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As much as teaspoon will hold; enough to fill a teaspoon; -- usually reckoned at a fluid dram or one quarter of a tablespoonful.

A small protuberance or nozzle resembling the teat of an animal.

Having protuberances resembling the teat of an animal.

See Tath. [Prov. Eng.]

Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced.

See Teasel.

The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glass works. Tomlinson.

See Teasel.

Of adamant; hard as adamant. Milton.

A preceding act.

Being before, or in front. [R.] J. Fleming.

Pertaining to, or resembling, Atlas; strong. With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies. Milton.

, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers. [Written also, but less properly, batteau.] Bateau bridge, a floating bridge supported by bateaux.

A framework for supporting a bed.

A steak of beef; a slice of beef broiled or suitable for broiling.

ndition; to circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.] They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God. Is. viii. 21. Many far worse bestead than ourselves. Barrow.

Furnished with, or having, two bracts.

Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family.

A bract.