teg

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Pronunciation

/tɛɡ/

Definition of teg

8 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(UK, dated, dialectal)A sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn.

“One Stringor, that brought a tegg from Wresill.”

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noun

(UK, dated, dialectal)A sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn.

“One Stringor, that brought a tegg from Wresill.”
(UK, dated, dialectal)A doe in its second year.
(UK)A child's tooth.

“TEG [tɛɡ] - tooth (child's).”
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Abbreviation of thromboelastography.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Abbreviation of thromboelastograph.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable)Abbreviation of thromboelastogram.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism)Initialism of thermoelectric generator.
(abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable)Acronym of triethylene glycol.

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First used to contemptuously refer to a woman, then later applied to a ewe in her second year. Possibly borrowed from Swedish tacka (“ewe”).

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