v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tedded p. pr. & vb. n. Tedding. ] [ Prob. fr. Icel. te&unr_;ja to spread manure, fr. ta&unr_; manure; akin to MHG. zetten to scatter, spread. √58. Cf. Teathe. ] To spread, or turn from the swath, and scatter for drying, as new-mowed grass; -- chiefly used in the past participle. [ 1913 Webster ]

The smell of grain or tedded grass. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tedded hay and corn sheaved in one field. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its drying. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Teddered p. pr. & vb. n. Teddering. ] Same as Tether. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. √64. See Tether. ] Same as Tether. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a.; pl. Tedeschi /plu>. [ It., of Germanic origin. See Dutch. ] German; -- used chiefly of art, literature, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Founding) The gate of a mold, through which the melted metal is poured; runner, geat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Tediousness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. taediosus, fr. taedium. See Tedium. ] Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome. -- Te"di*ous*ly, adv. -- Te"di*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

I see a man's life is a tedious one. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would not be tedious to the court. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Wearisome; fatiguing. See Irksome. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ L. taedium, fr. taedet it disgusts, it wearies one. ] Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness. [ Written also taedium. ] Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

To relieve the tedium, he kept plying them with all manner of bams. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tedium of his office reminded him more strongly of the willing scholar, and his thoughts were rambling. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]