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unˈtelling, ppl. a. north., Sc., and U.S. dial.
[un-1 10.]
1. Innumerable, countless.
a1300Cursor M. 2107 Inde, and pers, and arabi,..And mani oþer vntelland contre. Ibid. 6441 Þis ilk folk was vntelland, Þat moyses had vnder hand. 1816G. Muir Clydesdale Minstrelsy 7 The royal banner that has splendid flown Its annual course for ages past untellin'. 1825Jamieson, Untelling, adj.,..denoting what cannot be counted. Roxb. 1834Chambers's Edin. Jrnl. 28 June 170/1 It being untelling the number of lodgers who used to elope without coming to a settlement. 1925E. C. Smith Mang Howes 1 The road was thrang wui droves o nout—aa keinds, untellin. 1951H. Giles Harbin's Ridge iii. 18 It's untelling the times me and Faleecy John have walked the snake-back of that barnyard fence.
2. = untellable a.
1823Hogg Shepherd's Cal. i, It was untelling what land that man possessed. 1885[J. Tod] More Bits fr. Blinkbonny i, It was untellin' what Tibbie did for poor Mrs. Gemmell. 1941Sat. Even. Post 10 May 36/2 A man's notions are untelling. |