Blackbeard
[blak-beerd]
- pseudonym of Edward Teach.
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Teach
[teech]
- EdwardBlackbeard, died 1718, English pirate and privateer in the Americas.
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"I do suppose Blackbeard's so afraid he don't know how to see," said the first speaker.
Howard Pyle's Book of PiratesHoward Pyle
The lieutenant heard somebody say, "That's Blackbeard hisself."
Howard Pyle's Book of PiratesHoward Pyle
Blackbeard again jumped up in the air and clapped his heels.
Howard Pyle's Book of PiratesHoward Pyle
One morning Captain Blackbeard finds that his stock of medicine is low.
Howard Pyle's Book of PiratesHoward Pyle
Blackbeard was one of the most desperate pirates of the age.
The Naval History of the United StatesWillis J. Abbot.
Blackbeard
- nickname of (Edward) TeachSee Teach
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Teach
- Edward, known as Blackbeard. died 1718, English pirate, active in the West Indies and on the Atlantic coast of North America
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teach
- (tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive often foll by how) to help to learn; tell or show (how)to teach someone to paint; to teach someone how to paint
- to give instruction or lessons in (a subject) to (a person or animal)to teach French; to teach children; she teaches
- (tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to cause to learn or understandexperience taught him that he could not be a journalist
- Also: teach someone a lesson informal to cause (someone) to suffer the unpleasant consequences of some action or behaviour
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Word Origin
Old English tǣcan; related to tācen token, Old Frisian tēken, Old Saxon tēkan, Old High German zeihhan, Old Norse teikn sign
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Word Origin and History for blackbeard
teach
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Old English tæcan (past tense and past participle tæhte) "to show, point out," also "to give instruction," from Proto-Germanic *taikijanan (cf. Old High German zihan, German zeihen "to accuse," Gothic ga-teihan "to announce"), from PIE *deik- "to show, point out" (see diction). Related to Old English tacen, tacn "sign, mark" (see token). Related: Taught; teaching.
Old English tæcan had more usually a sense of "show, declare, warn, persuade" (cf. German zeigen "to show," from the same root); while the Old English word for "to teach, instruct, guide" was more commonly læran, source of modern learn and lore.
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