GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 4 definitions

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   Teen , n. [OE. tene, AS. teóna reproach, wrong, fr. teón to accuse; akin to G. zeihen, Goth. gateihan to tell, announce, L. dicere to say. See Token.] Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain. [Archaic]
   Chaucer. Spenser.
   
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   With public toil and private teen
   Thou sank'st alone.
   M. Arnold.
   
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   Teen, v. t. [AS. teónian, tnan, to slander, vex. √64. See Teen, n.] To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure. [Obs.]
   Piers Plowman.
   
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3.       
   Teen, v. t. [See Tine to shut.] To hedge or fence in; to inclose. [Prov. Eng.]
   Halliwell.
   
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4.       
   Teen, n. a teenager.
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