Teen
(Teen) n. [OE. tene, AS. teóna reproach, wrong, fr. teón to accuse; akin to G. zeihen, Goth. gateihan
to tell, announce, L. dicere to say. See Token.] Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain. [Archaic] Chaucer. Spenser.
With public toil and private teen
Thou sank'st alone.
M. Arnold. Teen
(Teen), v. t. [AS. teónian, tnan, to slander, vex. &radic64. See Teen, n.] To excite; to provoke; to
vex; to affict; to injure. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Teen
(Teen), v. t. [See Tine to shut.] To hedge or fence in; to inclose. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Teenage
(Teen"age) n. The longer wood for making or mending fences. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Teend
(Teend) v. t. & i. [See Tinder.] To kindle; to burn. [Obs.] Herrick.
Teenful
(Teen"ful) a. Full of teen; harmful; grievous; grieving; afflicted. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Teens
(Teens) n. pl. [See Ten.] The years of one's age having the termination -teen, beginning with
thirteen and ending with nineteen; as, a girl in her teens.
Teeny
(Tee"ny) a. Very small; tiny. [Colloq.]
Teeny
(Teen"y) a. [See Teen grief.] Fretful; peevish; pettish; cross. [Prov. Eng.]
Teeong
(Tee*ong") n. (Zoöl.) The mino bird.
Teest
(Teest) n. A tinsmith's stake, or small anvil.
Teetan
(Tee"tan) n. (Zoöl.) A pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
Teetee
(Tee"tee) n. [Sp. tití.]
1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to Callithrix,
Chrysothrix, and allied genera; as, the collared teetee and the squirrel teetee Called also pinche, titi,
and saimiri. See Squirrel monkey, under Squirrel.
2. (Zoöl.) A diving petrel of Australia
Teeter
(Tee"ter) v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Teetered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Teetering.] [Prov. E. titter to
tremble, to seesaw; cf. Icel. titra to tremble, OHG. zittaron, G. zittern.] To move up and down on the
ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter. [U. S.]
[The bobolink] alit upon the flower, and teetered up and down.
H. W. Beecher. Teeter-tail
(Tee"ter-tail`) n. (Zoöl.) The spotted sandpiper. See the Note under Sandpiper.
Teeth
(Teeth) n., pl. of Tooth.
Teeth
(Teeth) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Teethed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Teething.] To breed, or grow, teeth.
Teething
(Teeth"ing) n. The process of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue
through the gums; dentition.
Teetotal
(Tee*to"tal) a. Entire; total. [Colloq.]
Teetotaler
(Tee*to"tal*er) n. One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.
