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TEAM(medicine)
Team(money)
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team 1, noun(dictionary)
Air Team flights(tourism)
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cedar (sh) and team(1) (iou)


cedar (sh)




Any of four species of tall ornamental and timber evergreen coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, in the pine family.

Three cedars are native to mountainous areas of the Mediterranean region and one to the western Himalayas. These "true" cedars are the Atlas cedar (C. atlantica), the Cyprus cedar (C. brevifolia), the deodar (C. deodara), and the cedar of Lebanon (C. libani). Cedarwood is light, soft, resinous, and durable, even when in contact with soil or moisture. Many Other conifers known as cedars resemble true cedars in being evergreen and in having aromatic, often red or red-tinged wood that in many cases is decay-resistant and insect-repellent. The giant arborvitae, incense cedar, and some junipers (red cedar) provide the familiar "cedarwood" of pencils, chests, closet linings, and fence posts. See also white cedar.


Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani)

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team(1) (iou)



team noun. [ti:m]
[Old English team = Old Frisian tam bridle, progeny, Old Saxon tom, Old High German zoum (German Zaum), Old Norse taumr bridle, rein, from Germanic base = pull, draw, rel. to Latin ducere. Cf. TEEM verb1.]
I.
a. The bearing of children. OE-ME.
b. A family or brood of young animals. Now spec. a litter of pigs, a brood of ducks. Long dial. OE.
Offspring, family, line of descendants; race, stock. Cf. bairn-team s.v. BAIRN. OE-LME.
II.
a. Pl. after a numeral same. A set of draught animals; two or more oxen, horses, dogs, etc. in harness to pull together. OE.
C. Thirlwall A thousand team of cattle conveyed the timber.
b. Part of the equipment used to harness draught animals to a plough, harrow, or cart. Now (dial.), a chain. ME.
c. transf. The stock of horses (or Other animals) belonging to one owner or stable. dial. rare. M17.
a. A number of people associated in some joint action; fig. a group of people compared to a team of draught animals. Now esp., a set of players forming one side in a game, match, or any team sport; a group of people collaborating in their professional work or in a particular enterprise or task. E16.
team game, team leader, team manager, team member, team player, team sport, etc.
Field Furse and his team..investigate..cycles in the island's meteorology. Highlife To see the famous Washington Redskins Football team in action. attrib.:
b. spec. A gang. slang (chiefly Criminals'). M20.
a. One animal or more in harness together with the vehicle being drawn; (now dial.) a horse and cart, a wagon with two horses. Also (US local) a cart or Other vehicle to be drawn by one horse (single team) or two horses (double team). L16.
b. A load drawn by a team. Now rare or obsolete exc. US. L18.
c. fig. A person of superior ability; an outstandingly gifted or able person. Chiefly in a whole team (and the dog under the wagon). US colloq. M19.
A flock of wild ducks or Other birds flying in line. L17.
III. Anglo-Saxon Law.
a. In a suit for the recovery of allegedly stolen goods, the action or procedure by which the holder transferred or referred it back to a third person (generally the party from whom the goods were received) to defend the title to them. OE.
b. The right or prerogative of jurisdiction in a suit of team, together with the fees and profits thence accruing; from the 11th cent. usually included in crown charters granting land to a lord etc. Freq. in toll and team. ME.
Phrases: in the team Nautical (of a number of ships) stationed in a line so as to blockade a port. toll and team: see TOLL noun1 1.
Comb.: team-boat (chiefly US) a boat, esp. a ferry, drawn or propelled by horse-power; team handball a game played by two teams of seven players each on a rectangular court using a ball propelled only with the hands; team-land (obsolete exc. Hist.) = PLOUGH-LAND 1; team-man a member of a sporting team who cooperates (well or badly) with his colleagues; team-mate a fellow member of a team or group; team ministry a group of clergy of incumbent status who minister jointly to several parishes under the Leadership of a rector or vicar; team race: won by the team whose members finish on aggregate in higher positions than their opponents; team rector a rector who leads a team ministry; teamsman = TEAMSTER 1; team spirit willingness to act as a member of a team or group rather than as an individual; team-talk a pep-talk addressed to a team, a discussion amongst a team; team-teach verb intrans. & trans. (of a teacher or teachers) teach (students) as (part of) a team working together; team-teaching teaching by a team of teachers working together; team vicar a vicar who leads a team ministry; teamwork (a) (now rare) work done with a team of animals; (b) the combined action of a team of players or a group of people, esp. when effective and efficient; cooperation.