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TEAR, A rent.; a fissure. 
TE'ARER, s. One who rends or tears; one who blusters. 
TE'ARFALLING, adj. Tender; shedding tears. 
I am in 
So far in blood, that sin will pluck on sin, 
Tearfalling pity dwells not in this eye. Shakspeare. 
TE'ARFUL, adj. Weeping; full of tears. 
Is’t meet that he 
Should leave the helm, and, like a fearful lad, 
With tearful eyes add water to the sea ? Shakspeare. 
TE'ARLESS, adj. Without tears. 
Why weep ye now ? ye saw with tearless eye 
When your fleet perish’d on the Punic wave. Shenstone. 
TEARN, a river of England, in Staffordshire and Salop, 
which falls into the Severn. 
TEARNSIDE, a hamlet of England, in the parish of 
Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland. 
TEARY, or Teiiree, a town of Hindostan, province of 
Allahabad, and capital of a petty chief under the British pro¬ 
tection, whose territories are situated on the north-west 
boundary of Bundelcund. The title of Rajah has been long 
established in the reigning family ; and although compelled 
to pay tribute for a long period to the Mahrattas, was never 
dispossessed of his lands. During the war in 1809, the pre¬ 
sent rajah, named Bickermajeet Sing, requested to be enrolled 
among the number of the British allies, and was of consider¬ 
able utility. His revenue is estimated at about 50,000L per 
annum. Lat. 24. 45. N. long. 78. 52. E. 
To TEASE, v. a. [caepan, Saxon.] To comb or un¬ 
ravel wool or flax. 
Coarse complexions. 
And cheeks of sorry grain, will serve to ply 
The sampler, and to tease the huswife’s wool. Milton. 
To scratch cloth in order to level the nap.—To torment 
with importunity ; to vex with assiduous impertinence.—My 
friends always tease me about him, because he has no 
estate. Spectator. 
TE'ASEL, s. [caepl, Saxon.] A plant.—The species 
are three : one is called carduus fullonum, and is of singular 
use in raising the nap upon woollen cloth. Miller. See 
Carduus. 
TE'ASELER, s. [from teasel; teizeler, Norm. Fr.] 
One who raises the nap on woollen cloth by means of the 
teasel. Ke/ham. 
TE'ASER, s. Whoever or whatever torments by incessant 
importunity.—These teazers, rather to rouse than pinch the 
game only made Whitaker find his spirits. Fuller. —A fly 
buzzing at his ear, makes him deaf to the best advice. If 
you would have him come to himself, you must take off his 
little teaser, which holds his reason at bay. Collier. 
TEAT, s. [ teth , Welsh ; tit, Saxon; tette, Dutch; 
teton, French. Dr. Johnson. —Germ, title, dutte; Heb. 
dad; M. Goth, daddian, lactare: vox antiquissima. See 
Wacliter and Serenius.] A dug; a pap.—Even at thy 
teat thou hadst thy tyranny. Shakspeare. 
TEATH, or Teith, a river of Scotland, in Perthshire, 
which takes its rise from two sources; the northern branch, 
at the western extremity of the parish of Balquhidder, where, 
running eastward some miles, it forms the small Loch Doine, 
and shortly after falls into Loch Voil, from which it issues 
near the Kirktown of Balquhidder; then, running eastward 
for a mile or two, it takes a southerly direction, and runs into 
Loch Lubnaig, from whence it issues at the south end, and, 
taking a course south-east, joins the other branch at Callan¬ 
der. The southern branch takes its rise from Loch Catha¬ 
rine, between the parishes of Aberfoyle and Callander, from 
whence it runs in an easterly course through the small lochs 
of Achray and Vannachoir, until it meets with the north 
branch. In this neighbourhood it pursues a very winding 
course. At length it. becomes rapid, and takes its course by 
the church of Kilmadock, passing the town and ancient 
castle of Doune, where it receives the waters of the Ardoch 
After this it moves more gently through the vales of Blair 
Drummond, and joins the Forth at the bridge of Drip. The 
river Teath abounds with- trout and salmon. It is a clear 
but rapid stream, containing a body of water considerably 
greater than the Forth. The value of this river for driving 
machinery is exceeded by none in Scotland ; yet, excepting 
the works at Danston, one mile above Doune, it is almost 
totally neglected, chiefly from the want of coal and lime. 
TEATH, St., or St. Etha, a parish of England, in 
Cornwall; 34 miles south-west-by-west of Camelford. Po¬ 
pulation 857. 
TEATINOS, a small island in the Pacific Ocean, between 
the island of Chiloe and the coast of Chili. Lat. 43. 35. S. 
TEBALA, a town of Arabia, in the province of Hedsjas; 
128 miles south-south-east of Mecca. 
TEBAY, a hamlet of England, in Westmoreland, on the 
Lime; 24 miles south of Orton. 
TEBECRIT, a town of Algiers, near the Mediterranean ; 
2 miles from Ned Roma. 
TEBELBELT, a town of Africa, in the country of Tafilet; 
100 miles south of Sugulmessa. 
TEBELEN1, or Tepeleni, a small town in the west of 
European Turkey, in Albania, situated on the river Bolina, 
and surrounded on all sides by barren mountains. It con¬ 
tains 2000 inhabitants, and is ill built, but has a strong castle. 
It was the birth-place of the well known All Pacha ; 35 
miles south of Berat, and 58 north-west of Joannina. 
TEBESTA, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of Tunis, on 
the borders of Algiers, where are found several beautiful 
ruins; 130 miles south-south-west of Tunis. 
TEBIARE, a river of New Granada, in the province of 
San Juan de los Llanos, which runs south-west into the 
Meta. 
TEBIQUARI, a river of South America, which rises in 
lat. 27. S. and joins the Iquay, to form the Rio Grande, in 
lat. 30. 55. S. 
TEBIQUARI, a river of South America, which runs into 
the Paraguay, 8 miles below Assumption. 
TEBlQUARI-MINI, a river of Paraguay, which runs 
south-west, and enters the Parana. 
TEBOROPI, a river of Paraguay, which enters Yacayobi. 
TEBWORTH, a hamlet of England, in Bedfordshire; 3j 
miles north-north-west of Dunstable. 
TECALETH, a town of Morocco; 121 miles west-north¬ 
west of Morocco. 
TECALI, a town of Mexico, and capital of a district of 
the same name, which contains above 200 families of Spa¬ 
niards and mulattoes; 17 miles south-east of Puebla de los 
Angeles. 
TECALTITLAN, the name of two inconsiderable settle¬ 
ments of Mexico. 
TECAMACHALCO, a settlement of Mexico, in the in¬ 
tendancy of Mexico, with a population of above 450 families 
of Spaniards, mulattoes, and mestizoes or the middle races. 
TECEUT, or Techeit, a town of Morocco, in the pro¬ 
vince of Sus, situated in a fertile soil, abounding with grain, 
dates, figs, grapes, and sugar canes. Here is a manufacture 
of Morocco leather ; 150 miles south-west of Morocco. 
TECH, a river in the south of France, department of the 
Eastern Pyrenees, which falls into the Mediterranean below 
Boulon. 
TECHE, a river of the United States, in Louisiana, which 
flows south-east, and joins the Atchafalaya, about 15 miles 
above its entrance into the gulf of Mexico. It is navigable 
to new Iberia, about 45 miles. 
TE'CHILY, adv. Peevishly; fretfully; frowardly. 
TE'CHINESS, s. Peevishness; fretfulness.—Age is not 
a more common plea than unjust: The young man pretends 
it for his wanton and inordinate lust; the old, for his 
grippleness, techiness, loquacity: all wrongfully, and not 
without foul abuse. Bp. Hall. 
TE'CHNICAL, adj. [tc/vlko;, Gr.; technique, French.] 
Belonging to arts; not in common or popular use.—In 
technical words, or terms of art, they refrain not from 
calling 
