Dictionary entry

Ted

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ted (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tedded (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tedding.] [Prob. fr. Icel. te�ja to spread manure, fr. ta� manure; akin to MHG. zetten to scatter, spread. √58. Cf. Teathe.] To spread, or turn from the swath, and scatter for drying, as new-mowed grass; — chiefly used in the past participle.

The smell of grain or tedded grass. Milton.

The tedded hay and corn sheaved in one field. Coleridge.