tectrices 
the greater and lesser coverts are imbricated. Tectrices 
minores. the lesser secondary coverts. Tectrices su- 
periores, upper coverts, especially of the wing. 
tectricial (tek-trish'al), . [< tec/rice* + -ial."] 
Covering, as feathers of tlie wings or tail; tec- 
torial; of the nature of, or pertaining to, the 
tectrices. 
tectrix (tek'triks), n. [NL., fern, of lector, < L. 
tctjere, pp. tcctus, cover, conceal : see lect. J Any 
one feather of those composing the tectrices. 
[Bare.] 
tecum (te'kum), w. See tucum. 
ted 1 (ted), r. *.; pret. and pp. tedded, ppr. ted- 
dhii/. [Early mod. K. tcdde, tecdc ; prob. a dial. 
var. of teathe, "tathe, tilth (cf. sued, var. of 
sneathe, gnrtttie, smith), < ME. *teden, 'tethen, < 
Icel. tedhja, manure, spread manure upon (cf. 
Icel. tadha, hay from the home field, tiidhtirerk, 
making hay in the home field), = Sw. dial, tcida 
= Norw. tedja, manure ; prob. orig. in a more 
general sense, ' scatter,' = OHG. zettan, MHG. 
zetteu, G. dial, zetten (G. freq. in comp. verzet- 
teln), scatter, strew, spread: see tath. The 
derivation from W. teddu; spread out, tedu, 
stretch out (tedil, a spread, display), does not 
suit the sense so well, and is contradicted by 
the early mod. E. form tcede."] To turn over 
and spread out to the air to dry: as, to ted 
new-mown grass or hay. 
Tedding that with a forke in one yeare which was not 
gathered together with a rake in twentie. 
Lyly, Euphues and his England, p. 22& 
The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine. 
MMon, P. L., ix. 460. 
ted' 2 (ted), n. A Scotch form of toad. 
tedder 1 (ted'er), 71. [< ME. teddere; < tedl + 
-er 1 .] One who or that which teds ; specifically, 
an implement that spreads and turns newly 
mown grass or hay from the swath for the pur- 
pose of drying. See hay-tedder (with cut). 
tedder 2 (ted'er), n. and v. An obsolete or dia- 
lectal form of tether. 
tedet, teadt (ted), . [< OF. tedc = Sp. tea = 
Pg. teda = It. teda, < L. tesda, teda, a pitch-pine 
tree, also a torch made of the wood of this tree.] 
A torch. 
Hymen is awake, 
And long since ready forth his maske to move, 
With his bright Tead that flames with many a flake. 
Spenser, Epithalamion, 1. 27. 
The lead of white and blooming thorn, 
In token of increase, is borne. 
B. Jonson, Masque of Hymen. 
tedesco (te-des'ko), a. [It., German: see Dutch."] 
German : in occasional use to note German art, 
influence, etc., in relation to Italy or Italian in- 
terests. 
Excessively minute works in the seml-tedeseo style, then 
in fashion. C. C. Perkins, Italian Sculpture, p. 51, note. 
Alia tedesca, in music, in the German style. 
Te Deum (te de'um). [So called from the first 
words, "Te Deum laudamus," 'Thee, God, we 
praise': te (= E. thee), ace. sing, of the pers. 
pron. tit, thou (= E. thou); deum, ace. sing. 
otdeits, god: see deity."] 1. An ancient hymn, 
in the form of a psalm, sung at matins, or morn- 
ing prayer, in the Roman Catholic and in the 
Anglican Church, and also separately as a ser- 
vice of thanksgiving on special occasions. The 
Te Deum is first mentioned early in the sixth century. Its 
authorship is popularly attributed to St. Ambrose and St. 
Augustine, but it probably assumed nearly its present 
form in the fourth century, during the Arian and Macedo- 
nian controversies, though in substance it seems to be still 
older, St. Cyprian in A. D. 252 using words closely similar 
to the seventh, eighth, and ninth verses, and several of the 
latter verses ("Day by day," etc.) agreeing with part of an 
ancient Greek hymn, preserved in the Alexandrian Codex, 
the beginning of which is a form of the Gloria in Excelsis. 
Originally it was obviously modeled on the preface and 
great intercession of a primitive liturgy, probably African, 
of the type of the liturgy of St. James (see liturgy). In 
the Roman Catholic hour-offices the Te Deum is sung at 
the close of matins on Sundays and feast-days, but not in 
Advent nor from Septuagesima to Easter, except on feasts, 
and also in the ferial oftlce from Easter to Pentecost. In 
the Anglican morning prayer, condensed from the Sarum 
matins, lauds, and prime, the Te Deum marks the close 
of matins. The Benedicite, taken from lauds, is used 
as its alternate, and in many churches the Te Deum is 
not sung in Advent or Lent. Also, more fully, Te Deum 
Laudamus. 
Qod fought for us. . . . Do we all holy rites ; 
Let there be sung "Non nobis" and " Te Deum." 
Sha.lt., Hen. V., IT. 8. 128. 
2. A musical setting of this hymn. Hence 
3. A thanksgiving service in which this hymn 
forms a principal part. 
tedge (te,)), n. [Origin obscure.] In founding, 
same as innate, 2. 
tediflcationt (te*di-fi-ka'shon), n. [< tedify + 
-ation (see -fy).] The act of making or becom- 
ing tedious; tediousness. [A nonce-word.] 
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Some there are that would hear often, maybe too often, 
till edification turn to tedification. 
Rev. T. Adams, Works, II. 442. 
tedifyt (te'di-fi), ;. /. [Irreg. < L. tsedium, te- 
dium, + -ficare, < facere, make (see -/</).] To 
become tedious. [A nonce-word.] 
An odious, tedious, endless inculcation of tilings doth 
often tire those with whom a soft and short reproof would 
v find good impression. Such, whiles they would intend to 
edify, do in event tedtfy. lien. T. Adams, Works, I. 348. 
teding-pennyt, n. Same as Nthina~penny. 
tediosity (te-di-os'i-ti), n. [< OF. tediosite = 
It. tediositn, < ML. iediosita(t-)s, < LL. teediosus, 
tedious: see tedious.'] Tediousness. [Kare.] 
Fie, fle ! 
What tediosity and disensanity 
Is here among ye ! 
Fletcher (and another), Two Noble Kinsmen, iii. 5. 
tedious (te'dyus), . [Early mod. E. tedyouse ; 
< ME. tediose, < OF. tedieujc = Sp. It. tediosa, < 
LL. t&diosus, wearisome, irksome, tedious, < L. 
tfedlum, wearisorneness, irksomeness: see tcdi- 
).] 1. Wearisome; irksome; tiresome. 
All the day long, I'll be as tedious to you 
As lingering fevers. 
Fletcher, Spanish Curate, iv. 1. 
My woes are tedious, though my words are brief. 
Shak ., Lucrece, 1. 1309. 
But, scholar, have you nothing to mix with this dis- 
course, which now grows both tedious and tiresome ? 
/. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 157. 
2f. Annoying; disagreeable; offensive; uncon- 
genial. 
And the inayr and the sheriffe of the sayd cite were 
fayn to arere a power to resyst the sayd riotts, which to 
hem on that holy tyme was tedinxe and heynous, con- 
sedryng the losse and lettyng of the holy service of that 
holy nyght. Paston Letters, I. 279. 
Perfumed with tedious sauours of the metalles by him 
[the carver] yoten. Sir T. Elyot, The Governour, i. 8. 
3. Slow; slow-going: as, a tedious course. 
Except he be . . . tedious and of no despatch. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. 
Tho' thou hadst on Lightning rode. 
Still thou tedious art and slow. 
Congreve, Semele, II. 1. 
= Syn. 1. Tiresome, Irksome, etc. See wearisome. 
tediously (te'dyns-li), adv. In a tedious or irk- 
some manner; so as to weary; tiresomely. 
tediousness (te'dyus-nes), n. The state or 
quality of being tedious ; wearisomeness; pro- 
lixity; tiresomeness; slowness; tedium. 
tediousome (te'dyu-sum), a. [Irreg. < tedious 
+ -some, prob. after the supposed analogy of 
wearisome.'] Tedious. [Scotch.] 
"It was an unco pleasant show," said the good-natured 
Mrs. Blower, "only it was a pity it was sae tediousome. " 
Scott, St. Ronan's Well, xxii. 
tedisum (te'di-sum), a. A corruption of te- 
diousome. [Scotch.] 
tedium (te'di-um), w. [Formerly also tsedium; 
= OF. tedie = Sp. Pg. It. tedio, < L. tsedium, ML. 
tedium, wearisomeness, irksomeness, tedious- 
ness, < tsedet, it wearies.] Irksomeness ; weari- 
someness ; tediousness. 
The tedium of fantastic idleness. 
Wordsworth, Excursion, v. 
tee 1 t, [ME. teen, ten (without inf. ending 
tee, te) (pret. tigli, teig, teg, teh, pi. tuwen, tugen, 
tuheii, pp. towen, togen), < AS. teoti., ti6n (pret. 
tedh, pi. tiif/oii, pp. toflcn) = OS. tiolian, tion, 
tian = OFries. 1ia = MLG. tie n, ten, LG. teen = 
OHG. giohan, MHG. G. ziehcn = Icel. *tjwja (in 
pp. toginn) = Goth, tiuhan, draw, lead, = L. 
ducere, draw, lead: see duct, adduce, conduce, 
educe, etc. This obs. verb is represented in mod. 
E. by the derived tow 1 , tug, tuck 1 ; the pp. ex- 
ists unrecognized in the second element of wan- 
ton. Hence also ult. team, teem 1 ."] I. trans. 
To draw; lead. 
A thousend men ne mowe hire enes of the stede teo. 
Early Eng. Poems (ed. Furnivall), xxi. 112. (Stratmann.) 
II. intrans. To draw away; go; proceed. 
I wyl me sum other waye, that he ne wayte after; 
I schal tee in-to Tarce, & tary there a whyle. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), iii. 87. 
tee 2 (te), v. A dialectal form of tie*. 
tee 3 (te), . Perhaps ult. < Icel. tja, point out, 
akin to AS. tsecan, point put, teach: see fenc/ii.] 
1. A mark toward which missiles, as balls, 
quoits, or curling-stones, are aimed in different 
games. 
Just outside there is a trimly kept bowling-green, in 
which the club members practise the gentle art of reach- 
ing the tee when the waning afternoon releases them from 
their desk or counter. W. Black, In Far Lochaber, ii. 
2. In the game of golf, the sand or earth on 
which the ball is very slightly raised at the be- 
ginning of play for each hole. See the quota- 
tion under tee 3 , v. 
teemer 
tee 3 (te), i'. /. [< tc<-3, .] In f/nlf-i>l<iiiiiii/, to 
place (a ball) on the tee preparatory to striking 
off. 
While, in starting from the hole, the ball may be teed 
(i. e., placed where the player chooses, with a little pinch 
of sand under it called a tee), it must in every other case 
be played strictly from its place as it chances to lie in 
sand, whin, or elsewhere a different club being neces- 
sary in each particular difficulty. Encyc. Brit,, X. 765. 
tee 4 (te), w. [< ME. AS. te, < L. te, the name of 
the letter T.] 1. The name of the letter T, or t. 
2. Somethinghaving the shape of the letter T- 
Specifically (n) A pipe-joint or branch-coupling in the 
shape of the letter T; a pipe-coupling having three bells 
or mouths, one being at right angles with the other two. 
(b) A long bar with a cross-bar at the top, used to with- 
draw a valve from a pump : sometimes called a tee-iron. 
(c) A rolled-iron beam in section like the letter T ; a 
T-beam. 
tee 5 (te), H. [Also hire; < Burmese Ji'ti, an um- 
brella.] An umbrella-shaped metallic orna- 
ment, usually gilded, and often hung with bells, 
which crowns a dagoba in Indo-Chinese coun- 
tries. It represents the gold umbrella as an 
emblem of royalty. 
Our landscape was all alight with fire-balls floating over 
the town, (and] the bursting of shells around the tinkling 
tee of the Golden Dagon Ipagoda]. 
J. W. Palmer, Up and Down the Irrawaddi, p. 111. 
tee-iron, n. See T-iron. 
teekt, An old spelling of teak. 
teel (tel), n. See tt/ 2 . 
teel-oil (tel'oil), re. See oil. 
teel-seed (tel'sed), . Sesame- or til-seed. 
teem 1 (tern), v. [< ME. temen, < AS. temaii, 1>J- 
man, produce, < tedm, offspring: see team. In 
the sense 'abound, overflow,' the word is ap- 
par. confused with teem 3 , pour, etc.] I. trans. 
1. To produce; bring forth; bear. 
Mai. What's the newest grief? . . . 
Ross. Each minute teems a new one. 
Shak., Macbeth, iv. 3. 176, 
Tak'st thou pride 
To imitate the fair uncertainty 
Of a bright day, that teems & sudden storm? 
Middleton (and another), Mayor of Queenborough, iv. 3. 
The earth obey'd, and straight 
Opening her fertile womb, teem'd at a birth 
Innumerous living creatures. Milton, P. L.,vii.454. 
2f. To bring ; lead ; take ; reflexively, to betake 
one's self; appeal. 
He tented him to the king. 
Tristrem, 1. 431 (Stratmann, ed. Bradley). 
II. intrans. 1. To be or become pregnant; 
engender young; conceive; bear; produce. 
If that the earth could teem with woman's tears, 
Each drop she falls would prove a crocodile. 
Shale., Othello, iv. 1. 256. 
2. To bo full as if ready to bring forth; be 
stocked to overflowing; be prolific or abun- 
dantly fertile. 
A gath'ring Storm he seem'd, which from afar 
Teem'd with a Deluge of destructive War. 
Congreve, Birth of the Muse. 
The Latin language teems with sounds adapted to every 
situation. 
Goldsmith, Poetry Distinguished from Other Writing. 
teem 2 t (tern), v. t. [< ME. temen (not found in 
AS. except as in suffix -time, -tyme in luf-tyme, 
wither-tyme) = OS. teman = MLG. temen, LG. 
temen, tamen, befit, = D. tamen, be comely or 
fit (betamen, beseem, beteem), = OHG. zeman, 
MHG. semen, G. zitmen Goth, ga-timan, befit. 
Cf. beteem."] 1. To be fit for; be becoming or 
appropriate to ; befit. 
Al was us never brochene ring, 
Ne elles nought from wimmen sent, 
Ne ones in her herte yment 
To make us only frendly chere, 
But mighte temen us on bere. 
Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 1744. 
2. To think fit. [Bare.] 
I could teeme it to rend thee in peeces. 
Giford, Dialogue on Witches (1603). (Hallimll.) 
teem 3 (tern), v. [< ME. temen, < Icel. ttema (= 
Sw. tomma = Dan. tomme), empty, < tomr = Sw. 
Dan. torn: see toom."] I. trans. To pour; emp- 
ty; toom; specifically, to pour in the casting of 
crucible steel. 
Teem out the remainder of the ale into the tankard, and 
fill the glass with small beer. Swift. 
Twoor three hours after, the kiln isteemed that is, the 
malt is taken off and stored in its bin. Ure, Diet., III. 191. 
II. intrans. To pour; come down in torrents: 
as, it not only rains, it teems. [Prov. Eng.] 
teem*t, and !'. An old spelling of team. 
teemet, . A Middle English variant of theme. 
teemer 1 (te'mer), . One who teems; one who 
brings forth young. Imp. Diet. 
teemer 2 (te'mer), . [< teem 3 + -?!.] One who 
pours; specifically, one who pours the molten 
steel in the process of casting. 
