TEAMING
Verb
teaming
present participle of team
Noun
teaming (plural teamings)
An instance of teamwork.
Anagrams
• mintage, tegmina
Source: Wiktionary
Team"ing, n.
1. The act or occupation of driving a team, or of hauling or
carrying, as logs, goods, or the like, with a team.
2. (Manuf.)
Definition: Contract work. [R.] Knight.
TEAM
Team, n. Etym: [OE. tem, team, AS. teám, 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. tömme, Sw. töm, and also to E. tow to drag, tug to draw.
*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. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A flock of wild ducks.
6. (O. Eng. Law)
Definition: 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, v. i.
Definition: 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 up, to form one or more teams, either for a
common endeavor, or to compete in a contest.
Team, v. t.
Definition: To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber. [R.]
Thoreau.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition