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A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage.

A small saucer in which a teacup is set.

The checkerberry.

or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or important; to exhibit impressively; as, to teach arithmetic, dancing, music, or the like; to teach morals. If some men teach wicked things, it must be that others should practice them. South.

, willing to receive instruction; docile. We ought to bring our minds free, unbiased, and teachable, to learn our religion from the Word of God. I. Watts.

Willingness to be taught.

One of the series of boilers in which the cane juice is treated in making sugar; especially, the last boiler of the series. Ure.

One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor.

The act or business of instructing; also, that which is taught; instruction.

Not teachable. [R.] Shelley.

A small cup from which to drink tea.

As much as a teacup can hold; enough to fill a teacup.

A torch. [Obs.] "A burning teade." Spenser.

A hoisting apparatus; an elevator; a crane; a lift. [Prov. Eng.]

An Irishman; -- a term used in contempt. Johnson.

ipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the tree. [Written also teek.] African teak, a tree (Oldfieldia Africana) of Sierra Leone; also, its very heavy and durable wood; -- called also African oak. -- New Zeland teak, a large tree (Vitex littoralis) of New Zeland; also, its hard, durable timber.…

A kettle in which water is boiled for making tea, coffee, etc.

Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus Anas and the subgenera Querquedula and Nettion. The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on the wings.

A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter. A team of ducklings about her. Holland.

Yoked in, or as in, a team. [Obs.] Let their teamed fishes softly swim. Spenser.