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▪ I. † tect, n. Obs. rare—1. [ad. L. tect-um roof, prop. neut. of tectus, pa. pple. ‘covered’: see next.] A roof. In comb. ˈtect-deˈmolished a., having the roof demolished, disroofed.
1632Lithgow Trav. x. 432 Tect-demolished Churches, vnpassable Bridges. ▪ II. † tect, ppl. a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. tect-us, pa. pple. of tegĕre to cover.] Covered, hidden. (Const. as pa. pple. See also tectly.) So † ˈtected.
c1440Pallad. on Husb. vi. 180 With chaf or fern this boordis do be tecte. Ibid. viii. 79 The tuppe is chosun fair of altitude, Ywombed side, and tecte in whitest wolle. c1557Abp. Parker Ps. cxv. 332 Why els no doubt, the Heathen sect, Would say where is their God so tect? 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 459 The shells wherewith they are tected. |