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▪ I. teeming, vbl. n.1|ˈtiːmɪŋ|
[f. teem v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of teem v.1
†1. The production or bringing forth of offspring; breeding; child-bearing. Also fig. Obs.
c1430Hymns Virg. 4 Heil þat alle wommen on doon calle in temynge, whanne þei ben hard bistadde! 1540R. Hyrde tr. Vives' Instr. Chr. Wom. ii. ix. (1557) 104 To haue enui at other for their beautie, & their welfare, or plentous teming. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Rom. 10 Thoughe hymself was feble, and his wyfe lykewyse passed temyng. 1607Markham Caval. i. (1617) 50 The onely time of danger is at the first conception, and at the time of teaming. 1672Marvell Reh. Transp. i. 148 Mr. Bayes in the Preface of his Defence to excuse his long teeming before it were brought forth. 1705Hickeringill Priest-cr. iii. Wks. 1716 III. 160 They were Twins..and if old Eve had miscarried of them at her first Teeming, I think it had been no great loss.
†b. concr. Offspring, produce, progeny. Obs.
1654Whitlock Zootomia 429 The Suns..that shined with gladding Influences, on worthy Teemings of a fruitfull Brain.
2. Abundant productiveness, fecundity, fertility, fruitfulness.
1856Dove Logic Chr. Faith v. i. §2. 279 The prolific teeming of the everbearing World. 1879Times 6 Sept., The rushing of water from the..rills keeps pace with the teeming of the earth and with the ripening of its fruits.
3. attrib. and Comb.: † teeming-date, teeming-time, breeding-time, reproductive period.
1593Shakes. Rich. II, v. ii. 91 Is not my teeming date drunke vp with time? a1700Roxb. Ball. (1890) VII. 117 And Teeming-time we are loath to lose, and why should not Damsels go? 1737Fielding Tumble-down Dick Wks. (1766) 251/1 What shall I do to get another son, For now, alas! my teeming-time is done?
▪ II. ˈteeming, vbl. n.2 Now dial. and techn.
Also erron. teaming.
[f. teem v.2 + -ing1.]
1. The action of emptying, pouring out, or unloading; spec. the pouring of the molten steel into the ingot-moulds in steel-manufacture. Also attrib.
1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 36 Wee usually leade to one place till such time as it beginne to bee troublesome teaminge, and then goe wee to another. 1840Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. III. 391/2 The wagons when teamed retaining a third of their contents plastered to the sides and bottom, and so requiring double the time for teaming. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 1183/2 The operation of pouring the metal is called teaming. 1877Ibid., Teeming-punch, one for starting or driving a bolt out of a hole. A drift.
2. Phr. teeming and lading (lit. ‘unloading and loading’): see quot. 1937. slang.
1937Partridge Dict. Slang 869/2 Teeming and lading, accountants' slang. ‘Using cash received to-day to make up cash embezzled yesterday.’ 1957J. Braine Room at Top v. 45 He'd made a dreadful mess of his Cash and Deposits book; such a mess that for a moment I suspected him of teeming and lading. 1979Financial Times 18 May 8/5 Mr Jaggard had..covered the theft by ‘accelerating the banking of cheques received in a subsequent accounting period’ and later falsifying records—a practice known among accountants as ‘teeming and lading’.
▪ III. ˈteeming, ppl. a.1
[f. teem v.1 + -ing2.]
1. That bears or breeds offspring; pregnant, gravid, ‘breeding’. arch. and dial.
1535Goodly Primer, Litany, That teeming women may have joyful speed in their labour. 1593Drayton Eclogues x. 46 Their teeming Eawes to helpe when they did yeane. 1676Grew Anat. Flowers ii. i. §3 As Teeming Women, gradually slaken their Laces. a1719Addison tr. Ovid, Calisto 99 A lovely boy the teeming rival bore. 1822Scott Pirate iv, Mrs. Yellowley had a remarkable dream, as is the usual practice of teeming mothers previous to the birth of an illustrious offspring.
†b. Fructifying; germinating, sprouting. Obs.
1704Pope Windsor For. 53 Kind seasons swell'd the teeming grain. 1835Ure Phil. Manuf. 231 The teeming seed is now covered with a sheet of paper pierced with holes.
2. Abundantly productive; fertile, prolific.
1593Shakes. Rich. II, ii. i. 51 This blessed plot, this earth, this Realme, this England, This Nurse, this teeming wombe of Royall Kings. c1600― Sonn. xcvii, The teeming Autumne big with ritch increase. 1768Beattie Minstr. ii. l, Where Nature loads the teeming plain With the full pomp of vegetable store. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge xl, The plan..which had suggested itself to the teeming brain of his..commander.
b. transf. Abounding; swarming; crowded.
1715Pattern True Love in Halliw. Yorks. Anthol. (1851) 13 Odd tales which heretofore Did so amuse the teeming throng. 1725Pope Odyss. iv. 240 With teeming plenty to reward their toil. 1838Prescott Ferd. & Is. (1846) II. ix. 464 The teeming treasures of the Indies. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey II. 202 The teeming multitudes which must have crowded the cities. a1873Deutsch Rem. (1874) 136 It shews us the teeming streets of Jerusalem.
Hence ˈteemingly adv., productively; ˈteemingness, productiveness, fecundity.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 120 The hand giving a kind of teemingness to the spring. 1895Clarion 2 Nov. 1/4 Our cause spreads teemingly.
▪ IV. ˈteeming, ppl. a.2
[f. teem v.2 + -ing2.]
That ‘teems’ or pours, pouring. Now dial. except with reference to rain.
1695Ld. Preston Boeth. i. 2 The weeping Muse..whose teeming Eyes Keep time with her's. 1880A. B. Todd Poet. Wks. (1907) 222 The streams, swoln by the teeming rain. 1955Times 14 May 4/1 Teeming rain ushered in the evening session, but stopped before the arrival of the Queen, who drove round the ring on her arrival. |