Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
tahli . - noun Plural of
talus .
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- noun Plural form of
talus .
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Examples
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Aïtali is a design firm launched in 2003 in Bordeaux whose defining statement is: “Dream and reality of new manufacturing processes to give the appearance of new furniture … provocative new emotions.”
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I cannot omit to remark here that, however apposite the word tali, which in Malayan signifies a cord, may be to the subject of the marriage tie, there is very strong evidence of the term, as applied to this ceremony, having been adopted from the customs of the Hindu inhabitants of the peninsula of India, in whose language it has a different meaning.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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The leaders of the Cazamance and Balantes peoples in West Africa, for example, used a preparation based in part on the bark of a tree known as tali Erythrophleum guineense— Leguminosae.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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Beside these there are silver fanams, single, double, and treble (the latter called tali) coined at
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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Report Abuse thats a joke question. you throw a rock in any direction there and hit a militant. either they believe they are fighting for their country, or they are posessed by a demon drinking the blood of innocents. known as the tali whackers.
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The Choctaws used words like "tali," their word for stone, to describe a grenade;
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Why are you giving this disgraceful lady some air time??? tali
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Reply to this Comment edward's best fan tali says:
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Her teeth, like polished tali or crumbs disintegrating in the beaks of shorebirds.
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The ceremony was followed by chants of women devotees who later offered the 'tali mala' or symbolic wedding thread to the bride and garland to the bridegroom.
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