Definition of tales

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Tales (n.) Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter..

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Decameron :: Decameron (n.) A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian..
Prologue :: Prologue (n.) The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; esp., a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance.
Tattler :: Tattler (n.) One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.
Yeast :: Yeast (n.) A form of fungus which grows as indvidual rounded cells, rather than in a mycelium, and reproduces by budding; esp. members of the orders Endomycetales and Moniliales. Some fungi may grow both as a yeast or as a mycelium, depending on the conditions of growth..
Fabliau :: Fabliau (n.) One of the metrical tales of the Trouveres, or early poets of the north of France..
Gossip :: Gossip (v. i.) To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
Tales :: Tales (syntactically sing.) The writ by which such persons are summoned.
Talebearing :: Talebearing (a.) Telling tales officiously.
Cackler :: Cackler (n.) One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler..
Renardine :: Renardine (a.) Of or pertaining to Renard, the fox, or the tales in which Renard is mentioned..
Taleteller :: Taleteller (n.) One who tells tales or stories, especially in a mischievous or officious manner; a talebearer; a telltale; a tattler..
Folk Lore :: Folk lore () Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the people..
Story-teller :: Story-teller (n.) One who tells stories; a narrator of anecdotes,incidents, or fictitious tales; as, an amusing story-teller..
Ogre :: Ogre (n.) An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster..
Renard :: Renard (n.) A fox; -- so called in fables or familiar tales, and in poetry..
Slander :: Slander (n.) A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another..
Blab :: Blab (v. i.) To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales.
Talebearer :: Talebearer (n.) One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief..
Romance :: Romance (n.) A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like..
Murmur :: Murmur (v. t.) To utter or give forth in low or indistinct words or sounds; as, to murmur tales..
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