Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To set up (a tent); pitch; in general, to set up.
- To lodge in a tent.
- An obsolete preterit and past participle of tell.
- noun A tent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, obsolete To
lodge in a tent. - verb transitive, obsolete To set up (a tent);
pitch a tent; (in general) toset up . - noun obsolete A
tent .
Etymologies
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Examples
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After that he teld good things for books of Slavov who had 14 books.
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"Yes," continued he; "Aunt Winny teld me I is to hab de prettiest yaller gal in town, and dat I is to be free."
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Then I was teld to drag him backward through a bramble bush.
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Last of all, I was teld to give him nine fried mice, fasting, in a morning, in this way: -- three the first morning; then wait three mornings, and then give him three more; wait three mornings, and then give him three more.
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One teld me to get him breathed on by a pie-bald horse.
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Shoo went to th 'cubbard an' browt aght a bottle, an 'put it onto th' table, teld him to help hissen.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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We're teld to be thankful for blessin's 'ats sent,
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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The old Horny swore it should be so, and I teld him!
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Ai teld yu b4 nawt be taiking sumwun els’ kitteh. nawt nais.
O my god, they got Johnny!!! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Mawm’s fren teld me ai cudnt say “pee” but nawt wut ai cud sai.
BACK UP BACK UP!!! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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