(astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.
(not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)
(usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period.
Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.
Levied as a surcharge on a payment received after a deadline.
Near the end of a period of time.
Not arriving or occurring until after an expected time.
Not having had an expected menstrual period.
Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
Specifically, near the end of the day.
adv
After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.
Formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit.
Not long ago; just now.
noun
(informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.
leat
leat
noun
An artificial watercourse, canal, or aqueduct, but especially a millrace.
leta
tael
tael
noun
(Hong Kong) leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (斤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms
Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver.
Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams.
tale
tale
noun
(law, obsolete) A count; declaration.
(obsolete) A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.
(obsolete) Account; estimation; regard; heed.
(obsolete) Number; tally; quota.
(obsolete) Speech; language.
(rare or archaic) A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.
(rare or archaic) A report of any matter; a relation; a version.
(slang) The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.
A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
Alternative form of tael
An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
verb
(dialectal or obsolete) To speak; discourse; tell tales.
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.
teal
teal
adj
Having a bluish-green colour
noun
(countable and uncountable) A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan.
(countable) Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.
(countable, Australia, politics, chiefly attributive) A teal independent, a politician who espouses environmentally and socially progressive but economically conservative ideas, especially in the context of a group of independent candidates who ran in the 2022 federal election.
