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Teg

//tɛɡ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn. UK, dated, dialectal

    "One Stringor, that brought a tegg from Wresill."

  2. 2
    Abbreviation of thromboelastography. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    two-year-old sheep wordnet
  4. 4
    A doe in its second year. UK, dated, dialectal
  5. 5
    Abbreviation of thromboelastograph. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A child's tooth. UK

    "TEG [tɛɡ] - tooth (child's)."

  2. 7
    Abbreviation of thromboelastogram. abbreviation, alt-of, countable
  3. 8
    Initialism of thermoelectric generator. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
  4. 9
    Acronym of triethylene glycol. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable

Etymology

First used to contemptuously refer to a woman, then later applied to a ewe in her second year. Possibly borrowed from Swedish tacka (“ewe”).

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