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TEDINGHAUSEN, a town of the duchy of Bremen; 9 
miles south of Ottersberg. 
TE'DIOUS, adj. [t tedium, Lat.] Wearisome by con¬ 
tinuance; troublesome; irksome. 
The one intense, the other still remiss, 
Cannot well suit with either, but soon prove 
Tedious alike. Milton. 
Wearisome by prolixity. Used of authors or performances. 
—Slow. 
But then the road was smooth and fair to see, 
With such insensible declivity, 
That what men thought a tedious course to run. 
Was finish’d in the hour it first begun. Harte. 
TE'DIOUSLY, adv. In such a manner as to weary. 
Why dost thou wrong 
Our mutual love so much, and tediously prolong 
Our mirthful marriage-hour. Drayton. 
TE'DIOUSNESS, s. Wearisomeness by continuance. 
She distastes them all within a while; 
And in the sweetest finds a tediousness. Davies. 
Wearisomeness by prolixity.—In vain we labour to per¬ 
suade them, that any thing can take away the tediousness 
of prayer, except it be brought to the same measure and 
form which themselves assign. Hooker. — Prolixity; 
length. 
Since brevity’s the soul of wit, 
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, 
I will be brief. Shakspcare . 
Uneasiness; tiresomeness; quality of wearying. 
TEDLA, or Tadila, a province of Morocco, which ex¬ 
tends along the east side of the Atlas, to the borders of Fez 
and Algiers. 
TEDNEST, or Tedoest, a town of Africa, in the empire 
of Morocco. This town was destroyed by the Portuguese in 
the year 1514, and in part rebuilt by the Jews; 40 miles 
north-east of Mogodor, and 90 west-north-west of Morocco. 
TEDSI, a town of Morocco, in the country of Sus, 
situated to the east of Terodant; 90 miles south-west of Mo¬ 
rocco. 
TEDSTONE DE LA MERE, a parish of England, in 
Herefordshire; 3t miles north-east-by-east of Bromyard. 
TEDSTON WAFER, another parish in the above county, 
half a mile distant from the foregoing. 
TEDZEN, a considerable river of Korassan, in Persia, the 
largest in this part of Asia, next to the Oxus. 
TEEBAKAN, a small island in the Eastern seas, near the 
north coast of Borneo. Lat. 7. 52. N. long. 117. 39. E. 
TEEHEENGAN, a small island in the Eastern seas, north 
of Borneo. Lat. 7. 49. N. long. 117. 30. E. 
TEEKOOL, a small island in the Sooloo Archipelago. 
Lat. 6. 6. N. long. 120. 25. E. 
To TEEM, v. n. [reman, Sax. to procreate; team, 
offspring.'] To bring young. 
If she must teem. 
Create her child of spleen, that it may live, 
And be a thwart disnatur’d torment to her. Shakspeare. 
To b& pregnant; to engender young. 
Have we more sons ? or are we like to have ? 
Is not my teeming date drunk up with time, 
And wilt thou pluck my fair son from mine age ? 
Shakspeare. 
There are fundamental truths the basis upon which a 
great many others rest: these are teeming truths, rich in 
store, with which they furnish the mind, and, like the 
lights of Heaven, give light and evidence to other things. 
Locke. —To be full; to be charged as a breeding animal. 
To TEEM, v. a. To bring forth to produce. 
What’s the newest grief ? 
Each minute teems a new one. Shakspeare. 
To pour. A low word, imagined by Skinner to come 
from tomnien, Danish, to draw out; to pour. The Scots 
retain it: as, teem that water out; hence Swift took this 
word. Dr. Johnson. — What Dr. Johnson has here said, 
is not accurate. This sense of teem is not only still retained 
in our northern parts of England, but is very old in our 
language. “ The tenting or broaching of a vessel, depletio.” 
Prompt. Pan. Serenius refers it to the Icel. tacma, to 
empty. Todd.—Teem out the remainder of the ale into the 
tankard, and fill the glass with small beer. Swift. 
TEEMBOO, a considerable city of Central Africa, capital 
of Foota Jallo, the principal kingdom of the Foulahs. It 
contains about 7000 inhabitants, who manufacture narrow 
cloths, and work in iron, silver, wood, and leather. The 
houses are neatly and conveniently built, at a little distance 
from each other; 160 miles east of Sierra Leone. 
TE'EMER, 5. One that brings young. 
TE'EMFUL, adj. [teamjul, Sax.] Pregnant; pro¬ 
lific. Brimful. Ainsworth. 
TE'EMLESS, adj. Unfruitful; not prolific. 
Such wars, such waste, such fiery tracks of death. 
Their zeal has left, and such a teemless earth. Dry den. 
TEEN, s. [cinan, Sax. to kindle ; tenen, Flemish, to 
vex; teonan, Sax. injuries .] Sorrow; grief. Not in 
use. 
My heart bleeds 
To think o’ the teen that I have turn’d to you. Shakspeare. 
To TEEN, v. a. [cinan, -Saxon, to kindle.] To 
excite; to provoke to do a thing. Not in use .—Why 
tempt ye me, and tene, with such manner speche ? Chau¬ 
cer. 
TEENS, s. The years reckoned by the termination teen ; 
as, thirteen, fourteen. 
Our author would excuse these youthful scenes, 
Begotten at his entrance in his teens; 
Some childish fancies may approve the toy, 
Some like the muse the more for being a boy. Granville. 
TEENY, a small village of Ireland, in the county of Lon¬ 
donderry ; 104 miles north-north-west of Dublin. 
TEEltAWHITTE, Cape, a cape forming the southern¬ 
most point of the isle of Eaheinomauwe, in Cook’s Strait, 
discovered by Captain Cook, in 1769. Lat. 41.21. S. long. 
184. 12. W. 
TEES, a considerable river of England, which rises in the 
mountains of Westmoreland,and taking an easterly direction, 
divides the North Riding of Yorkshire from the county of 
Durham in its whole extent. It passes Barnard Castle, 
Staindrop, Darlington, Yarm, and Stockton, and falls into 
the German Ocean, in a wide estuary called the Teesmouth, 
on the south of Hartlepool. 
TEESDALE FOREST, a township of England, in Dur¬ 
ham ; 11 miles north-by-w'est of Barnard Castle. Popula¬ 
tion 998. 
TEESEE, a large unwalled town of Central Africa, in the 
kingdom of Kasson. The Mandingo inhabitants were re¬ 
marked by Mr. Park for their want of delicacy as to articles 
of diet, eating without difficulty moles, rats, squirrels, snakes, 
and locusts. Yet, by a singular caprice, no woman of Teesee 
is allowed to eat an egg ; 30 miles north-west of Kooniakary. 
TEESGAON, a town of Hindostan, province of Aurun- 
gabad, lately, if not still, subject to the Mahrattas. Lat. 
19. 13. N. long. 74. 53. E. 
TEESGAON, a village of Bengal, 3 miles north of Dac¬ 
ca, in which is situated the bleach grounds of the East India 
Company, 
TEESTA, a considerable river of Bengal. It has its 
source in the Himmalaya mountains; and after separating 
flie Nepaul dominions from those of the Deb rajah, enters 
the northern region of Rungpoor: it thence continues its 
course in a south direction, till it joins the Ganges. It is 
navigable by large boats, and is estimated to be about 400 
miles in length. 
TEETGAUM, 
