tedded

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Verb

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tedded

  1. simple past and past participle of ted

Adjective

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tedded (comparative more tedded, superlative most tedded)

  1. Spread out to dry.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC:
      Forth issuing on a Summers Morn to breathe / Among the pleasant Villages and Farmes / Adjoind, from each thing met conceaves delight, / The smell of Grain, or tedded Grass, or Kine [] .
    • a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: [] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, [], published 1768, →OCLC:
      Wide flies the tedded grain; all in a row / Advancing broad, or wheeling round the field, / They spread the breathing harvest to the sun [] .