teleutospore (telutospor)

[NL., pseudo spore formed by absci ion on a branch of the mycelium (sterigma), and on germination producing a promycelium. In some cases the teleutospores are produced early in the season, but usu See ally they appear in autumn, remain in the ti ues of the host over winter, and germinate in the spring. spore2, Uredineæ, and cut under Puccinia. Also called brand-spore, pseudo spore. The cycle begins in spring with the germination of thick-walled spores, called teleutospores , borne usually in pairs at the end of sterigmata. Encyc. Brit ., IX. 831. telll (tel), v.; pret. and pp. told (formerly or dial. sometimes telled , telt ), ppr. telling . [ tolde , talde , pp. told , itold , talden , ytold ), tell an (pret. tealde , pp. geteald ) = OS. tellian =OFries. tell a = MD. D. tellen , count, reckon, consider, = MLG. tellen = OHG. zellan , MHG. zeln, G. zählen , number ( erzählen , nar- rate), = Icel. telja = Sw. tälja = Dan. tælle , num- ber, tell; cf. Goth. talzjan , instruct, direct; from the noun represented by tale1 : see talel , n. Cf. talel, v. For the forms tell , told , cf. sell , sold .] I. trans. 1. To number; count; enumerate; reckon one by one, or one after another: as, to tell a hundred; to tell one's beads. Certeyn I hem never tolde ; For as fele eyen hadde she As fetheres upon foules be. Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 1380. His custom was to tell over his herd of sea-calves at noon, and then to sleep. Bacon , Physical Fables, vii. He cannot be so innocent a coxcomb; He can tell ten, sure. Beau . and Fl . , Coxcomb, ii. 1. Nobody comes to visit him, he receives no letters, and tells his money morning and evening. Steele , Spectator, No. 264. 2. To recount; rehearse; narrate; relate: as, to tell a story. Witne e, ye Heavens, the truth of all that I have teld ! Spenser, F. Q., VII. vi. 27. is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. Shak., Macbeth, v. 5. 27. Masters, I have to tell a tale of woe, A tale of folly and of wasted life. Mandeville , Travels, p. 125. Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Aske- 2 Sam. i. 20. She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. Shak . , T. N., ii. 4. 113. I wonder wha's tauld that gay ladie The fashion into our countrie. He seith that ye be sone aperceyvaunte of hym, and that ye sholde telle me what he is. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 74. Tell me, good Hobbinoll, what garres thee greete? Spenser , Shep. Cal., April. I'll tell you as we pa along, That you will wonder what hath fortuned. 8. To give an order, command, or direction to; order; bid: as, I told him to stay at home. Call for your casting-bottle, and place your mirror in your hat, as I told you. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, ii. 1. It may be accepted as nece ary for the comfort of all coachmen that a team should never start until told . New York Tribune , May 11, 1890. Let me tell you, you may drink worse French wine in many taverns in London than they have sometimes at this Cotton , in Walton's Angler, ii. 227. house. 10t. To make account of: in phrases such as to tell no tale , to tell no dainty , to tell no store . Ve elle of Sylver is there non: for the i telle no prys there of, to make no Ve elle offe. Mandeville , Travels, p. 220. I ne tolde no deyntee of hir love. Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 208. noses. See nosel. - To tell no store oft. See store 3. - To tell off, to count off; especially, to count off and de- tach, as for some special duty: as, a squad was told off to clear the streets. - To tell one's beads. See to bid beads , under bead . To tell one's fortune, or to tell fortunes. See fortune . To tell one's own tale or story, to tell talet, to tell tales out of school. See talel . = Syn. 3. To impart, report, repeat, mention, recite, publish.-4. Speak , State , etc. See sayl .-7. To acquaint (with), ap- prise II. (of). in trans. 1. To give an account; make report; speak; explain: with of . IMG:content-0049.png:[blocks in formation] It is as Zara that the city is famous, because it is as Zara that its name appears in the pages of the great English teller of the tale. E. A. Freeman , Venice, p. 121. tellership (tel'ér-ship), n. [ teller + -ship .] The office or post of teller; a position as teller. tellevast, n. See talevas . Tell i cherry bark. See cone i bark , under bark2 . Tell in a (te-li'nä), n . [NL. (Linnæus, 1758), Tellinidæ . The shell has a strong ex- ternal ligament; it is and handsomely colored. The animal has very long siphons. There are many species, both living and extinct, of all coasts. See also cut under Tel- telling (tel'ing), a. Effective; impre ive; strik- ing: as, a telling speech on tariff reform. 2. To say; declare. For hit aren murye-mouthede men mynstrales of heuene, And godes boyes, bordiours as the bok telleth . 3. To talk; chat; go ip. [Prov. Eng.] While I've been telling with you, here've this little maid been and ate up all my sugar! Kingsley , Westward Ho, xxx, 4. To tell tales; play the informer; inform; blab: with of or on before the person: as, if you do, I'll tell . [Now colloq.] tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David. 1 Sam. xxvii. 11. He didn't want to tell on Maggie, though he was angry with her; for Tom Tulliver was a lad of honor. George Eliot , Mill on the Flo , i. 5. 5. To act effectively; produce a marked effect or impre ion; count for something. It's true, every year will tell upon him. He is over five- and-forty, you know. George Eliot , Middle march, iv. It would seem that even pedantry and antiquarianism are welcomed when they tell on behalf of the other side. E. A. Freeman , Venice, p. 42. Everybody knows that speeches are little, that debates are often nothing, in Congre and elsewhere; but votes tell. It is the vote that men want. To hear tell of. See hear. telll (tel), n. [ tell1 , v.] That which is told; 5. To put or expre in words; recite; explain; account; narration; story; tale. [Rare.] make clear or plain. And dede men for that deon [din] comen oute of deope graues, And tolden why that tempest so longe tyme durede. Piers Plowman (C), xxi. 66. I know, quoth he, what it meaneth, but I cannot tell IMG:content-0050.png:[blocks in formation] There, I am at the end of my tell ! If I write on, it must be to ask questions. Walpole, To Mann, April 4, 1743. Little Barb'ry 's the very flower of the flock, accord in' to my tell . E. Eggleston , The Century, XXXV. 44. tell2 (tel), n. [ tell , a hill.] A hill or mound: common in Oriental place-names. The east bank of the Tigris, where gigantic tells or arti- ficial mounds, and the traces of an ancient city wall, bore evident witne of fallen greatne . tellable (tel'a-bl), a. [ tell1 + -able .] Capable of being told; worth telling. tell-bill-willy (tel'bil-wil"i), n. [Imitative.] The willet, Sy Symphemia semi palm at a . See cuts under willet and semipalmate . [Bahamas.] tell-clockt (tel'klok), n. [ tell1 , v., + obj. clock2 .] One who sits and counts the hours; an idler, telltale The children, who are always house tell - tales , soon made him acquainted with the little history of the house and family. Thackeray, Henry Esmond, xi. 2. An indication or an indicator; that which serves to convey information. Paint those eyes, so blue, so kind, Eager telltales of her mind, M. Arnold, A Memory-Picture. 3. A name given to a variety of instruments or devices, usually automatic, used for counting, indicating, registering, or otherwise giving desired information. Specifically - (a) In organ -build ing, a piece of bone, metal, or wood, moving in a slot, which is so connected with the bellows as to indicate to the blower or player by its position the state the wind supply. (6) A hanging compa , generally in the cabin of the commanding officer. (c) An index near the wheel of a ship to show the position of the tiller. (d) A turnstile placed at the entrance of a public hall or other place of resort, and having a mechanism which records the number of persons pa ing in or out. (e) A gage or index which shows the pre ure of steam on an engine boiler, of gas on a gas-holder, and the like. (f) A clock attachment for the purpose of recording the presence of a watchman at certain intervals. Some forms of this device are provided with a rotating paper dial, showing the hour and minute at which a watchman touched a projecting button communicating by a point with the paper dial. (g) A small overflow-pipe attached to a tank or cistern to indicate when it is full. (h) A bar to which are attached strips of leather, set at a proper height over a railway track to warn brakemen on freight-trains when they approaching a bridge. are 4. In ornith., a tattler; a bird of the genus Totanus in a broad sense: as, the greater and le er telltale, Totanus melanoleucus and T. fla vipes. See tattler, and cut under yellowlegs. II. a. 1. Disposed to tell or reveal secrets, whether officiously or heedle ly; given to betraying the confidences or revealing the private affairs of others; blabbing: as, telltale people. Let not the heavens hear these tell - tale women Rail on the Lord's anointed. Shak., Rich. III., iv. 4. 149. 2. Showing, revealing, or denoting that which is not intended to be known, apparent, or proclaimed: as, telltale tears; telltale blushes. The telltale snow, a sparkling mould, Says where they go and whence they came; Lightly they touch its carpet cold, And where they touch they sign your name. F. Locker, Winter Fantasy. 3. That gives warning or intimation of something: as, a telltale pipe attached to a cistern or tank. Telltale clock. See clock2. tell-trotht, n. Same as tell - truth .