teil
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of teil
1350–1400; < Middle French ( Old French til ); replacing Middle English tilia < Latin tilia linden
Example Sentences
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The Government will teil him the size of the reduction later.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Teil a pit, teil a pit; no without the glass ye promised.”
From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Willis, Herbert
"The people there are bitter Whigs, teil burst them!" he said fiercely.
From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Scott, Walter, Sir
"As a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof."
From Authors and Friends by Fields, Annie
In those days the oaks of the forests shall burn, and acorns grow upon the branches of teil trees.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
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