Now dial. and techn. Also erron. teaming. [f. TEEM v.2 + -ING1.] The action of emptying, pouring out, or unloading; spec. the pouring of the molten steel into the ingot-molds in steel-manufacture. Also attrib.
1641. Best, Farm. Bks. (Surtees), 36. Wee usually leade to one place till such time as it beginne to bee troublesome teaminge, and then goe wee to another.
1840. Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl., III. 391/2. The wagons when teamed retaining a third of their contents plastered to the sides and bottom, and so requiring double the time for teaming.
1875. Knight, Dict. Mech., 1183/2. The operation of pouring the metal is called teaming. Ibid. (1877), Teeming-punch, one for starting or driving a bolt out of a hole. A drift.
