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teak|tiːk|
Forms: 7–8 teke, 8 teek, tecka, 8–9 teck, 9 tick, tæk, teake, 8– teak.
[ad. Pg. teca (1602–1644 in Yule), ad. Malayāl. tēkka; in Tamil tēkku, Telugu tēku, Tulu tekki, Canarese tēgu, tēga, tēṅgu.]
1. a. A large East Indian tree (Tectona grandis, N.O. Verbenaceæ), with opposite egg-shaped leaves and panicles of white flowers; more usually, its timber, a dark, heavy, oily wood of great strength and durability, used largely in the construction of ships and railway carriages, and in India also for building houses, and for sleepers, furniture, etc.; distinctively called Indian teak.
1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 142 The Sheds here were round, thatch'd, and lined with broad Leaves of Teke (the Timber Ships are built with). Ibid. 178 Teke..is the firmest Wood they have for Building. 1757J. H. Grose Voy. E. Indies 174 As to the wood, it is a sort, called teak, to the full as durable as oak. 1783Justamond tr. Raynal's Hist. Indies II. 244 Their ships..of a very strong wood called Teck. 1793Hodges Trav. India 87, I found the teek, a timber remarkable for its hardness and size. 1808A. Parsons Trav. x. 215 This timber and plank are peculiar to India only;..it is called tick. 1811Niebuhr's Trav. Arab. cliv, That excellent wood called Tæk. 1853Wayland Mem. Judson I. xi. 413 Large forests of teak have been discovered in the interior [of Burma]. 1883Chambers's Encycl. IX. 325/1 Indian Teak (Tectona grandis).
b. A fashion shade resembling the colour of teak-wood, a rich reddish brown.
1934in Webster. 1971[see mole n.2 7].
2. Applied, usually with defining words, to other trees which produce strong or durable timber, or otherwise resemble the Indian teak; as
African teak, Oldfieldia africana (N.O. Euphorbiaceæ), or its wood, which is too heavy to be exclusively used in shipbuilding. bastard teak, an East Indian tree, Pterocarpus Marsupium, from which kino is obtained; yielding hard and durable timber. ben teak, Lagerstrœmia microcarpa, of tropical Asia; also, a poor quality of teak. teak of New South Wales, a small tree, Endiandra glauca, N.O. Leguminosæ, the wood of which is fine-grained and dense (Miller Plant-n. 1884). teak of New Zealand, the puriri, Vitex littoralis. white teak, of Queensland, a species of Flindersia, N.O. Meliaceæ. In Australia also applied to Dissilaria baloghioides, N.O. Euphorbiaceæ (Morris Austral Eng.).
1842Brande Dict. Sc., etc. 1217/1 A species of timber called African teak is pretty largely imported..from the west coast of Africa... It is not teak. 1858Hogg Veg. Kingd. 663 African Teak, or Oak, is the wood of Oldfieldia africana. 1866Treas. Bot. 1128 Ben Teak, the wood of Lagerströmia microcarpa; also applied to inferior Teak. New South Wales Teak, Endiandra glauca. 1878H. M. Stanley Dark Cont. II. vi. 156 Many a village stood..embowered in the thick shade of tamarind and bombax, teak. 1883Chambers's Encycl. IX. 325/1 The leaves of many different trees have been brought to botanists as those of the African teak. 1884Miller Plant-n., Vitex littoralis, New Zealand Teak or Puriri-tree.
3. attrib. and Comb., as teak forest, teak log, teak-oil, teak ship, teak timber, teak-tree, teak-wood; teak-built (in quot. 1848 fig.), teak-lined, teak-panelled, teak-producing, teak-veneered adjs.; teak-oak, the teak (sense 1).
1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. xv. 177 Gundavee.., where good Quantities of Teak Timber are cut. 1783J. Price Tracts I. 191 (Y.) Ships..built in India of tekewood, and bound with iron spikes and bolts. 1783Rennell Mem. Map Hindoostan vi. 89 note, Teek ships of 40 years old and upwards, are no uncommon objects. 1800Misc. Tr. in Asiat. Ann. Reg. 187 During the two last days I had occasionally observed the teak-tree. 1835J. E. Alexander Sketches in Portugal viii. 179 In May, the fleet of her Most Faithful Majesty consisted of the following ships:—..50, Don Pedro,..Very strong, teak-built. 1848Dickens Dombey xxxii, That teak-built and trim ballad. 1869E. J. Reed Iron-Clad Ships ii. 26 In the ‘Bellerophon’, the armour-plating is 6 inches, and the teak backing 10 inches thick. 1884Miller Eng. Plant-n., African Teak-tree, Oldfieldia africana. 1889Kipling From Sea to Sea (1899) i. iii. 220, I saw the elephants playing with the teak logs. 1896Daily News 30 Dec. 6/3 The library at Groote Schuur is a cosy, teak-lined room. 1968A. Dimont Bang Bang Birds vi. 89 We stepped into a small, teak-panelled lift. 1968J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 198 For such articles as salad-bowls..teak-oil is used. 1970Interior Design Dec. 753/3 Small teak-veneered tables. 1979P. Way Sunrise xv. 157 Two wrought-iron gates, massively reinforced by teak logs. |