teil

[teel] /til/

noun

Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.

Origin of teil

Middle English

Middle French

Latin

Old French

1350-1400

1350-1400; < Middle French (Old French til); replacing Middle English tilia < Latin tilia linden

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In those days the oaks of the forests shall burn, and acorns grow upon the branches of teil trees.

Old English Chronicles Various
"teil ane potter to ony ped in the kintra," answered the Captain.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, Illustrated Sir Walter Scott

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