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Teleostomi (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. � complete + � mouth.] (Zoöl.) An extensive division of fishes including the ordinary fishes (Teleostei) and the ganoids.
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Teleozoic (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having tissued composed of cells.
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Teleozoön (?), n. (Zoöl.) A metazoan.
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Telepathy (?), n. [Gr. � far off + �, �, to suffer.] The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation. The existence of this ability has not been proven scientifically.-- Telepathic, a. -- Telepathist, n.
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Telepheme (?), n. [Gr. � afar + � a saying.] A message by a telephone. [Recent]
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Telephone (?), n. [Gr. � far off + � sound.] (Physics) An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.
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☞ The ordinary telephone consists essentially of a device by which currents of electricity, produced by sounds through the agency of certain mechanical devices and exactly corresponding in duration and intensity to the vibrations of the air which attend them, are transmitted to a distant station, and there, acting on suitable mechanism, reproduce similar sounds by repeating the vibrations. The necessary variations in the electrical currents are usually produced by means of a microphone attached to a thin diaphragm upon which the voice acts, and are intensified by means of an induction coil. In the magnetic telephone, or magneto-telephone, the diaphragm is of soft iron placed close to the pole of a magnet upon which is wound a coil of fine wire, and its vibrations produce corresponding vibrable currents in the wire by induction. The mechanical, or string, telephone is a device in which the voice or sound causes vibrations in a thin diaphragm, which are directly transmitted along a wire or string connecting it to a similar diaphragm at the remote station, thus reproducing the sound. It does not employ electricity.
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Telephone, v. t. To convey or announce by telephone.
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Telephone exchange. A central office in which the wires of telephones from local subscribers may be connected by switches to other local telephones or to long-distance lines, to permit transmission of conversation or data. In the late 1990's the traditional copper wires connecting local telephones to the telephone exchange have begun to be replaced with optical fiber connections.
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Telephonic (?), a. [Cf. F. téléphonique. See .] 1. Conveying sound to a great distance.
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2. Of or pertaining to the telephone; by the telephone.
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Telephonically (?), adv. By telephonic means or processes; by the use of the telephone.
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Telephony (?), n. The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone.
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Telephote (?), n. [Gr. th^le far + fw^s, fwtos, light.] A telelectric apparatus for producing images of visible objects at a distance.
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Telephoto (?), a. 1. of or relating to photography with a .
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2. of or pertaining to a .
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telephoto n. 1. a .
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2. a photograph taken using a .
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Telephotograph (?), n. [Gr. th^le far + photograph.] a photograph transmitted and reproduced by telephotography.
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2. a photograph made with a telephoto lens.
Syn. -- telephoto.
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Telephotographic (?), a. Designating, or pertaining to, the process of telephotography.
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Telephotography (?), n. 1. The photography of distant objects in more enlarged form than is possible by the ordinary means, usually by a camera provided with a or mounted in place of the eyepiece of a telescope, so that the real or a magnified image falls on the sensitive plate.
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2. Art or process of electrically transmitting and reproducing photographic or other pictures at a distance, especially by methods similar to those used in electric telegraphy.
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3. Less properly, phototelegraphy.
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Telephoto lens n. a special compound camera lens with a long effective focal length but used in a camera with a short focal length, allowing large images to be obtained of distant objects when used in a camera in place of an ordinary lens; -- called also telephotographic lens.
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Telepolariscope (?), n. [Gr. � far off + E. polariscope.] (Opt.) A polariscope arranged to be attached to a telescope. Lockyer.
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Telerythin (?), n. [Gr. � end + E. erythrin.] (Chem.) A red crystalline compound related to, or produced from, erythrin. So called because regarded as the end of the series of erythrin compounds.
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Telescope (?), n. [Gr. � viewing afar, farseeing; � far, far off + � a watcher, akin to � to view: cf. F. télescope. See , and .] An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.
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☞ A telescope assists the eye chiefly in two ways; first, by enlarging the visual angle under which a distant object is seen, and thus magnifying that object; and, secondly, by collecting, and conveying to the eye, a larger beam of light than would enter the naked organ, thus rendering objects distinct and visible which would otherwise be indistinct and or invisible. Its essential parts are the object glass, or concave mirror, which collects the beam of light, and forms an image of the object, and the eyeglass, which is a microscope, by which the image is magnified.
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Coloq. Achromatic telescope . See under . -- Coloq. Aplanatic telescope , a telescope having an aplanatic eyepiece. -- Coloq. Astronomical telescope , a telescope which has a simple eyepiece so constructed or used as not to reverse the image formed by the object glass, and consequently exhibits objects inverted, which is not a hindrance in astronomical observations. -- Coloq. Cassegrainian telescope , a reflecting telescope invented by Cassegrain, which differs from the Gregorian only in having the secondary speculum convex instead of concave, and placed nearer the large speculum. The Cassegrainian represents objects inverted; the Gregorian, in their natural position. The Melbourne telescope (see Illust. under Reflecting telescope, below) is a Cassegrainian telescope. -- Coloq. Dialytic telescope . See under . -- Coloq. Equatorial telescope . See the Note under . -- Coloq. Galilean telescope , a refracting telescope in which the eyeglass is a concave instead of a convex lens, as in the common opera glass. This was the construction originally adopted by Galileo, the inventor of the instrument. It exhibits the objects erect, that is, in their natural positions. -- Coloq. Gregorian telescope , a form of reflecting telescope. See under . -- Coloq. Herschelian telescope , a reflecting telescope of the form invented by Sir William Herschel, in which only one speculum is employed, by means of which an image of the object is formed near one side of the open end of the tube, and to this the eyeglass is applied directly. -- Coloq. Newtonian telescope , a form of reflecting telescope. See under . -- Coloq. Photographic telescope , a telescope specially constructed to make photographs of the heavenly bodies. -- Coloq. Prism telescope . See . -- Coloq. Reflecting telescope , a telescope in which the image is formed by a speculum or mirror (or usually by two speculums, a large one at the lower end of the telescope, and the smaller one near the open end) instead of an object glass. See Gregorian, Cassegrainian, Herschelian, and Newtonian, telescopes, above. -- Coloq. Refracting telescope , a telescope in which the image is formed by refraction through an object glass. -- Coloq. Telescope carp (Zoöl.), the telescope fish. -- Coloq. Telescope fish (Zoöl.), a monstrous variety of the goldfish having very protuberant eyes. -- Coloq. Telescope fly (Zoöl.), any two-winged fly of the genus Diopsis, native of Africa and Asia. The telescope flies are remarkable for having the eyes raised on very long stalks. -- Coloq. Telescope shell (Zoöl.), an elongated gastropod (Cerithium telescopium) having numerous flattened whorls. -- Coloq. Telescope sight (Firearms), a slender telescope attached to the barrel, having cross wires in the eyepiece and used as a sight. -- Coloq. Terrestrial telescope , a telescope whose eyepiece has one or two lenses more than the astronomical, for the purpose of inverting the image, and exhibiting objects erect.
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Telescope (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Telescoped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Telescoping (?).] To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another; to become compressed in the manner of a telescope, due to a collision or other force. [Recent]
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Telescope, v. t. 1. To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope. [Recent]
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2. to shorten or abridge significantly; as, to telescope a whole semester's lectures into one week.
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Telescope (tĕl�skōp), a. Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of joints or parts one within the other; telescopic; as, a telescope bag; telescope table, etc.; -- now more commonly replaced by the term telescoping.
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Telescope bag. An adjustable traveling bag consisting of two cases, the larger slipping over the other.
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{ Telescopic (?), Telescopical (?), } a. [Cf. F. télescopique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope.
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2. Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as, telescopic stars.
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3. Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing; far-reaching; as, a telescopic eye; telescopic vision.
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4. Having the power of extension by joints sliding one within another, like the tube of a small telescope or a spyglass; especially (Mach.), constructed of concentric tubes, either stationary, as in the telescopic boiler, or movable, as in the telescopic chimney of a war vessel, which may be put out of sight by being lowered endwise.
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Telescopically, adv. In a telescopical manner; by or with the telescope.
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Telescopic sight. A sight consisting of a small telescope, as on a compass or rifle.
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Telescoping (tĕl�skōpĭng), a. Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of sections or parts one within the other; telescopic; as, telescoping tripod legs; a telescoping table, etc.; -- a term replacing the formerly used telescope.
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Telescopist (?), n. One who uses a telescope. R. A. Proctor.
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Telescopy (?), n. The art or practice of using or making telescopes.
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Teleseism (?), n. [Gr. th^le far + � shock.] A seismic movement or shock far from the recording instrument. -- Teleseismic (#), a.
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Teleseme (?), n. [Gr. th^le far + � sign.] A system of apparatus for electric signals providing for automatic transmission of a definite number of different signals or calls, as in connection with hotel annunciators.
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Telesm (?), n. [Ar. tilism. See .] A kind of amulet or magical charm. [Obs.] J. Gregory.
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{ Telesmatic (?), Telesmatical (?), } a. Of or pertaining to telesms; magical. J. Gregory.
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Telespectroscope (?), n. [Gr. � far off + E. spectroscope.] (Astron.) A spectroscope arranged to be attached to a telescope for observation of distant objects, as the sun or stars. Lockyer.
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Telestereograph (?), n. [Gr. th^le far + stereograph.] An instrument for telegraphically reproducing a photograph. -- Telestereography (#), n.
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Telestereoscope (?), n. [Gr. � far off + E. stereoscope.] (Opt.) A stereoscope adapted to view distant natural objects or landscapes; a telescopic stereoscope.
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Telestic (?), a. [Gr. � fit for finishing, from � to finish.] Tending or relating to a purpose or an end. [R.] Cudworth.
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Telestich (?), n. [Gr. � the end + � a line, verse.] A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name. Cf. .
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Telethermograph (?), n. [Gr. th^le far + thermo- + -graph.] (Physics) (a) A record of fluctuations of temperature made automatically at a distant station. (b) An instrument, usually electrical, making such records.
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Telethermometer (?), n. [Gr. � far off + E. thermometer.] (Physics) An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.
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Teleutospore (?), n. [Gr. � completion + E. spore.] (Bot.) The thick-celled winter or resting spore of the rusts (order Uredinales), produced in late summer. See Illust. of .
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Telford (?), a. [After Thomas Telford, a Scotch road engineer.] Designating, or pert. to, a road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly, in the interstices; as, telford pavement, road, etc.
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Telfordize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Telfordized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Telfordizing (?).] To furnish (a road) with a telford pavement.
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Telharmonic (?), a. Of or pertaining to telharmonium.
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Telharmonium (?), n. [Gr. th^le far + harmolium.] An instrument for producing music (Telharmony [�]), 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.
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Telic (?), a. [Gr. �, from � the end.] (Gram.) Denoting the final end or purpose, as distinguished from ecbatic. See . Gibbs.
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Tell (tĕl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Told (tōld); p. pr. & vb. n. Telling.] [AS. tellan, from talu tale, number, speech; akin to D. tellen to count, G. zählen, OHG. zellen to count, tell, say, Icel. telja, Dan. tale to speak, tælle to count. See that which is told.] 1. To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money. “An heap of coin he told.” Spenser.
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He telleth the number of the stars. Ps. cxlvii. 4.
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Tell the joints of the body. Jer. Taylor.
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2. To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.
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Of which I shall tell all the array. Chaucer.
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And not a man appears to tell their fate. Pope.
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3. To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
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Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? Gen. xii. 18.
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4. To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform.
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A secret pilgrimage,
That you to-day promised to tell me of? Shak.
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5. To order; to request; to command.
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He told her not to be frightened. Dickens.
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6. To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color ends and the other begins.
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7. To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate. [Obs.]
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I ne told no dainity of her love. Chaucer.
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☞ Tell, though equivalent in some respect to speak and say, has not always the same application. We say, to tell truth or falsehood, to tell a number, to tell the reasons, to tell something or nothing; but we never say, to tell a speech, discourse, or oration, or to tell an argument or a lesson. It is much used in commands; as, tell me the whole story; tell me all you know.
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Coloq. To tell off , to count; to divide. Sir W. Scott.
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Syn. -- To communicate; impart; reveal; disclose; inform; acquaint; report; repeat; rehearse; recite.
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Tell, v. i. 1. To give an account; to make report.
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That I may publish with the voice of thankgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. Ps. xxvi. 7.
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2. To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells.
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Coloq. To tell of . (a) To speak of; to mention; to narrate or describe. (b) To inform against; to disclose some fault of. -- Coloq. To tell on , to inform against. [Archaic & Colloq.]
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Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David. 1 Sam. xxvii. 11.
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Tell, n. That which is told; tale; account. [R.]
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I am at the end of my tell. Walpole.
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Tell, n. [Ar.] A hill or mound. W. M. Thomson.
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Tellable (?), a. Capable of being told.
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Tellen (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any species of Tellina.
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Teller (?), n. 1. One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer.
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2. One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the king. Cowell.
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3. An employee of a bank who receives money paid in, and pays money out, and makes records of such transactions.
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4. One who is appointed to count the votes given in a legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc.
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Tellership, n. The office or employment of a teller.
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Tellina (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � a kind of shellfish.] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells.
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Telling (?), a. Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech. -- Tellingly, adv.
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Telltale (?), a. Telling tales; babbling. “The telltale heart.” Poe.
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Telltale, n. 1. One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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5. (Zoöl.) The tattler. See .
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6. A thing that serves to disclose something or give information; a hint or indication.

It supplies many useful links and telltales. Saintsbury.
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7. (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.
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