TE DEUM, t[=e] d[=e]'um, _n._ a famous Latin hymn of the Western Church,
sung at the end of matins on all feasts except Innocents' Day, and on all
Sundays except during penitential seasons--it begins with the words _Te
Deum Laudamus_, 'We praise thee, O God:' a thanksgiving service in which
this hymn forms a principal part.
TEDIOUS, t[=e]'di-us, _adj._ wearisome: tiresome from length or slowness:
irksome: slow.--_n._ TEDIOS'ITY, tediousness.--_adv._ T[=E]'DIOUSLY.--_n._
T[=E]'DIOUSNESS. [L. _tædiosus_.]
TEDIUM, t[=e]'di-um, _n._ wearisomeness: irksomeness. [L.
_tædium_--_tædet_, it wearies.]
TEE, t[=e], _n._ a mark for quoits, curling-stones, &c.: (_golf_) the
raised sand from which the ball is played at the commencement of each
hole.--_v.t._ to place the golf-ball on this before striking off.
TEE, t[=e], _n._ a finial in the form of a conventionalised umbrella,
crowning a dagoba in Indo-Chinese countries.
TEEM, t[=e]m, _v.i._ to bring forth or produce: to bear or be fruitful: to
be pregnant: to be full or prolific.--_n._ TEEM'ER.--_adjs._ TEEM'FUL;
TEEM'ING; TEEM'LESS, barren. [A.S. _teám_, offspring.]
TEEM, t[=e]m, _v.t._ and _v.i._ to pour, empty.
TEEN, t[=e]n, _n._ (_arch._) grief, affliction, injury. [A.S. _teóna_,
reproach, injury.]
TEEN, t[=e]n, _v.t._ (_Spens._) to excite, provoke. [A.S. _týnan_, to
irritate, vex.]
TEEN, t[=e]n, _v.t._ (_Spens._) to allot, bestow.
TEENS, t[=e]nz, _n.pl._ the years of one's age from thir_teen_ to
nine_teen_.
TEENY, t[=e]'ni, _adj._ very small, tiny.
TEENY, t[=e]'ni, _adj._ (_prov._) peevish.
TEER, t[=e]r, _v.t._ to stir, as a calico-printer's sieve.
TEE-TEE, TITI, t[=e]'t[=e], _n._ a South American squirrel-monkey.
TEETER, t[=e]'ter, _n._ (_U.S._) a see-saw.--_v.i._ to see-saw.
TEETH. See TOOTH.
TEETHING, t[=e]th'ing, _n._ the first growth of teeth, or the process by
which they make their way through the gums.--_v.i._ TEETHE, to grow or cut
the teeth.
TEETOTALER, t[=e]-t[=o]'tal-[.e]r, _n._ one pledged to entire abstinence
from intoxicating drinks.--_adj._ TEET[=O]'TAL.--_n._ TEET[=O]'TALISM.
[Prob. from a stammering pronunciation of the word _Total_ by Richard
Turner of Preston in 1833.]
TEE-TOTUM, t[=e]-t[=o]'tum, _n._ a toy like a small top, twirled by the
fingers.
TEFF, tef, _n._ an Abyssinian cereal-grass.
TEGMEN, teg'men, _n._ a covering: (_bot._) the endopleura or inner coat of
the seed: (_anat._) the roof of the tympanic cavity of the ear: the
covering of the posterior wing of some insects;--_pl._ TEG'MINA.--_adj._
TEG'MINAL. [L.]
TEGMENTUM, teg-men'tum, _n._ the scaly covering of the leaf-buds of
deciduous trees.--_adj._ TEGMEN'TAL.
TEGULATED, teg-[=u]-l[=a]t'ed, _adj._ composed of plates overlapping like
tiles.--_adj._ TEG'ULAR.--_adv._ TEG'U-LARLY. [L. _tegula_, a
tile--_teg[)e]re_, to cover.]
TEGUMENT, teg'[=u]-ment, _n._ an integument.--_adjs._ TEGUMEN'TAL,
TEGUMEN'TARY. [L. _tegumentum_--_teg[)e]re_, to cover.]