teatn.

Brit.

/ˈtiːt/, U.S.

/tit/

Forms:

α. early Middle English tæt, Middle English tat, Middle English tate, Middle English teatis (plural), Middle English–1500s teete, Middle English–1500s tete, 1500s–1600s teate, 1500s– teat.

β. Middle English–1500s tette, Middle English–1800s tet, 1600s–1700s tett.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: tit n.¹

Etymology: Probably originally an alteration of tit n.¹, after Anglo-Norman and Middle French tete, Old French, Middle French, French tette breast, udder (c1200) < a Romance base perhaps in turn borrowed < the Germanic base of tit n.¹ (compare the forms with e cited at that entry), or perhaps of similar imitative origin.Compare Old Occitan teta (13th cent.), Spanish teta (first half of the 13th cent.), Italian tetta (both 14th cent.).

a. Originally: the small protuberance at the tip of each breast of a woman, upon which the ducts of the mammary gland open, and from which the milk is sucked by an infant; the nipple (now rare). In later use chiefly: each of two or more fleshy projections on the udder or abdomen of a female placental mammal or marsupial, supplying milk to the young. Formerly also: †the whole breast or udder (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > udder > teat

titOE

mammaOE

teat?a1200

udder1582

drain1587

papilla1684

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > breast or breasts (of woman) > [noun] > nipple

papc1175

teat?a1200

pap-head?a1425

big?a1439

wartc1440

teat headc1500

nipplec1510

spin1525

dug1530

spean1573

bud1593

milk papa1616

niplet1648

dud1679

mamilla1684

duddlea1708

diddy1788

tittya1825

knob1941

nip1970

α.

?a1200 ( tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Harl. 6258B) lxxxix. 129 Wið heortece, nim þisse wyrt leaf.., leȝe ofer þone wynstran tæt [OE Vitell. tit].

c1300 St. Mary Magdalen (Laud) l. 376 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 473 Þanne may mi luytel sone to hire tete take.

c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 2850 (MED) Kay..þat nas nouȝt late Forto souken his moder tate Ac Arturet forsoþe it seke.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xi. 27 Blessid be the teetis whiche thou hast sokun.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 518 I moorne as dooth a lamb after the tete.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 233 Blysse we..the grete lorde, souckynge the maydenly teates of the moste meke vyrgyn.

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 9 The fashion of Tetes in a Cowes vdder.

1618 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden xii. 42 The tree ouer-loaden with fruit..will waine all shee cannot feede, like a woman bringing foorth mo children at once, then she hath teats.

1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 31 Here his soul sweetly sleeps, as the child, with the Teat in its mouth.

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1752) 332 The cow's..teats will be turgent and spring forth.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 103 The teats of some, as in the ape and the elephant, are like those of men, being but two.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 700 Sometimes there are more pigs littered than the sow has teats to give to each.

1882 C. C. Hopley Snakes iv. 85 The rat snake..and the Clothonia of India are ‘said’ to suck the teats of cows.

1937 Bulletin (Sydney) 20 Oct. 20/2 The first four [dormouse-opossums] to arrive are set, each having a teat to fasten to.

1998 G. R. R. Martin Clash of Kings (2005) 361 I was leading Mace Tyrell's van when you were still sucking on your mother's teat.

2015 Closer 28 Mar. 69/2 It's sold for veterinary use—you put it on cows' chapped teats after milking.

β. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2621 A fostre-wimman On was tette he sone aueð lagt.a1450 MS Bodl. 779 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1889) 82 342 Þis me lykeþ bet þan me dede in my ȝouþe mylk of any tet.1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Admitto Admittere partum ad vbera, to receiue to the tette.1620 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes sig. G3 Like as a yongling that to schoole is set, (Scarce weaned from his dandling mothers tet).1669 J. Worlidge Dictionarium Rusticum in Systema Agriculturæ 277 The Cows Dug by some is called the Tett.1709 M. Prior 1st Hymn Callimachus 55 Kind Amalthea reach'd her Tett, distent With Milk.?1754 G. Roberts Prospect She..Press'd forth the Milk, with which her Hands she wet, To mollify the harden'd stubborn Tet.1810 R. Parkinson Treat. Breeding & Managem. Live Stock I. i. 18 Having milked the other two, stroak and rub the udder with the hand, and then try all the tets again.1833 Providence (Rhode Island) Patriot 20 July A dark brown cow... She gives milk from 3 tets only.

b. Chiefly with the. Used allusively to refer to the action of being suckled and hence more generally to the period of infancy. Frequently in phrases such as from the teat, at the teat, etc.The reading in quot. c1350 is unclear.

ΚΠ

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xxi. 8 Þou art myn hope from þe tettes [MS unclear: perhaps read tittes; L. uberibus] of my moder.

c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) i. l. 242 Mercy fro þe tetys grewe wyth hyr.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxii. 129/2 They which haue bin borne of all this time, to whome God hath graunted the grace to be suckled with Gods word euen from the teate, and to bee brought vp in it lykewise.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. iii. 145 Euen at thy teat thou hadst thy tyrranie.

1606 Returne from Pernassus iii. v. sig. F2 Vs our kinde Colledge from the teate did teare [printed teate].

1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia (new ed.) 13 He left a plentifull estate, and such a Sonne, who (as the vulgar speaks it) could live without the teat.

1646 W. Hussey Answer to Mr. Tombes his Scepticall Exam. 41 He teacheth from the teat to the grave, from the ABC, to perfection.

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cxxxi. 2) 653/2 The weanling, though he begin to goe, and speak, and live without the teat.

1789 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Glocestershire I. 224 It is..good management to suffer the calf to remain at the teat, until the milk becomes useful on the dairy.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. I. 253 These [lion cubs]..continue at the teat near twelve months.

1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey (ed. 2) 68 I have twelve brood mares with hardy mules unbroken at the teat.

2012 T. Glover Mating Males i. 2 The completion of body form occurs in the uterus of eutherian mammals in contrast to that of a ‘joey’.., whose longest period of development is at the teat.

c. figurative and in figurative contexts. A source of something, typically something which supports, sustains, or nourishes a person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > source of supply

breastOE

store1297

teata1382

sponge1603

resource1611

fund1628

quarry1630

stock1638

fond1685

feeder1817

stockpile1942

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. lxvi. 11 Gladeþ with ierusalem..þat & ȝee souke & be fulfild of þe tetis [L. ubere] of his counforting.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 232 Putte fro þe þe tetys of ydylnes, þat þou souke no more þer-of for no delyȝt!

1534 J. Fewterer tr. U. Pinder Myrrour Christes Passion i. f. xiii Ye may be replenisshed with the teates or pappes of his consolations.

1569 Act 11 Elizabeth I c. 1 in Statutes Ireland (1621) 320 That..most detestable coyne and liuerie, which was the very nurse and teat that gaue sucke and nutriment to all disobediences.

?1615 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 102 The channels of Gods mercies run through both fields; and they are sister teats of his graces.

1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses vii. 78 His Riches was a never-dying Teat.

1855 Liberator (Boston) 7 Sept. 142/5 They are sucking at the teat of the public cow!

1967 M. D'Avanzo Keats's Metaphors for Poetic Imagination ii. 50 Circe provides the teat of inspiration whose nourishment is..life-giving to Glaucus' imaginative powers.

2005 S. White Missing Persons (2006) vii. 39 An inveterate shopper intent on milking the swollen teat of post-holiday sales.

2. A thing resembling a teat or nipple in appearance; a small conical protuberance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > a protuberance or protuberant part > like a nipple

teat?a1425

nipple1839

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Hunterian) f. 47^v (MED) Þe nose þrilles ben..two holes assending..to þe bones of þe colatorie, where þer ben sette addiciouns mamillers of þe braine, in þe whiche tetes is smelling.

1587 L. Mascall First Bk. Cattell i. 12 Such superfluous flesh on the tongue of cattel..being called of some husbandes, the barbes, or teates.

1602 A. Munday tr. P. de Mornay True Knowl. Mans Owne Selfe 89 The organe of this sence [of Smelling] is two little spungie teates,..which are seated beneath the forehead.

1679 tr. T. Willis Pharmaceutice Rationalis ii. 161 If the skin be viewed naked by a Microscope,..there presents it self..very many Teats in form of a Pyramid.

1750 Gentleman's Mag. July 306/2 Some..of these polypus's have over their first row of horns a ring, consisting of many round and red suckers, or teats, on a very slender pedicle.

1789 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 1788 2 Antiquities 4 They [sc. the trumpets] are all ornamented with little conical teats or projections at each end.

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xix. 284 These teats are connected with internal reservoirs, which yield the fluid matter forming the thread or web.

1876 U.S. Patent 183,676 2/1 The back projection of the block is recessed or formed with a projecting boss or teat.

1916 L. W. Ely & J. F. Cowan Bone & Joint Stud. I. 67 The center of the burned area shows a small projection or teat.

2005 J. E. House Gun Digest Bk. of .22 Rimfire i. 10/2 This type of cartridge..was loaded into the front of the cylinder of a revolver with the teat at the rear.

3. An artificial teat or nipple; esp. a soft perforated bulb usually made of rubber or silicone and fixed to the top of a feeding bottle, through which an infant or young animal may suck milk or other liquids.Nipple is the more usual term in North American use (see nipple n. 1b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > infant's bottle > teat of

teat1825

nipple1853

1825 W. P. Dewees Treat. Physical & Med. Treatm. Children ii. ii. vi. 164 We prefer the flat oblong bottle, with a teat, to the bottle and tube.

1884 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Feeding-cup, an oblong shallow vessel with a tubular end, to which a teat can be affixed for the artificial feeding of young children.

1963 A. Lubbock Austral. Roundabout 5 The kitchen range..had saucepans of milk, and babies' bottles and teats, boiling on the top to feed the..calves and lambs.

1993 Mother & Baby Feb. 60/2 Ensure bottles and teats are sterilised—babies are vulnerable to food poisoning when bottlefed.

2005 Baby & You Feb. 78/1 The new selection of products includes nipple-mimicking silicone teats.

Compounds

teat cup n. (in dairy farming) a device on a milking machine which is placed on an animal's teat.

ΚΠ

1860 Sci. Amer. 2 July 4/2 The teat-cups..are..suitable for different cows without requiring a change.

1954 R. H. Cochrane Farm Machinery & Tractors (ed. 2) 76 The teat cups should be applied immediately after washing the udder.

2013 Irish Times 11 Feb. (Business section) 6/4 A laser scans the udder..and the teat cups are placed on individually in a matter of seconds.

teat drill n. now rare a flat-faced drill with a small sharp pyramidal projection in the centre of the cutting face, used to make holes with a flattened bottom; also called tit drill.The projection keeps the drill in place as it cuts.

ΚΠ

1867 Sci. Amer. 28 Dec. 408/2 The device seems to be eminently well calculated for the support of the cutter on a boring bar, and is applicable, with but slight modification, to a pin or ‘teat’ drill.

1919 E. K. Hammond Mod. Drilling Pract. v. 104 The drill shown..is generally known as a ‘teat’ drill. This type of drill is employed for drilling shallow holes where it is required to have a flat bottom in the hole, or the teat drill may be used for drilling out the bottom of a hole produced with a regular twist drill in order to produce a flat bottom.

1978 U.S. Patent 4,115,017 1 The inner ring thereof is connected to a holding member 22 to secure the drill such as a teat drill.

teatfish n. Australian any of various holothurians (sea cucumbers) of the genus Holothuria, so called from the fleshy papillae on the body surface.

ΚΠ

1862 Sydney Morning Herald 25 Jan. 4/4 These three principal kinds [of beche-de-mer] are ‘teat fish’, ‘small red fish’, and ‘small black fish’, considered as representing first, second, and third qualities.

1934 Sunday Sun (Sydney) 23 Dec. (Color section) 2/4 In the pockets of the rock and dotted about the sandy patches, he noticed the slug-like shapes of innumerable teat-fish and giant black beche-de-mer.

2008 Fisheries Res. 91 112 We document a diurnal shift in the sheltering behaviour of the Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean black teatfish, Holothuria whitmaei.

† teat head n. Obsolete a nipple.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > breast or breasts (of woman) > [noun] > nipple

papc1175

teat?a1200

pap-head?a1425

big?a1439

wartc1440

teat headc1500

nipplec1510

spin1525

dug1530

spean1573

bud1593

milk papa1616

niplet1648

dud1679

mamilla1684

duddlea1708

diddy1788

tittya1825

knob1941

nip1970

c1500 ( tr. J. Bradmore Philomena (Harl. 1736) f. 109^v Þe wyche postulesar lytyll apostumes spryngand in þ^e hed and thei seme as thei wer lytyll bledders or thei wer tett hedds.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xl. 347 Such beasts as be very fruitful..haue many nipples or teat heads [Fr. tetines] all along their belly.

teat stud n. Tailoring any of the small, nipple-shaped, metal studs used as ornamentation on some formal wear, e.g. arranged in a row from collar to waist on a page's jacket; cf. tit stud n. at tit n.¹ Compounds.

ΚΠ

1910 J. Platt MS Let. (O.E.D. Archive) Teat-stud,..technical term, used by tailors..for the tiny plated or gilt buttons which are sewn as closely together as possible down the front of a page's jacket.

2017 www.ecsnaith.com (O.E.D. Archive 2017) Gilt teat stud.

† teat-worm n. Obsolete rare the common threadworm or pinworm, Enterobius vermicularis, a parasitic nematode of the human gut.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Nemathelminthes > [noun] > class Nematoda > family Ascaridae > genus Oxyuris > member of > oxyuris vermicularis (threadworms)

vermicular ascaris1784

threadworm1804

teat-worm1890

seat-worm1893

1890 J. Cagney tr. R. von Jaksch Clin. Diagnosis vi. 150 Oxyuris vermicularis (common thread-worm or teat-worm [Ger. Madenwurm]).

1909 L. J. Hirschman Hand Bk. Dis. of Rectum xvii. 351 Oxyuris vermicularis.—(Common thread worm, teat worm, pin worm, etc.), is a very frequent parasite, especially in young children.

Derivatives

ˈteat-like adj. resembling a teat in appearance or function.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > like a breast or nipple

mammillar?a1425

teat-like1593

mammillary1615

mammiform1699

mammilliform1843

mammillariform1869

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 35^v Who can abstaine from these two round teat-like cheeks?

1638 A. Read Man. Anat. Body of Man (new ed.) i. xvii. 170 Carunculæ papillares, or teat like fleshy substances.

a1776 J. Ellis Nat. Hist. Zoophytes (1786) xv. 179 This whitish leather-like Alcyonium, is spread over rocks, with many convex teat-like figures.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxx. 149 A great number of Lepidopterous larvæ..have between the under-lip and fore-legs a slender transverse opening, containing a teat-like protuberance.

2001 Times 6 Aug. ii. 4/3 These bottles are sold with a teat-like dispenser.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	teat
释义	teatn. Brit. /ˈtiːt/, U.S. /tit/ Forms: α. early Middle English tæt, Middle English tat, Middle English tate, Middle English teatis (plural), Middle English–1500s teete, Middle English–1500s tete, 1500s–1600s teate, 1500s– teat. β. Middle English–1500s tette, Middle English–1800s tet, 1600s–1700s tett. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: tit n.¹ Etymology: Probably originally an alteration of tit n.¹, after Anglo-Norman and Middle French tete, Old French, Middle French, French tette breast, udder (c1200) < a Romance base perhaps in turn borrowed < the Germanic base of tit n.¹ (compare the forms with e cited at that entry), or perhaps of similar imitative origin.Compare Old Occitan teta (13th cent.), Spanish teta (first half of the 13th cent.), Italian tetta (both 14th cent.). 1. a. Originally: the small protuberance at the tip of each breast of a woman, upon which the ducts of the mammary gland open, and from which the milk is sucked by an infant; the nipple (now rare). In later use chiefly: each of two or more fleshy projections on the udder or abdomen of a female placental mammal or marsupial, supplying milk to the young. Formerly also: †the whole breast or udder (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > udder > teat titOE mammaOE teat?a1200 udder1582 drain1587 papilla1684 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > breast or breasts (of woman) > [noun] > nipple papc1175 teat?a1200 pap-head?a1425 big?a1439 wartc1440 teat headc1500 nipplec1510 spin1525 dug1530 spean1573 bud1593 milk papa1616 niplet1648 dud1679 mamilla1684 duddlea1708 diddy1788 tittya1825 knob1941 nip1970 α. ?a1200 ( tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Harl. 6258B) lxxxix. 129 Wið heortece, nim þisse wyrt leaf.., leȝe ofer þone wynstran tæt [OE Vitell. tit]. c1300 St. Mary Magdalen (Laud) l. 376 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 473 Þanne may mi luytel sone to hire tete take. c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 2850 (MED) Kay..þat nas nouȝt late Forto souken his moder tate Ac Arturet forsoþe it seke. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xi. 27 Blessid be the teetis whiche thou hast sokun. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 518 I moorne as dooth a lamb after the tete. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 233 Blysse we..the grete lorde, souckynge the maydenly teates of the moste meke vyrgyn. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 9 The fashion of Tetes in a Cowes vdder. 1618 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden xii. 42 The tree ouer-loaden with fruit..will waine all shee cannot feede, like a woman bringing foorth mo children at once, then she hath teats. 1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 31 Here his soul sweetly sleeps, as the child, with the Teat in its mouth. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1752) 332 The cow's..teats will be turgent and spring forth. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 103 The teats of some, as in the ape and the elephant, are like those of men, being but two. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 700 Sometimes there are more pigs littered than the sow has teats to give to each. 1882 C. C. Hopley Snakes iv. 85 The rat snake..and the Clothonia of India are ‘said’ to suck the teats of cows. 1937 Bulletin (Sydney) 20 Oct. 20/2 The first four [dormouse-opossums] to arrive are set, each having a teat to fasten to. 1998 G. R. R. Martin Clash of Kings (2005) 361 I was leading Mace Tyrell's van when you were still sucking on your mother's teat. 2015 Closer 28 Mar. 69/2 It's sold for veterinary use—you put it on cows' chapped teats after milking. β. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2621 A fostre-wimman On was tette he sone aueð lagt.a1450 MS Bodl. 779 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1889) 82 342 Þis me lykeþ bet þan me dede in my ȝouþe mylk of any tet.1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Admitto Admittere partum ad vbera, to receiue to the tette.1620 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes sig. G3 Like as a yongling that to schoole is set, (Scarce weaned from his dandling mothers tet).1669 J. Worlidge Dictionarium Rusticum in Systema Agriculturæ 277 The Cows Dug by some is called the Tett.1709 M. Prior 1st Hymn Callimachus 55 Kind Amalthea reach'd her Tett, distent With Milk.?1754 G. Roberts Prospect She..Press'd forth the Milk, with which her Hands she wet, To mollify the harden'd stubborn Tet.1810 R. Parkinson Treat. Breeding & Managem. Live Stock I. i. 18 Having milked the other two, stroak and rub the udder with the hand, and then try all the tets again.1833 Providence (Rhode Island) Patriot 20 July A dark brown cow... She gives milk from 3 tets only. b. Chiefly with the. Used allusively to refer to the action of being suckled and hence more generally to the period of infancy. Frequently in phrases such as from the teat, at the teat, etc.The reading in quot. c1350 is unclear. ΚΠ c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xxi. 8 Þou art myn hope from þe tettes [MS unclear: perhaps read tittes; L. uberibus] of my moder. c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) i. l. 242 Mercy fro þe tetys grewe wyth hyr. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxii. 129/2 They which haue bin borne of all this time, to whome God hath graunted the grace to be suckled with Gods word euen from the teate, and to bee brought vp in it lykewise. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. iii. 145 Euen at thy teat thou hadst thy tyrranie. View more context for this quotation 1606 Returne from Pernassus iii. v. sig. F2 Vs our kinde Colledge from the teate did teare [printed teate]. 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia (new ed.) 13 He left a plentifull estate, and such a Sonne, who (as the vulgar speaks it) could live without the teat. 1646 W. Hussey Answer to Mr. Tombes his Scepticall Exam. 41 He teacheth from the teat to the grave, from the ABC, to perfection. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cxxxi. 2) 653/2 The weanling, though he begin to goe, and speak, and live without the teat. 1789 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Glocestershire I. 224 It is..good management to suffer the calf to remain at the teat, until the milk becomes useful on the dairy. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. I. 253 These [lion cubs]..continue at the teat near twelve months. 1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey (ed. 2) 68 I have twelve brood mares with hardy mules unbroken at the teat. 2012 T. Glover Mating Males i. 2 The completion of body form occurs in the uterus of eutherian mammals in contrast to that of a ‘joey’.., whose longest period of development is at the teat. c. figurative and in figurative contexts. A source of something, typically something which supports, sustains, or nourishes a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > source of supply breastOE store1297 teata1382 sponge1603 resource1611 fund1628 quarry1630 stock1638 fond1685 feeder1817 stockpile1942 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. lxvi. 11 Gladeþ with ierusalem..þat & ȝee souke & be fulfild of þe tetis [L. ubere] of his counforting. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 232 Putte fro þe þe tetys of ydylnes, þat þou souke no more þer-of for no delyȝt! 1534 J. Fewterer tr. U. Pinder Myrrour Christes Passion i. f. xiii Ye may be replenisshed with the teates or pappes of his consolations. 1569 Act 11 Elizabeth I c. 1 in Statutes Ireland (1621) 320 That..most detestable coyne and liuerie, which was the very nurse and teat that gaue sucke and nutriment to all disobediences. ?1615 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 102 The channels of Gods mercies run through both fields; and they are sister teats of his graces. 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses vii. 78 His Riches was a never-dying Teat. 1855 Liberator (Boston) 7 Sept. 142/5 They are sucking at the teat of the public cow! 1967 M. D'Avanzo Keats's Metaphors for Poetic Imagination ii. 50 Circe provides the teat of inspiration whose nourishment is..life-giving to Glaucus' imaginative powers. 2005 S. White Missing Persons (2006) vii. 39 An inveterate shopper intent on milking the swollen teat of post-holiday sales. 2. A thing resembling a teat or nipple in appearance; a small conical protuberance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > a protuberance or protuberant part > like a nipple teat?a1425 nipple1839 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Hunterian) f. 47^v (MED) Þe nose þrilles ben..two holes assending..to þe bones of þe colatorie, where þer ben sette addiciouns mamillers of þe braine, in þe whiche tetes is smelling. 1587 L. Mascall First Bk. Cattell i. 12 Such superfluous flesh on the tongue of cattel..being called of some husbandes, the barbes, or teates. 1602 A. Munday tr. P. de Mornay True Knowl. Mans Owne Selfe 89 The organe of this sence [of Smelling] is two little spungie teates,..which are seated beneath the forehead. 1679 tr. T. Willis Pharmaceutice Rationalis ii. 161 If the skin be viewed naked by a Microscope,..there presents it self..very many Teats in form of a Pyramid. 1750 Gentleman's Mag. July 306/2 Some..of these polypus's have over their first row of horns a ring, consisting of many round and red suckers, or teats, on a very slender pedicle. 1789 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 1788 2 Antiquities 4 They [sc. the trumpets] are all ornamented with little conical teats or projections at each end. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xix. 284 These teats are connected with internal reservoirs, which yield the fluid matter forming the thread or web. 1876 U.S. Patent 183,676 2/1 The back projection of the block is recessed or formed with a projecting boss or teat. 1916 L. W. Ely & J. F. Cowan Bone & Joint Stud. I. 67 The center of the burned area shows a small projection or teat. 2005 J. E. House Gun Digest Bk. of .22 Rimfire i. 10/2 This type of cartridge..was loaded into the front of the cylinder of a revolver with the teat at the rear. 3. An artificial teat or nipple; esp. a soft perforated bulb usually made of rubber or silicone and fixed to the top of a feeding bottle, through which an infant or young animal may suck milk or other liquids.Nipple is the more usual term in North American use (see nipple n. 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > infant's bottle > teat of teat1825 nipple1853 1825 W. P. Dewees Treat. Physical & Med. Treatm. Children ii. ii. vi. 164 We prefer the flat oblong bottle, with a teat, to the bottle and tube. 1884 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Feeding-cup, an oblong shallow vessel with a tubular end, to which a teat can be affixed for the artificial feeding of young children. 1963 A. Lubbock Austral. Roundabout 5 The kitchen range..had saucepans of milk, and babies' bottles and teats, boiling on the top to feed the..calves and lambs. 1993 Mother & Baby Feb. 60/2 Ensure bottles and teats are sterilised—babies are vulnerable to food poisoning when bottlefed. 2005 Baby & You Feb. 78/1 The new selection of products includes nipple-mimicking silicone teats. Compounds teat cup n. (in dairy farming) a device on a milking machine which is placed on an animal's teat. ΚΠ 1860 Sci. Amer. 2 July 4/2 The teat-cups..are..suitable for different cows without requiring a change. 1954 R. H. Cochrane Farm Machinery & Tractors (ed. 2) 76 The teat cups should be applied immediately after washing the udder. 2013 Irish Times 11 Feb. (Business section) 6/4 A laser scans the udder..and the teat cups are placed on individually in a matter of seconds. teat drill n. now rare a flat-faced drill with a small sharp pyramidal projection in the centre of the cutting face, used to make holes with a flattened bottom; also called tit drill.The projection keeps the drill in place as it cuts. ΚΠ 1867 Sci. Amer. 28 Dec. 408/2 The device seems to be eminently well calculated for the support of the cutter on a boring bar, and is applicable, with but slight modification, to a pin or ‘teat’ drill. 1919 E. K. Hammond Mod. Drilling Pract. v. 104 The drill shown..is generally known as a ‘teat’ drill. This type of drill is employed for drilling shallow holes where it is required to have a flat bottom in the hole, or the teat drill may be used for drilling out the bottom of a hole produced with a regular twist drill in order to produce a flat bottom. 1978 U.S. Patent 4,115,017 1 The inner ring thereof is connected to a holding member 22 to secure the drill such as a teat drill. teatfish n. Australian any of various holothurians (sea cucumbers) of the genus Holothuria, so called from the fleshy papillae on the body surface. ΚΠ 1862 Sydney Morning Herald 25 Jan. 4/4 These three principal kinds [of beche-de-mer] are ‘teat fish’, ‘small red fish’, and ‘small black fish’, considered as representing first, second, and third qualities. 1934 Sunday Sun (Sydney) 23 Dec. (Color section) 2/4 In the pockets of the rock and dotted about the sandy patches, he noticed the slug-like shapes of innumerable teat-fish and giant black beche-de-mer. 2008 Fisheries Res. 91 112 We document a diurnal shift in the sheltering behaviour of the Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean black teatfish, Holothuria whitmaei. † teat head n. Obsolete a nipple. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > breast or breasts (of woman) > [noun] > nipple papc1175 teat?a1200 pap-head?a1425 big?a1439 wartc1440 teat headc1500 nipplec1510 spin1525 dug1530 spean1573 bud1593 milk papa1616 niplet1648 dud1679 mamilla1684 duddlea1708 diddy1788 tittya1825 knob1941 nip1970 c1500 ( tr. J. Bradmore Philomena (Harl. 1736) f. 109^v Þe wyche postulesar lytyll apostumes spryngand in þ^e hed and thei seme as thei wer lytyll bledders or thei wer tett hedds. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xl. 347 Such beasts as be very fruitful..haue many nipples or teat heads [Fr. tetines] all along their belly. teat stud n. Tailoring any of the small, nipple-shaped, metal studs used as ornamentation on some formal wear, e.g. arranged in a row from collar to waist on a page's jacket; cf. tit stud n. at tit n.¹ Compounds. ΚΠ 1910 J. Platt MS Let. (O.E.D. Archive) Teat-stud,..technical term, used by tailors..for the tiny plated or gilt buttons which are sewn as closely together as possible down the front of a page's jacket. 2017 www.ecsnaith.com (O.E.D. Archive 2017) Gilt teat stud. † teat-worm n. Obsolete rare the common threadworm or pinworm, Enterobius vermicularis, a parasitic nematode of the human gut. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Nemathelminthes > [noun] > class Nematoda > family Ascaridae > genus Oxyuris > member of > oxyuris vermicularis (threadworms) vermicular ascaris1784 threadworm1804 teat-worm1890 seat-worm1893 1890 J. Cagney tr. R. von Jaksch Clin. Diagnosis vi. 150 Oxyuris vermicularis (common thread-worm or teat-worm [Ger. Madenwurm]). 1909 L. J. Hirschman Hand Bk. Dis. of Rectum xvii. 351 Oxyuris vermicularis.—(Common thread worm, teat worm, pin worm, etc.), is a very frequent parasite, especially in young children. Derivatives ˈteat-like adj. resembling a teat in appearance or function. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > like a breast or nipple mammillar?a1425 teat-like1593 mammillary1615 mammiform1699 mammilliform1843 mammillariform1869 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 35^v Who can abstaine from these two round teat-like cheeks? 1638 A. Read Man. Anat. Body of Man (new ed.) i. xvii. 170 Carunculæ papillares, or teat like fleshy substances. a1776 J. Ellis Nat. Hist. Zoophytes (1786) xv. 179 This whitish leather-like Alcyonium, is spread over rocks, with many convex teat-like figures. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxx. 149 A great number of Lepidopterous larvæ..have between the under-lip and fore-legs a slender transverse opening, containing a teat-like protuberance. 2001 Times 6 Aug. ii. 4/3 These bottles are sold with a teat-like dispenser. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?a1200
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