Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A sheep in its second year or before its first shearing.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A female fallow-deer; a doe in the second year.
- n. Same as tag.
Wiktionary
- n. UK, dialect, dated a sheep (originally a ewe) that is one to two years old
- n. UK, dialect, dated a doe in its second year
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Prov. Eng. A sheep in its second year; also, a doe in its second year.
WordNet 3.0
- n. two-year-old sheep
Etymologies
- Origin uncertain. (Wiktionary)
- Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“System bleidleisio "teg", atebolrwydd mewn llywodraeth leol, system ffederal, sefydliadau rhyngwladol i ddiogelu hawliau sifil, rhyddid barn a mynegiant - mae'r rhain i gyd yn bethau y gellid ei ystyried yn hanfodol ddemocrataidd.”
“Note 57: CS 1698 and 1699; Proto-Kaskazi * - teg - "to trap; medicine"; Proto-Ruvu * - tego "fertility medicine; medicine trap; to trap"; PER * - tego "fertility medicine, trap, initiate's fertility bed.”
“Note 152: CS 1698 and 1699; Proto-Kaskazi * - teg - "to trap, medicine"; PR * - tego "fertility medicine, medicine trap; to trap"; PER * - tego "fertility medicine, trap, initiate's bed"; e.g.,”
“May 17, 2009 at 12:12 pm aya R teg grate an wunderfluff Kitteh ob OZ!”
I assume this is important….. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Ai think that wuz teg slowest ebber splort we ebber had heer!”
What? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“When it comes to economic and political support within both Westminster and Cardiff Bay, North Wales deserves ‘chwarae teg’.”
“Blog Answyddogol: Chwarae teg i Alun Davies skip to main”
“Chwarae teg i S4C, dyw'r un llwfdra ddim yn nodweddu eu polisi comisiynnu drama.”
“Becuz wifout teh TYs, teh TY Boo Teek wud nawt bee, and we LURVES teg TY Boo Teek.”
Tell Horton - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“November 8, 2008 at 12:42 pm kerrykatz I haz offered teg sillybrashuns be4 dis… my posts seem 2 be bein ignored”
New kitteh? Black u sez? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘teg’.
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EN - 3-letter words of the pattern CVC
With the exception of abbreviations and mosaic words all types of words (proper names, past tense of verbs, etc.) are allowed.
for, was, not, his, but, has, had, can, her, him, new, now and 339 more...
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3-Letter Scrabble Words Which Do Not ...
A list of 3-letter words which cannot be formed by adding a letter to a 2-letter word (see Ken Clark's word lists found at http://www.seattlescrab...
fiz, fix, fir, fig, fie, fib, eve, eke, egg, eek, ecu, ebb and 225 more...
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phrontistery-t
from phrontistery.info
tabacosis, tabanid, tabaret, tabati?re, tabby, tabefaction, tabellary, tabellion, tabernacle, tabernacular, tabescent, tabific and 930 more...
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EN - xenophobic terms
Alle Menschen werden Brüder - sooner or later? Derogatory terms for anybody different.
abe, anchor baby, ann, ape, apple, asian nigger, aunt jemima , aunt jane, aunt mary, aunt sally, banana, beaner and 315 more...
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sheep and goats
sheep and more sheep and some
slang for sheep,films that feature sheep ,have you heard of sheeple?
and goatsammon, ancon, argali, bharal, burrel, burrell, burhel, burrhel, bighorn, billy, blackface, broadtail and 144 more...
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Open List: Sheepishness
Everything sheep, from Artiodactyla to zodiac.
lanolin, ram, ewe, Artiodactyla, even-toed ungulate, ruminant, Ovis aries, ovine, domestic, domesticated, neotenic, mouflon and 426 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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Miscellaneous
‽, ☤, mandelbrot, angora rabbit, psychrolutes marc..., vampyroteuthis in..., basking shark, mano de desierto, underwater sculpt..., surgical dining, gyroscope, Derinkuyu and 161 more...
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The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Mak...
I'm wading through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels one by one, and someday, I'll wade through them again and list all the words I learned while reading them.
Edit: I started ma...studdingsail, carronade, mumchance, grumlin-futtocks, crosscat-harpings, holystone, sennit, orlop, orchitis, negus, kevel, altumal and 1112 more...
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Rare Books
Words used in the rare book trade (of which I was once a part). For more about how such books are put together, see hernesheir's excellent The Bindery.
foxing, gilt, headband, bumped, endpaper, leaf, colophon, vellum, laid paper, boards, device, engraving and 168 more...
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DYSLEXIC'S DREAD
Words That Make Sense in Reverse Too! Bad news for a dyslexic, 'cause s/he's got no clue if s/he read the word correctly or not, as opposed to a palindrome (i.e., no mistake possible, cf. "Dyslexic...
tool, lever, nap, pool, leer, leek, desserts, strop, doom, ukiah, yaws, ward and 213 more...
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Shortly, Sweetly
Tweets
Looking for tweets for teg.
chained_bear "'There are political divisions here, and John's cousin belongs to the minority. John knows few people, and the talk of those few is all of wethers and tegs. A scholarly man, who drinks little wine, who dislikes hunting, for whom books and music are all-important, has little to say to them.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 285 Mar 8, 2008
oroboros Get in reverse. Nov 2, 2007
reesetee In rare/antique books, "top edge gilt" Feb 20, 2007