obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Ta, to take. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Prov. E.; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. tað dung, taða the grass of a manured pasture, teðja to manure. √58. Cf. Ted. ]
v. t. To manure (land) by pasturing cattle on it, or causing them to lie upon it. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]