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teek
(gcide) | Teak \Teak\ (t[=e]k), n. [Malayalam tekku.] (Bot.)
A tree of East Indies (Tectona grandis) which furnishes an
extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for
shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the
tree. [Written also teek.]
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African teak, a tree (Oldfieldia Africana) of Sierra
Leone; also, its very heavy and durable wood; -- called
also African oak.
New Zeland teak, a large tree (Vitex littoralis) of New
Zeland; also, its hard, durable timber.
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Teek
(gcide) | Teek \Teek\, n. (Bot.)
See Teak. [Obs.]
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Steek
(gcide) | Steek \Steek\, Steik \Steik\(st[=e]k), v. t. [Cf. Stick, v.
t.]
To pierce with a sharp instrument; hence, to stitch; to sew;
also, to fix; to fasten. [Scot.]
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teek
(gcide) | Teak \Teak\ (t[=e]k), n. [Malayalam tekku.] (Bot.)
A tree of East Indies (Tectona grandis) which furnishes an
extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for
shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the
tree. [Written also teek.]
[1913 Webster]
African teak, a tree (Oldfieldia Africana) of Sierra
Leone; also, its very heavy and durable wood; -- called
also African oak.
New Zeland teak, a large tree (Vitex littoralis) of New
Zeland; also, its hard, durable timber.
[1913 Webster]Teek \Teek\, n. (Bot.)
See Teak. [Obs.]
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