قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية
القاموس
Same as Calotype.
A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety.
Alt. of Talcous
Of or pertaining to talc; composed of, or resembling, talc.
See Tael.
That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated.
A count or declaration.
To tell stories.
One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief.
Telling tales officiously.
The act of informing officiously; communication of sectrts, scandal, etc., maliciously.
A kind of quadrangular piece of cloth put on by the Jews when repeating prayers in the synagogues.
Full of stories.
A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush turkey.
Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.
Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93/ lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.
Inclination; will; disposition; desire.
Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (Matt. xxv. 14-30).
Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted.