TELLER

An officer in a bank or other institution. He is said to take that name from tallier, or one who kept a tally, because it is his duty to keep the accounts between the bank or other institution and its customers, or to make their accounts tally. In another sense teller signifies a person appointed to receive votes. In England the name of teller is given to certain officers in … [Read more...] about TELLER

A keeping account by tallies. Cowell. … [Read more...] about TELLATIO

In a general sense, the name "telephone" applies to any instrument or apparatus which transmits sound beyond the limits of ordinary audibility. But, since the recent discoveries in telephony, the name is technically and primarily restricted to an instrument or device which transmits sound by means of electricity and wires similar to telegraphic wires. In a secondary sense, … [Read more...] about TELEPHONE

A word occasionally need in old English law to describe ancient documents or written evidence of things past. Blount … [Read more...] about TELEGRAPHIAE

In the English telegraph act of 1863, the word is defined as "a wire or wires used for the purpose of telegraphic communication, with any casing, coating, tube, or pipe inclosing the same, and any apparatus connected therewith for the purpose of telegraphic communication." St 26 A 27 Vict c 112 … [Read more...] about TELEGRAPH