Definitions
1.NounA rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story."the Canterbury Tales"
2.NounA number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
3.NounThe fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.
4.NounAn account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie."Don't tell tales!"
5.NounNumber; tally; quota.
6.NounAccount; estimation; regard; heed.
7.NounSpeech; language.
8.NounA speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.
9.NounA count; declaration.
10.NounA number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.
11.NounA report of any matter; a relation; a version.
12.VerbTo speak; discourse; tell tales.
13.VerbTo reckon; consider (someone) to have something.
14.NounAlternative form of tael.