tedder (1)

[Eng. ted; -er.] One who teds; specifically, a maching for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its being dried by the sun and air. "However valuable a mower may be, a tedder is hardly le so."-Sheldon: Dairy Farming, p. 179. těd-der (2), s. [TETHER.] 1. A rope, strap, cord, or lariat, for fastening an animal by the head to a manger, post, or stake. 2. Anything by which one is restrained; a tether. těd-der, v . t . (TETHER, v.] To tether, to confine, to restrain. *tede, s. [ Lat.tæda .] A torch. Tê Dê-ŭm, 8. [From the first words " Te Deum Laudamus."] 1. The name given to a celebrated Latin hymn of praise, ascribed usually to St. Ambrose and St. Augustine, and well-known from the translation in the Prayer-book, beginning "We praise the, O God," one of the two canticles appointed to be sung in the morning service between the two le ons. It is also sung on special occasions, as days of public rejoicing. 2. A musical setting of the hymn [1.] 3. A choral thanksgiving service in which this hymn forms a principal part. "The Spaniards sang Te Deums."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ch. xxi. tědģe, subst. [Etym. doubtful.] The ingate or aperture in a mold through which the molten metal is poured. *te-di-os-i-ty, s . [Eng. tedious ; -ity.] Tedious 2. Slow. "And all that to herself she talk'd, Would surely be a tedious tale." Words worth: Idiot Boy. IMG:content-0865.png:[blocks in formation] "I have dwelt sometime upon the christian sacrifice, perhaps even to a degree of tediousne ." -Water land : Works, viii. 287. te-diou-some, tē-di-sum, a. [English tedious; some.] Tedious; tiresome. ( Scotch.) të-di-ŭm, s. [Lat. tædium, from tædet =it irks.] Irksomene ; wearisomene ; tediousne . "The tedium that the lazy rich endure." Corper: Table Talk, 742. teē (1), s. [Native name.] 1. An umbrella. 2. The umbrolla-shaped structure used as a termination or finial crowning the Buddhist topes and Hindu pagodas. It is supposed to be a relic shrine.