Team \Team\, 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 to 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.
A team of ducklings about her. --Holland.
2. Hence, a number of animals moving together.
A long team of snowy swans on high. --Dryden.
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.
To take his team and till the earth. --Piers
Plowman.
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.
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.
5. (Zo["o]l.) A flock of wild ducks.
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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