Teaspoonful
(Tea"spoon`ful) n.; pl. Teaspoonfuls As much as teaspoon will hold; enough to fill a teaspoon; —
usually reckoned at a fluid dram or one quarter of a tablespoonful.
Teat
(Teat) n. [OE. tete, titte, AS. tit, titt; akin to LG. & OD. titte, D. tet, G. zitze: cf. F. tette, probably
of Teutonic origin.]
1. The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the udder or breast of a mammal; a nipple; a pap; a
mammilla; a dug; a tit.
2. (Mach.) A small protuberance or nozzle resembling the teat of an animal.
Teated
(Teat"ed), a. Having protuberances resembling the teat of an animal.
Teathe
(Teathe) n. & v. See Tath. [Prov. Eng.]
Teatish
(Teat"ish) a. Peevish; tettish; fretful; — said of a child. See Tettish. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Teaze-hole
(Teaze"-hole`) n. [Corrupted fr. F. tisard fire door.] (Glass Works) The opening in the furnaces
through which fuel is introduced.
Teazel
(Tea"zel) n. & v. t. See Teasel.
Teazer
(Tea"zer) n. [Corrupted fr. F. tiser to feed a fire.] The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in
glass works. Tomlinson.
Teazle
(Tea"zle) n. & v. t. See Teasel.
Tebeth
(Te"beth) n. [Heb.] The tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of
December with a part of January. Esther ii. 16.
Techily
(Tech"i*ly) adv. In a techy manner.
Techiness
(Tech"i*ness), n. The quality or state of being techy.
Technic
(Tech"nic) a. Technical.
Technic
(Tech"nic), n. [See Technical, a.]
1. The method of performance in any art; technical skill; artistic execution; technique.
They illustrate the method of nature, not the technic of a manlike Artificer.
Tyndall. 2. pl. Technical terms or objects; things pertaining to the practice of an art or science.
Technical
(Tech"nic*al) a. [Gr. fr. an art, probably from the same root as to bring forth, produce, and
perhaps akin to E. text: cf. F. technique.] Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any
science, business, or the like; specially appropriate to any art, science, or business; as, the words of an
indictment must be technical. Blackstone.
Technicality
(Tech`ni*cal"i*ty) n.; pl. Technicalities
1. The quality or state of being technical; technicalness.
2. That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like.
The technicalities of the sect.
Palfrey.
