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Team \Team\ (t[=e]m), n. [OE. tem, team, AS. te['a]m, offspring,
progeny, race of descendants, family; akin to D. toom a
bridle, LG. toom progeny, team, bridle, G. zaum a bridle,
zeugen to beget, Icel. taumr a rein, bridle, Dan. t["o]mme,
Sw. t["o]m, and also to E. tow to drag, tug to draw.
[root]64. See {Tug}, and cf. {Teem} to bear.]
1. A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a
brood; a litter.
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A team of ducklings about her. --Holland.
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2. Hence, a number of animals moving together.
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A long team of snowy swans on high. --Dryden.
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3. Two or more horses, oxen, or other beasts harnessed to the
same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, wagon, sled, or
the like. "A team of dolphins." --Spenser.
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To take his team and till the earth. --Piers
Plowman.
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It happened almost every day that coaches stuck
fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from
some neighboring farm to tug them out of the slough.
--Macaulay.
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4. A number of persons associated together in any work; a
gang; especially, a number of persons selected to contend
on one side in a match, or a series of matches, in a
cricket, football, rowing, etc.
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5. (Zool.) A flock of wild ducks.
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6. (O. Eng. Law) A royalty or privilege granted by royal
charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and
judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains,
and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels,
and appurtenances thereto. --Burrill.
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Team \Team\, v. i.
To engage in the occupation of driving a team of horses,
cattle, or the like, as in conveying or hauling lumber,
goods, etc.; to be a teamster.
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Team \Team\, v. t.
To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber. [R.]
--Thoreau.
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