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    Team , n. [OE. tem, team, AS. teám, offspring, progeny, race of descendants, family; akin to D. toom a bridle, LG. toom progeny, team, bridle, G. zaum a bridle, zeugen to beget, Icel. taumr a rein, bridle, Dan. tömme, Sw. töm, and also to E. tow to drag, tug to draw. √64. See Tug, and cf. Teem to bear.]
    1. A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter.
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      A team of ducklings about her.
      Holland.

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    2. Hence, a number of animals moving together.
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      A long team of snowy swans on high.
      Dryden.

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    3. Two or more horses, oxen, or other beasts harnessed to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, wagon, sled, or the like. “A team of dolphins.”
      Spenser.

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      To take his team and till the earth.
      Piers Plowman.

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      It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from some neighboring farm to tug them out of the slough.
      Macaulay.

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    4. A number of persons associated together in any work; a gang; especially, a number of persons selected to contend on one side in a match, or a series of matches, in a cricket, football, rowing, etc.
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    5. (Zool.) A flock of wild ducks.
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    6. (O. Eng. Law) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
      Burrill.

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    Team , v. i. To engage in the occupation of driving a team of horses, cattle, or the like, as in conveying or hauling lumber, goods, etc.; to be a teamster.
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    Team, v. t. To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber. [R.]
    Thoreau.

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