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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tael \Tael\, n. [Malay ta?l, a certain weight, probably fr
Hind. tola, Skr. tul[=a] a balance, weight, tul to weigh.]
A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings
sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also a weight
of one ounce and a third [Written also {tale}.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tael
n : a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to
1.3 ounces
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