Tēat, n.
n. [A.-S. tit, titt (not unusually so pronounced to this day), L. Ger. & O. D. titte, H. Ger. zitze, Corn. titi, W. tēth, didi, Ir. did, Basque dítia, dithia, titia, Gr. τίτθη, τίτθης; Fr. tette, téton, Pr. & Sp. teta, It. tetta, zitta, zezzolo, ciziza.] [Written also tit.]
- That organ, in females of the mammalia, through which their young draw the milk from the breast or the udder.
- (Mach.) A small nozzle resembling a teat.