Ted - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Ted :  (noun)

1: a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes [syn: Ted, Teddy boy]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Ted : \Ted\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Tedding.] [Prob. fr. Icel. te?ja to spread manure, fr. ta? manure; akin to MHG. zetten to scatter, spread. [root]58. Cf. Teathe.] To spread, or turn from the swath, and scatter for drying, as new-mowed grass; -- chiefly used in the past participle.

The smell of grain or tedded grass. --Milton.

The tedded hay and corn sheaved in one field. --Coleridge.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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