Tee

·noun The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits.

II. Tee ·add. ·vt To place (the ball) on a tee.

III. Tee ·noun The nodule of earth from which the ball is struck in golf.

IV. Tee ·add. ·noun The letter T, t; also, something shaped like, or resembling in form, the letter T.

V. Tee ·noun A short piece of pipe having a lateral outlet, used to connect a line of pipe with a pipe at a right angle with the line;

— so called because it resembles the letter T in shape.

Tee iron
·- ·see T iron, under <<T>>. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
tee-total
Entirey; total. A modern cant word, formed by reduplication, the syllable tee being used for the let...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
tee-totaller
A thorough temperance man, who avoids every kind of ardent spirits, wine, and beer. A stump orator ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
tee-totally
Entirely; totally. The meetin' houses on one side of the water, how tee-totally different they be!-...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
tee-iron
An instrument for drawing the lower box in the barrel of a pump. T-shaped clamp, knee, or other piec...

The Sailor's Word-Book
tee-totaller
A very old and general amplification of totally, recently borrowed from sea diction to mark a class ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Tee-to-tum
·add. ·noun A workingmen's resort conducted under religious influences as a counteractant to the dri...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language