him[b8] on the sin of
                           rejecting the aid which Providence so manifestly
                           held out.                                    --Hawthorne.
  
                           Return . . . and I will deal well with thee.
                                                                              --Gen. xxxii.
                                                                              9.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Future \Fu"ture\, n. [Cf. F. futur. See {Future}, a.]
      1. Time to come; time subsequent to the present (as, the
            future shall be as the present); collectively, events that
            are to happen in time to come. [bd]Lay the future
            open.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. The possibilities of the future; -- used especially of
            prospective success or advancement; as, he had great
            future before him.
  
      3. (Gram.) A future tense.
  
      {To deal in futures}, to speculate on the future values of
            merchandise or stocks. [Brokers' cant]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dwell \Dwell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dwelled}, usually contracted
      into {Dwelt} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dwelling}.] [OE.
      dwellen, dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to deceive,
      hinder, delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay,
      tarry, Sw. dv[84]ljas to dwell, Dan. dv[91]le to linger, and
      to E. dull. See {Dull}, and cf. {Dwale}.]
      1. To delay; to linger. [Obs.]
  
      2. To abide; to remain; to continue.
  
                     I 'll rather dwell in my necessity.   --Shak.
  
                     Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live
            in a place; to reside.
  
                     The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have
                     possessions.                                       --Peacham.
  
                     The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the
                     hall where the lord of the domain resides. --C. J.
                                                                              Smith.
  
      {To dwell in}, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on.
            [bd]My hopes in heaven to dwell.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To dwell on} [or] {upon}, to continue long on or in; to
            remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to
            dwell upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note.
  
                     They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and
                     language, fixed in amazement.            --Buckminster.
  
      Syn: To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue;
               stay; rest.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dwell \Dwell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dwelled}, usually contracted
      into {Dwelt} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dwelling}.] [OE.
      dwellen, dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to deceive,
      hinder, delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay,
      tarry, Sw. dv[84]ljas to dwell, Dan. dv[91]le to linger, and
      to E. dull. See {Dull}, and cf. {Dwale}.]
      1. To delay; to linger. [Obs.]
  
      2. To abide; to remain; to continue.
  
                     I 'll rather dwell in my necessity.   --Shak.
  
                     Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live
            in a place; to reside.
  
                     The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have
                     possessions.                                       --Peacham.
  
                     The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the
                     hall where the lord of the domain resides. --C. J.
                                                                              Smith.
  
      {To dwell in}, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on.
            [bd]My hopes in heaven to dwell.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To dwell on} [or] {upon}, to continue long on or in; to
            remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to
            dwell upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note.
  
                     They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and
                     language, fixed in amazement.            --Buckminster.
  
      Syn: To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue;
               stay; rest.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tail \Tail\, v. t.
      1. To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely
            to, as that which can not be evaded. [Obs.]
  
                     Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds,
                     wherewith he was tailed, continued uncanceled, and
                     was called on the next Parliament.      --Fuller.
  
      2. To pull or draw by the tail. [R.] --Hudibras.
  
      {To tail in} [or] {on} (Arch.), to fasten by one of the ends
            into a wall or some other support; as, to tail in a
            timber.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Store \Store\, n. [OE. stor, stoor, OF. estor, provisions,
      supplies, fr. estorer to store. See {Store}, v. t.]
      1. That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source
            from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a
            great quantity, or a great number.
  
                     The ships are fraught with store of victuals.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
                     With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain
                     influence, and give the prize.            --Milton.
  
      2. A place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a
            storehouse; a warehouse; a magazine.
  
      3. Any place where goods are sold, whether by wholesale or
            retail; a shop. [U.S. & British Colonies]
  
      4. pl. Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some
            specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms,
            ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a
            ship, of a family.
  
                     His swine, his horse, his stoor, and his poultry.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      {In store}, in a state of accumulation; in keeping; hence, in
            a state of readiness. [bd]I have better news in store for
            thee.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Store clothes}, clothing purchased at a shop or store; -- in
            distinction from that which is home-made. [Colloq. U.S.]
           
  
      {Store pay}, payment for goods or work in articles from a
            shop or store, instead of money. [U.S.]
  
      {To set store by}, to value greatly; to have a high
            appreciation of.
  
      {To tell no store of}, to make no account of; to consider of
            no importance.
  
      Syn: Fund; supply; abundance; plenty; accumulation;
               provision.
  
      Usage: {Store}, {Shop}. The English call the place where
                  goods are sold (however large or splendid it may be) a
                  shop, and confine the word store to its original
                  meaning; viz., a warehouse, or place where goods are
                  stored. In America the word store is applied to all
                  places, except the smallest, where goods are sold. In
                  some British colonies the word store is used as in the
                  United States.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tell \Tell\, v. i.
      1. To give an account; to make report.
  
                     That I may publish with the voice of thankgiving,
                     and tell of all thy wondrous works.   --Ps. xxvi. 7.
  
      2. To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot
            tells; every expression tells.
  
      {To tell of}.
            (a) To speak of; to mention; to narrate or describe.
            (b) To inform against; to disclose some fault of.
  
      {To tell on}, to inform against. [Archaic & Colloq.]
  
                     Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David.
                                                                              --1 Sam.
                                                                              xxvii. 11.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Toddle \Tod"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Toddling}.] [Akin to tottle, totter.]
      To walk with short, tottering steps, as a child.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tootle \Too"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tootled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Tootling}.] [Freq. of toot.]
      To toot gently, repeatedly, or continuously, on a wind
      instrument, as a flute; also, to make a similar noise by any
      means. [bd]The tootling robin.[b8] --John Clare.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Total \To"tal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Totaled}or {Totalled}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Totaling} or {Totalling}.]
      To bring to a total; to add; also, to reach as a total; to
      amount to. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Total \To"tal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Totaled}or {Totalled}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Totaling} or {Totalling}.]
      To bring to a total; to add; also, to reach as a total; to
      amount to. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Totalness \To"tal*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being total; entireness; totality.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Totly \Tot"ly\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tottled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Tottling}.] [See {Toddle}, {Totter}.]
      To walk in a wavering, unsteady manner; to toddle; to topple.
      [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Twaddling \Twad"dling\,
      a. & n. from {Twaddle}, v.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Tetlin, AK (CDP, FIPS 76590)
      Location: 63.06464 N, 142.43892 W
      Population (1990): 87 (47 housing units)
      Area: 396.1 sq km (land), 42.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   The Woodlands, TX (CDP, FIPS 72656)
      Location: 30.15767 N, 95.48929 W
      Population (1990): 29205 (11389 housing units)
      Area: 42.4 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 77380, 77381

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Toadlena, NM
      Zip code(s): 87324
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