tee

n. [ OE. tuel, OF. tuiel, tuel, F. tuyau; of Teutonic origin; cf. Dan. tud, D. tuit, Prov. G. zaute. Cf. Tuyère. ] 1. A pipe, funnel, or chimney, as for smoke. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The tuyère of a furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Teed p. pr. & vb. n. Teeing. ] (Golf) To place (the ball) on a tee; also called to tee up. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. A short piece of pipe having a lateral outlet, used to connect a line of pipe with a pipe at a right angle with the line; -- so called because it resembles the letter T in shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The letter T, t; also, something shaped like, or resembling in form, the letter T. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. Icel. tjā to show, mark. ] (a) The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits. (b) The nodule of earth, or a short peg stuck into the ground, from which the ball is struck at the beginning of play for each hole in golf. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

. (Golf) The space from within which the ball must be struck in beginning the play for each hole. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

See T iron, under T. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Teak. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sesame. [ Sometimes written til. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Teel oil, sesame oil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The seed of sesame. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Icel. tæma to empty, from tōmr empty; akin to Dan. tömme to empty, Sw. tömma. See Toom to empty. ] 1. To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Steel Manuf.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal. [ 1913 Webster ]