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Webster 1913 Edition
Tael
Tael
,Noun.
[Malay
taĭl
, a certain weight, probably fr. Hind. tola
, Skr. tulā
a balance, weight, tul
to weigh.] A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight of one ounce and a third.
[Written also
tale
.]