Obs. Also tead(-e. [ad. L. tæda, tēda pine-torch.] A resinous piece of pine used as a torch; a wood-torch.
1562. Turner, Herbal, II. 89. A tede is a fat and roseny pece of a pyne or pich tre, which hewen of, serueth for torches.
1591. Spenser, Muiopotmos, 293. A burning Teade about his head did move.
1624. Darcie, Birth of Heresies, xv. 61. A Lamp or high Taper, which ordinarily was of Tede or Pine.
1637. Whiting, Albino & Bellama, 27. Bellama’s bridall tede is lighted now.
