tee2 (te)

A dialectal form of tiel. tee3 (tē), n. akin to AS. [Perhaps ult. tjā , point out, tæcan , point out, teach: see teach1.j 1. A mark toward which mi iles, as balls, quoits, or curling-stones, are aimed in different games. Just outside there is a trimly kept bowling-green, in which the club members practise the gentle art of reach ing the tee when the waning afternoon releases them from their desk or counter. W. Black , In Far Lochaber, ii. 2. In the game of golf, the sand or earth on which the ball is very slightly raised at the beginning of play for each hole, See the quotation under tees , v. teem1 (tem), v. [ Mal . What's the newest grief? Ro . Each minute teems a new one. IMG:content-0024.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To think fit. [Rare.] I could tee me it to rend thee in peeces. Gifford , Dialogue on Witches (1603). ( Hall i well .) teem3 (tēm), v. [ Teem out the remainder of the ale into the tankard, and fill the gla with small beer. Swift . Two or three hours after, the kiln is teemed - that is, the malt is taken off and stored in its bin. Ure, Dict., III. 191. II. in trans . To pour; come down in torrents: as, it not only rains, it teems . [Prov. Eng.] teem at, n. and v. An old spelling of team . teemet, n. A Middle English variant of theme . teemer1 (tē'mer), n. One who teems; one who brings forth young. Imp . Dict. teemer2 (te'mer), n. [ : teemful