teaching (teching)

[ Shall none heraude ne harpoure haue a fairere garnement Than Haukyn the actyf man and thou do by my techyng. Piers Plowman (B), xiv. 24. 2. That which is taught; instruction. John Bagford , Collection of Ballads (1671). Ireland: used in ridicule or opprobrium. Dear courtier, excuse me from Teagueland and slaughter. Tom Brown , Works, IV. 275. ( Davies .) tea-house (tēʼhous), n. A house of entertainment in China and Japan, where tea and other light refreshments are served. The inns and tea - houses are the grand features of these towns. Encyc. Brit ., XIII. 578. teak (tēk), n. [Formerly also teek , teke ; tekka , Tamil tekku , the teak-tree. The Hind. name is sāgwān , sāgān , Marathi sāg (Ar. Pers. sāj ) , Skt. çāka .] An East Indian timber tree, Tectona grand is , or its wood. The tree abounds in the mixed forests of India, Burma, Siam, and the Malayan islands; it has been reduced by cutting in India and Burma, but is now maintained by government within the British domain. It grows to a height of 120 to 150 feet, with girth of 20 or 25 feet pand bears IMG:content-2912.png:[graphic] drooping leaves 8 to 12 inches long. Its timber is of a yellowish-brown color, is straight grained and easily worked, when once seasoned does not warp or crack, is hard and strong, and, ow ing to the pres ence of a resinous oil, is extremely durable. For shipbuilding it is perhaps the most valuable wood known, being especially preferred for armored ve els, since it does not, like oak, corrode the Teak ( Tectona grand is). teak iron. It is exported in large quantities to Great Britain, and somewhat to other countries, chiefly for this use and for building railway-carriages, and is employed in India for these and many other purposes. The oil is extracted from the wood in Burma, and used medicinally and as a substitute for linseed-oil and as a varnish. A tar used medicinally is also distilled from it, and the leaves afford a red dye. The name is applicable to the other species of Tectona.- African teak, Same as African oak (which see, under oak ).-】 ). - Bastard teak, the East Indian Pterocarpus Marsupium. It is the most important source of kino, and very hard durable, and taking a fine polish, used in ford i hard timberwork streaks, house-building and for making furniture, agricultural implements, etc. The name is also applied to the dhak, or Bengal kino-tree, Butea frondosa. - Ben teak, the wood of Lagerstræmia micro carp a; also, a low grade of true teak. -New Zealand teak, a tree, Vitex littoral is, 50 or 60 feet high, yielding a hard fi ile timber indestructible under water.- Teak or teakwood of New South Wales, a small laurineous tree, Endiandra glauca, with a hard, close and fine-grained wood. This tree appears, however, to belong to Queensland, where also another tree, Di ilaria baloghioides of the Euphorbiaceæ, is called teak. -White teak, Flindersia Oxleyana of Queensland, a tall slender much-branched tree, with wood said to be used for staves and for cabinet-work. Also yellowwood.