Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Ted
n : (Brit) a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian
style clothes [syn: {Ted}, {Teddy boy}]
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