tea 
I cau hit on no novelty none, on my life, 
I'nlesH pttmdventVN you'll l?<i with your wife. 
r.'llli'l 1,1, lll^'nl'lsll> !.''U''H'ls, Ill '' 
Father don't lea with us, lint you won't mi ml that, I ilaro 
say. IHrkrn*, Nicholas Niekleby, Ix. 
II. Irinm. To give tea to; servo with <<:<: 
;is. to dine utiil tin a party of friends, [Colloq.] 
tea-. ". Sec /in--. 
tea-berry (tc't>cr"i), . The American \vintcr- 
;i'cfii, Hniiltlirriii procumbent, sometimes used 
to (lavor tea and us a substitute for tea. Also 
lll'Hl/1 fitili-ff il Mild Clinilda tfa. 
tea-bpard (te'bord), H. A largo tray used for 
holding and carrying the tr.-i-sci-vice. 
Khali we lie christened tea-bvartln, varnished waiters? 
Wolf* ( I' rind:ir), Work, p. 145. (Varna.) 
tea-bread (to'brod), . A kind of light spongy 
bread or bun, sometimes slightly sweetened, 
to be eaten with tea. 
She had been busy alt the morning making tea-bread 
and sponge-cakes. Mn. IJiulceU, Cranford, I. 
tea-bug (te'bug), ii. An insect destructive to 
tea-plants. It selects the tender and more Juicy leaven, 
which are those moat prized t>y tin- ten-grower, punctur- 
ing them with its long and slender proboscis in the same 
nmmirr as an aphis. 
tea-caddy (te/kad'i), . See ,,/,///', -j. 
The great, mysterious tea-urn, the chased silver tea- 
caddy, the precise and wcll-eoiiHidered movements of Miss 
Deborah as she rinsed the old embossed silver teapots in 
the boiling water. H. B. Stnu-e, Oldtown, p. 294. 
tea-cake (te'kak), n. A kind of light cake to be 
eaten with tea or at the meal called tea. 
Ann had made tea-cake, and there was no need for Milly 
to go for rolls that afternoon. The Century, XXXVH. 105. 
tea-canister (te'kan'is-ter), n. A jar or box, 
usually of simple form and having a double 
cover, the inner cover being made to fit air- 
tight. Such canisters are made of metal as well as 
earthenware and porcelain, and are brought from China 
and Japan in great numbers. 
tea-case (te'kas), n. A coffer or e^ui contain- 
ing articles for the tea-table forming toge- 
ther a set, such as sardine-tongs, jelly-spoons, 
pickle-forks, and sometimes a number of tea- 
spoons and other more usual utensils. 
teach. 1 (tech), r. ; pret. and pp. taught, ppr. 
teaching. [< ME. tcchen, ttechcn (pret. tMMMt, 
taughte,tangte, taghte, toghtr, ta^te, tsehte, tahte, 
pp. taugt, taht, pret. and pp. also teched), < AS. 
tmcan (pret. txhte, pp. tieht), show, point out, 
teach; akin to AS. tdcen, E. token, a mark, sign, 
etc., and to L. diccre, say, Gr. iriKvi'ini, show, 
point out, 8kt. V rfi'f, show, point out. From 
the same root is the AS. tetin, tion (for *tik<m) 
= OS. af-tihan (= AS. ofteon), deny, refuse, = 
OHG. zihan, MHG. zihen, G. zeihen, accuse of, 
charge wi th,= Goth, ija-tcihan, show, announce ; 
cf . G. verzeihen, M.HG.ver-zihen, OHG.far-zilian, 
refuse, deny, pardon, and G. zeigeu, MHG. :ti- 
gen, OHG. zeigon, show, point out, prove, etc.: 
see token, diction, indicate, didactic.] I. trans. 
It. To point out; direct; show. 
Now returne I azen, for to teche zou the way from Co- 
st&ntynoble to Jerusalem. Maiuleeillc, Travels, p. 21. 
I shal myself to herbes techen yow. 
Chaucer, Ni-n's Priest's Tale, 1. 129. 
He merveled who that hym sholde haue tolde, and 
prayde hym that he wolde teche hym to that man that 
cowde coiinseile the kyngc of his desires. 
Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), I. 72. 
2. To show how (to do something); hence, to 
train: as, to teach a dog to beg; to teach a boy 
to swim. 
In that Contree, ther ben Bestes, taughte of men to gon 
in to Watres, in to Ryveres, and In to depe Stxnkes, for to 
take Fysche. Mandenlte, Travels, p. 209. 
They have taught their tongue to speak lies. Jer. ix. 5. 
She doth teach the torches to burn bright I 
Shot., R-and J., i. 6. 46. 
Teach me to flirt a fan 
As the Spanish ladies can. 
firoumtH*/, Lover's Quarrel. 
3. To tell ; inform ; instruct ; explain ; show. 
The Mirror of human wisdom plainly teaching that God 
moveth angels, even as that thing doth stir man's heart 
which is thereunto presented amiable. 
Hooter, Eccles. Polity, I. 4. 
A Cnree upon the Man who taught 
Women that Love was to be bought. 
Coirley, The Mistress, Given Love. 
The best part of our knowledge is that which teachet us 
where knowledge leaves otf and ignorance begins. 
O. W. Uolmet, Med. Essays, p. 211. 
4. To impart knowledge or practical skill to; 
give instruction to; guide in learning; educate; 
instruct. 
The goode folk that Poule to preched 
Profred him ofte. whan he hem trchnl, 
Somme of her good in charlte. 
Horn, ufthe Rate, 1. 6680. 
6205 
Who will ! tauiihl. If hee bee not mooued with desire 
to be taught! Sir /'. Sidney, Apol. for I'ootrie. 
There, in his noisy mansion skilled to rule, 
The village mn.-t.-r taught his little school. 
'.'I.I-,,, HI,. Des. VII., 1. 106. 
5. To impart a knowledge of; give instruct ion 
in; give lessons in; instruct or train in under- 
standing, using, managing, handling, etc. : as, 
to teach mathennitics or Greek. 
Ich am a raaister to teche the lawe ; 
Ich am an emperour, a god felawc. 
Political I'oena, etc. (ed. Funilvall), p. 225. 
We do not contemne Rewlea, but we gladlfe teach 
Rewles. Ancham, The Scholemaster, p. 27. 
The years teach much which the days never know. 
A'l/writtm, Experience. 
Nowise might that minute teach him fear 
Who life-long had not learned to speak the name. 
William Morrit, Earthly Paradise, III. 321. 
8yn, 4. To enlighten, school, tutor, Indoctrinate, Ini- 
tiate. 0. To impart, Inculcate, Instil, preach. See instruc- 
tion. 
II. intrans. To give instruction ; give lessons 
as a preceptor or tutor; impart knowledge or 
skill; instruct. 
The heads thereof Judge for reward, and the priests 
thereof '...,/, for hire. Jlicah III. 11. 
Men altogether conversant in study do know how to 
teach but not how to govern. 
Hooker, Ecclea, Polity, v. 81. 
I have heard Mich. Malet (Judge Malet's son) ray that 
he had heard that Mr. J. Selden \ father taught on the 
lute. Aubrey, Lives, John Hclden. 
Nothing teache* like experience. 
Banyan, Pilgrim's Progress, II. 
Teaching elder. See Mr> , 5 (). 
teach'- (tech), n. Same as tache 6 . 
teachability (te-cha-bil'j-ti), n. [< teachable + 
-ity (see -hility).'] The quality of being teacha- 
ble; teachableness. 
teachable (te'cha-bl), a. [< teachi + -able.] 
Capable of being taught ; apt to learn ; ready 
to receive instruction; docile. 
We ought to bring onr minds free, unbiassed, and teach- 
able, to learn our religion from the word of God. Watt*. 
Among slightly teachable mammals, however, there is 
one group more teachable than the rest. 
J. Fitke, Evolutionist, p. 314. 
teachableness (te'cha-bl-nes), . The quality 
of being teachable ; a willingness or readiness 
to be instructed ; aptness to learn ; docility. 
It was a great army ; it was the result of all the power 
and wisdom of the Government, all the devotion of the 
people, all the intelligence and tcachablenc** of the soldiers 
themselves. The Century, XXXIX. 142. 
teache (tech), n. Same as tachtP. 
teacher (te'cher), n. [< ME. techere; < teach 1 
+ -!.] 1 . One who teaches or instructs ; one 
whose business or occupation is to instruct 
others; a preceptor; an instructor; a tutor; 
in a restricted sense, one who gives instruction 
in religion ; specifically, in early New England 
Congregationalism, a clergyman charged with 
the duty of giving religious instruction to a 
church, in some churches the offices of pastor 
and teacher being at first distinct. 
All knowledge Is either delivered by teachcn or at- 
tained by men's proper endeavours. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 
The teachers in all the churches assembled themselves. 
Kaleigh. 
Some as pastors and teachcn (Eph. iv. 11). From these 
latter not being distinguished from the pastor. It would 
seem that the two offices were held by the same person. 
Dean Afford, Greek Testament. 
Teachers' institute, see iniKtute. 
teachership (te'cher-ship), n. [< teacher + 
-xhii>.~\ The office of teacher; the post of 
teacher; an appointment as a teacher. The 
American, V. 261. 
tea-chest (te'chest), n. A wooden box, made of 
jight material and lined with thin sheet-lead, 
in which tea is exported from China and other 
tea-growing countries ; especially, such a box 
containing a definite and prescribed amount of 
tea, otherwise called whole chest (a hundred- 
weight to 140 pounds or more), now seldom 
shipped, the smaller packages being spoken of 
as half-chests (75 to 80 pounds, but the weight 
varies according to the kind of tea) and quar- 
ter-chests (from 25 to 30 pounds). All these 
boxes, of whatever size, are almost exactly 
cubical in shape. 
teaching (te'ching), n. [< ME. techyng, < AS. 
tifcung, teaching, verbal n. of tsecan, tench: 
see tench 1 , .] 1. The act or business of in- 
structing. 
Shall none heraude ne harpoure haue a falrere garnement 
Than Haukyii the actyf man and thou do by ray techyiuj. 
Piert Plowman (B\ xlv. 24. 
2. That which is taught ; instruction. 
teak 
It Is certain thai the Russians submit to the teaching! 
of the church with :i docility greater than that displayed 
by their civlllxcd opjioncntr. Hm-lite, rjtill/atlon, I. 141. 
= Syn. 1. Training, Kdueation, etc. See inxtructivn. 
teachless (trcli'lt-s), . [< trm-iii + -h-m.] Un- 
teachalile; indocile. Slullrii, [Rare.] 
tea-clam (te'klam), n. See the quotation. 
These (hard-shelled clams] are sometimes so small an to 
i oinii two thousand to the barrel, and, if about Ii Inches 
In diameter, go by the name of lea-Ham*. 
i. .,-*< r. .-.'., V. 11.508. 
tea-clipper (te'klip'er), H. A fast-sailing ship 
engaged in the tea-trade. 
tea-cloth (te'kloth), . A cloth for a tea-table 
or a tea-tray. 
tea-cup (te'kup), n. 1. A cup in which tea is 
served. The tern-cup* used In China and Japan have no 
handles, but some have covers, and are sometimes placed 
in little saucers of some different material. 
2. A teacupful: as, a tea-cup of flour. 
teacupful (te'kup-ful), H. [< tea-cup + -fill.] 
As much as a tea-cup will hold ; as a definite 
quantity, four fluidounces, or one gill. 
teadt, H. See tedc. 
tea-dealer (te'de'ler), n. One who deals in or 
buys and sells tea; a merchant who sells tea. 
tea-drinker (te'driiiK'kcr), . One who drinks 
tea; especially, one who uses tea as a beverage 
habitually or in preference to any other. 
tea-drunkard (te'drung'kard), H. One affected 
with theism. 
tea-flght (te'fit), . A tea-party. [Slang.] 
Gossip prevails at tea-fight* In a back country village, 
until the railroad connects It with the great world, and 
women learn to survey larger grounds than their neigh- 
bors' back yards. N. A. Rev., > \ I I 242. 
tea-garden (te'gar'dn), n. 1. A garden or open- 
air inclosure formerly attached to a house of 
entertainment, where tea was served. These 
gardens were places of fashionable resort in 
England in the eighteenth century. 2. A 
plantation of tea. Spoils' Encyc. Manuf., p. 1994. 
teagle (te'gl), B. [Prob. a d'ial. var. of tackle.] 
A hoist; an elevator; a lift, such as is used for 
raising or lowering goods or persons from flat 
to flat in large establishments. [North. Eng.] 
Wait a minute ; it 's the teagle. hoisting above your head 
I'm afraid of. Mn. Oatkttt, Mary Barton, xxvll. 
tea-gown (te'goun), n. A loose easy gown of 
effective style and material, in which to take 
afternoon tea at home, or for lounging. 
It came to this, that she had a tea yawn made out of a 
window-curtain with a flamboyant pattern. 
Harpcr't May., LXXVIII. 865. 
Teague (teg), H. [So called from the former 
prevalence of Teague as an Irish name; cf. W. 
taiog, a rustic, peasant, clown.] An Irishman: 
used in contempt. 
With Shlnkln ap Morgan with blew rap or Teague 
We into no Covenants enter nor League. 
John Bagjord, Collection of Ballads (1671). 
Teagueland (teg'land), n. [< Teague + land.] 
Ireland: used in ridicule or opprobrium. 
Dear courtier, excuse me from Teagueland and slaugh- 
ter. Tom Broim, Works, IV. 276. (Damet.) 
tea-house (te'hous), . A house of entertain- 
ment in China and Japan, where tea and other 
light refreshments are served. 
The inns and tea-houtet are the grand features of these 
towns. Knci/c. Brit., XIII 578. 
teak (tek), n. [Formerly also leek; teke; < Ma- 
layalam tekka, Tamil tekku, the teak-tree. The 
Hind, name is sagaan, sdgun, Marathi sag (Ar. 
Pers. saj), Skt. cdka.] An East Indian timber- 
tree, Tectona grandix, or its wood. The tree abounds 
In the mixed foresta of India, Burma, Siam. and the Ma- 
layan islands ; it has been reduced by cutting In India 
and Burma, but Is now maintained by government within 
the British domain. It grows to a height of 120 to 150 
feet, with a 
girth of 20 or 25 
feet, and bears 
drooping leaves 
8 to 12 Inches 
long. IU timber 
is of a yellow- 
ish-brown col- 
or, Is straight- 
grained and 
easily worked, 
when once sea- 
soned does not 
warp or cruck. 
Is hard and 
strong, and, ow- 
ing to the pres- 
ence of a resin- 
ous oil, is ex- 
tremely dura- 
ble. For ship- 
building It IS Tcakl7Vr/f<ifr,ti<fr><. 
perhaps the 
most valuable wood known, being especially preferred for 
armored vessels, since It doea not, like oak, corrode the 
