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Definition of Teending
1. teend [v] - See also: teend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Teending
Literary usage of Teending
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakespeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet; Criticism on by Nathan Drake (1817)
"Stowe, in his Survey of London, particularly mentions this observance: — *
teending, a word derived from the Saxon, means kindling. f ..."
2. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"... and, Come while the log is a teending.f Drink now the strong beer, (Jut the
white loaf here, The while the meat is a shredding ; For the rare mince-pie, ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1899)
"... from the preceding Christmas: With the last year's brand Light the new block
and Come while the log is a teending, Herrick's " Hesperides," 1648, p. ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1899)
"... carefully preserved from the preceding Christmas: With the last year's brand
Light the new block and Come while the log is a teending, ..."
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