n. [ OE. tem, team, AS. teám, offspring, progeny, race of descendants, family; akin to D. toom a bridle, LG. toom progeny, team, bridle, G. zaum a bridle, zeugen to beget, Icel. taumr a rein, bridle, Dan. tömme, Sw. töm, and also to E. tow to drag, tug to draw. √64. See Tug, and cf. Teem to bear. ]
A team of ducklings about her. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
A long team of snowy swans on high. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
To take his team and till the earth. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from some neighboring farm to tug them out of the slough. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
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v. i. To engage in the occupation of driving a team of horses, cattle, or the like, as in conveying or hauling lumber, goods, etc.; to be a teamster. [ 1913 Webster ]
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v. t. To convey or haul with a team;
a. Yoked in, or as in, a team. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Let their teamed fishes softly swim. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. One who drives a team. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Is the teamwork system employed, or does one workman make the whole cigar? U. S. Consular Repts. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]