Team
Team (tēm) , noun
[Old English tem, team, Anglo-Saxon teám, offspring, progeny, race of descendants, family; akin to Dutch toom a bridle, LG. toom progeny, team, bridle, German zaum a bridle, zeugen to beget, Icelandic taumr a rein, bridle, Danish tomme, Swedish tom, and also to English tow to drag, tug to draw. r64. See Tug, and compare Teem to bear.]
1.
A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter.
A team of ducklings about her.
2.
Hence, a number of animals moving together.
A long team of snowy swans on high.
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.
To take his team and till the earth.
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.
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.
5.
(Zoology) A flock of wild ducks.
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
Team , intransitive verb
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.
Team , transitive verb
To convey or haul with a team; as, to team lumber. [Rare] — Thoreau