Team"ster (?), n. One who drives a team.
Team"work` (?), n. Work done by a team, as distinguished from that done
by personal labor.
Tea"pot` (?), n. A vessel with a spout, in which tea is made, and from
which it is poured into teacups.
Tea"poy (?), n. [Hind. tipi; Hind. tin there + Per. pe foot.] An
ornamental stand, usually with three legs, having caddies for holding
tea.
Tear (tr), n. [AS. teár; akin to G. zärhe, OHG. zahar, OFries. & Icel.
tr, Sw. tår, Dan. taare, Goth. tagr, OIr. dr, W. dagr, OW. dacr, L.
lacrima, lacruma, for older dacruma, Gr. da`kry, da`kryon, da`kryma.
√59. Cf. Lachrymose.] 1. (Physiol.) A drop of the limpid, saline fluid
secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and
diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and
facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the
lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or
other causes, it overflows the lids.
And yet for thee ne wept she never a tear.
Chaucer.
2. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a
solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
Let Araby extol her happy coast, Her fragrant flowers, her trees with
precious tears.
Dryden.
3. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge. [R.]
"Some melodous tear." Milton.
Tear is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds;
as, tear-distilling, tear-drop, tear- filled, tear-stained, and the
like.
Tear (târ), v. t. [imp. Tore (tr), ((Obs. Tare) (târ); p. p. Torn
(trn); p. pr. & vb. n. Tearing.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS.
farterian to destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear,
zehren to consume, Icel. tæra, Goth. gataíran to destroy, Lith. dirti
to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear, Gr. de`rein to flay, Skr. dar to
burst. √63. Cf. Darn, Epidermis, Tarre, Tirade.] 1. To separate by
violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear
cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.
Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator.
Shak.
2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a
party or government torn by factions.
3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a
child torn from its home.
The hand of fate Hath torn thee from me.
Addison.