Taille

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Taille \Taille\, n. [F. See {Tally}, {Tailor}.]
     1. A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood. [Obs.]
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              Whether that he paid or took by taille. --Chaucer.
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     2. (O. F. Law) Any imposition levied by the king, or any
        other lord, upon his subjects.
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              The taille, as it still subsists in France, may
              serve as an example of those ancient tallages. It
              was a tax upon the profits of the farmer, which they
              estimate by the stock that he has upon the farm.
                                                    --A. Smith.
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     3. (Mus.) The French name for the tenor voice or part; also,
        for the tenor viol or viola.
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