telopea

[Gr. tēlōpos =-seeing to a distance, seen at a distance; alluding to the great distance at which its crimson blo oms can be seen.] Bot.: A genus of Grevillide. Leaves entire or IMG:content-0882.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Mech .: A name given to a variety of devices, usually automatic, for counting, verifying, detect of indicate having mechanism which indicates ing, or as, the number of persons pa ing through it. (2) A clock attachment for the purpose of causing a record to be made of the presence of a watchman at certain intervals. A common form is provided with a rotating paper dial, showing the hour and minute at which the watchman touched a project ing stud which punctures the paper dial. (3) A device attached to a station-meter to point out any irregularity in the production of gas. 2. Music: A movable piece attached to an organ to indicate when the wind is nearly exhausted. 3. Nautical : (1) The same as TELL-TALE COMPASS (q. v.). (2) An index in front of the wheel, or in the cabin, to show the position of the tiller. 4. Ornithology : An American name for Totanus flavipes and T. vociferus . So named because their shrill whistle alarms ducks. telltale-compa , s. Nautical : A compa suspended overhead in the cabin, with the face of the card downward, so that it is visible from below, and enables the captain to detect any error or irregularity in steering. *těll'-troth, s. [English tell , s., and troth .] One who speaks the truth.