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teache

teache noun: one of the series of boilers in which the cane juice is treated in making sugar; especially, the last boiler of the series. Also the archaic spelling of teach.

Noun

teache (plural teaches)

  1. One of the series of boilers in which the cane juice is treated in making sugar; especially, the last boiler of the series.
    • […] when the liquor is reduced sufficiently, so as to be contained in the third smaller copper, it is ladled into that, and so on to the last, called the teache, so named probably from the practice, at this stage of the process, of trying the consistency of the boiled juice by the touch.1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica” in Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, pp. xcv-xcvi

Also used as

teache is also the archaic spelling of teach.

Forms of teache

pluralteaches

Questions about teache

What does teache mean?
Teache means one of the series of boilers in which the cane juice is treated in making sugar; especially, the last boiler of the series.
What part of speech is teache?
Teache is a noun.
What is the plural of teache?
The plural of teache is teaches.

Words near teache in the dictionary

  1. teachable moments
  2. teachableness
  3. teachablenesses
  4. teachables
  5. teachably
  6. teache
  7. teached
  8. teacher
  9. Teacher Appreciation Week
  10. teacher bird
  11. teacher birds

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