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Webster 1913 Edition
Team
Team
(tēm)
, Noun.
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.
(Zool.)
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.
Team
,Verb.
I.
To engage in the occupation of driving a team of horses, cattle, or the like, as in conveying or hauling lumber, goods, etc.; to be a teamster.
Team
,Verb.
T.
To convey or haul with a team;
as, to
. team
lumber[R.]
Thoreau.
Webster 1828 Edition
Team
TEAM
, n.1.
Two or more horses, oxen or other beasts harnessed together to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, chariot, wagon, cart, sled, sleigh and the like. It has been a great question whether teams of horses or oxen are most advantageously employed in agriculture. In land free from stones and stumps and of easy tillage, it is generally agreed that horses are preferable for teams.2.
Any number passing in a line; a long line. Like a long team of snowy swans on high.
[This is the primary sense, but is rarely used.]