Webster's Dictionary 1828

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TEACHING

TE'ACHING, participle present tense Instructing; informing.TE'ACHING, noun The act or business of instructing.1. Instruction.

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TEAD

TEADTEAGUE, noun teeg. An Irishman; in contempt.

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TEAGUE

TEAGUE, n. teeg. An Irishman; in contempt.

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TEAK

TEAKTEAL, noun An aquatic fowl of the genus Anas, the smallest of the duck kind.

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TEAL

TEAL, n. An aquatic fowl of the genus Anas, the smallest of the duck kind.

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TEAM

TEAM, noun1. Two or more horses, oxen or other beasts harnessed together to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, chariot, wagon, cart, sled, sleigh and the like. It has ...

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TEAM-WORK

TE'AM-WORK, noun [team and work.] Work done by a team, as distinguished from personal labor.

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TEAMSTER

TE'AMSTER, noun [team and ster.] One who drives a team.

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TEAR

TEAR, noun1. Tears are the limpid fluid secreted by the lacrymal gland, and appearing in the eyes, or flowing from them. A tear in the singular, is a drop or a small quantity of...

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TEAR-FALLING

TE'AR-FALLING, adjective [tear and fall.] Shedding tears; tender; as tear-falling pity.

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TEARER

TEARER, noun One who tears or rends any thing.1. One that rages or raves with violence.

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TEARFUL

TE'ARFUL, adjective [tear and full.] Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as tearful eyes.

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TEARING

TEARING, participle present tense [from tear, to rend.] Rending; pulling apart; lacerating; violent; raging.

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TEARLESS

TE'ARLESS, adjective Shedding no tears; without tears; unfeeling.

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TEASE

TEASE, verb transitive s as z.1. To comb or card, as wool or flax.2. To scratch, as cloth in dressing, for the purpose of raising a nap.3. To vex with importunity or impertinenc...

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TEASED

TE'ASED, participle passive Carded.1. Vexed; irritated or annoyed.

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TEASEL

TE'ASEL, noun tee'zl. A plant of the genus Dipsacus, one kind of which bears a large burr which is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth. Hence,1. The burr of the plant.

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TEASELER

TE'ASELER, noun One who uses the teasel for raising a nap on cloth.

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TEASER

TE'ASER, noun One that teases or vexes.

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TEASING

TE'ASING, participle present tense Combing; carding; scratching for the purpose of raising a nap; vexing with importunity.

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TEAT

TEATTEATHE, noun The soil or fertility left on lands by feeding them. [Local.]TEATHE, verb transitive To feed and enrich by live stock. [Local.]

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TEATHE

TEATHE, n. The soil or fertility left on lands by feeding them. [Local.]TEATHE, v.t. To feed and enrich by live stock. [Local.]

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TECHILY

TECH'ILY, adverb [from techy, so written for touchy.]Peevishly; fretfully; forwardly.

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TECHINESS

TECH'INESS, noun Peevishness; fretfulness.

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TECHNICAL

TECH'NICAL, adjective [Latin technicus; Gr. art, artifice; to fabricate, make or prepare.]1. Pertaining to art or the arts. A technical word is a word that belongs properly or e...

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TECHNICALITY

TECHNICAL'ITY, noun The quality or state of being technical or peculiar to the arts.

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TECHNICALLY

TECH'NICALLY, adverb In a technical manner; according to the signification of terms of art or the professions.