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tale

tale \'ta-(*)l\ n [ME, fr. OE talu; akin to ON tala talk, and prob. to L 
   dolus]guile, deceit, Gk dolos obs  1: DISCOURSE, TALK  2a: a relation of a 
   series of events or facts : ACCOUNT  2b1: an improper report of a private 
   or confidential matter  2b2: a libelous report or piece of gossip  3a: a 
   usu. imaginative narrative of an event : STORY  3b: an intentionally untrue 
   relation : FALSEHOOD  4a: COUNT, TALLY  4b: a number of things taken 
   together : TOTAL