teall (tel)

[Early mod. E. teale; 6206 Teale's operation. See operation. team (tem), n. [Early mod. E. also teem; = MLG. tõm , rein, LG. toom = OHG. MHG. zoum, G. zaum, bridle, Icel. taumr = Sw. töm = Dan. tömme, me, rein; prob., prob., with formative -m, This child is come of gentille teme . Torrent of Portugal, 1. 2022. IMG:content-2913.png:[blocks in formation] A few teams of ducks bred in the moors. Gilbert White, Nat. Hist. of Selborne, To T. Pennant, xi. 4. A number, series, or line of animals moving together; a flock. Like a long team of snowy swans on high. Dryden, Æneid, vii. 965. 5. Two or more horses, oxen, or other beasts harne ed together for drawing, as to a coach, chariot, wagon, cart, sleigh, or plow. In the United States the term is frequently used for the vehicle and the horses or oxen together. In statutes exempting from sale on execution, a team includes one or more animals and the vehicle and harne , such as are all used together. The Sun, to shun this Tragike sight, a-pace Turns back his Teem . tear