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teg
[ teg ]
noun
- Animal Husbandry.
- a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
- the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Chiefly British. a two-year-old doe.
- British Dialect. a yearling sheep.
teg
/ tɛɡ /
noun
- a two-year-old sheep
- the fleece of a two-year-old sheep
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Example Sentences
It was likewise employed to give identity to the clan of which he was a member, on his ad-je-da-teg or grave-post.
Laura luxuriated in the waggon; Teg, less fortunate, trudged behind, begging as he went his food.
Mrs. Tibs took in the girl, for she must have a drudge; Teg had a penny given him, and the door shut in his face.
Teg was ragged, and none would employ him; begging was so unprofitable there was no living by it.
Tegmentum, teg-men′tum, n. the scaly covering of the leaf-buds of deciduous trees.
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