tael

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  1. noun Any of various units of weight used in eastern Asia, roughly equivalent to 38 grams (1 1/3 ounces).
  2. noun A monetary unit formerly used in China, equivalent in value to this weight of standard silver.

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  • Twenty years ago there were five Houses I know that Then you know that the other Houses, led by the old Grand Master and his assistant, Zarel, massacred the House of Oor-tael on the evening of the last day of Festival. —  The Gathering - Arena
  • After the downfall of Oor-tael, Kuthuman had ascended to the power of a demigod, becoming a Walker, and left Zarel in charge of this realm as a reward for helping it to be possible. —  The Gathering - Arena
  • I fear that there is some new factor at play here, the same as what happened twenty years ago Oor-tael? —  The Gathering - Arena
  • When there was still the fifth House, Oor-tael, which used more of the mana of the islands and the forest. —  The Gathering - Arena
  • You ;ll never know if there are more like me, plotting and waiting You ;re from the House of Oor-tael, that ;s it Garth merely smiled You will never know I destroyed all of you. —  The Gathering - Arena
 

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  1. Portuguese, from Malay tahil, tael.

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  1. Formerly also taile; also tale, tayel; = French tael, from Portuguese tael, from Malay taïl, tahil, a weight, tael, prob. from Hindustani tola, a weight: see tola.
 

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