teil

American  

[teel] / til /

noun

1. Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.

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Etymology

Origin of teil

1350–1400; < Middle French ( Old French til ); replacing Middle English tilia < Latin tilia linden

Example Sentences

The Government will teil him the size of the reduction later.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ouch ist maniger, der vil kleine freude dar für nimt hie ūf ertrīche, und daȥ dem guoten sante Paulen gar versmāhte, des wirt im der tūsentste teil niht.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph

Do gab ir erste teil der Kuenik Konstantin, Het er gewest, daz da von uebel kuenftik w�re, So het er wol underkomen des riches sw�re, Wan daz si do waren kiusche, und uebermuete l�re.

From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John

In those days the oaks of the forests shall burn, and acorns grow upon the branches of teil trees.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

"As a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof."

From Authors and Friends by Fields, Annie