Teel (?), n. Sesame. [Sometimes written til.]

Teel oil, sesame oil.

Teel"seed` (?), n. The seed of sesame.

Teem (?), v. t. [Icel. tæma to empty, from tmr empty; akin to Dan.

tömme to empty, Sw. tömma. See Toom to empty.] 1. To pour; — commonly

followed by out; as, to teem out ale. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Swift.

2. (Steel Manuf.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a

mold, with molten metal.

Teem, v. t. [See Tame, a., and cf. Beteem.] To think fit. [Obs. or R.]

G. Gifford.

Teem, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Teemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Teeming.] [OE.

temen, AS. tman, t&?;man, from teám. See Team.] 1. To bring forth

young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be

pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.

If she must teem, Create her child of spleen.

Shak.

2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing;

to be prolific; to abound.

His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former

villainy.

Sir W. Scott.

The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which teem in our time.

F. Harrison.

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