v. t.
The smell of grain or tedded grass. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The tedded hay and corn sheaved in one field. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ OE. √64. See Tether. ] Same as Tether. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its drying. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖a.;
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. --
I see a man's life is a tedious one. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I would not be tedious to the court. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ L. taedium, fr. taedet it disgusts, it wearies one. ] Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness.
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 ]