Reverse Dictionary: TEA

ADJECTIVES
1840 — WATER BEWITCHED AND TEA BEGRUDGED said of weak tea → Amer. dial.
1847 — BARE of tea: undiluted → Amer. dial.
1847 — BAREFOOT of tea: undiluted → Amer. dial.
1847 — BAREFOOTED of tea: undiluted → Amer. dial.
1904 — SAMMY of tea: half-cold, insipid → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1940 — WITH SOCKS ON of tea: with milk or cream →Amer. dial.

NOUNS
1505 — STROUP the spout of a kettle, teapot, etc. → chiefly Sc.
1658 — CHA tea
1704 — CANISTER a quantity of tea from 75 to 100 lbs. weight → obs.
1722 — WATER BEWITCHED weak tea → sl.
1773 — MAKING the quantity or amount made at one time; said of tea → Sc.
1785 — CHATTER-BROTH tea → sl.
1785 — SCANDAL-BROTH tea → sl.
1786 — MASKING POT a teapot → Sc.
1786 — PRATTLE-BROTH  tea → sl.
1786 — SCANDAL-POTION tea → Sc.
1790 — JABBLE weak tea → Sc.
..19C — CAT-BLASH weak tea → Eng. dial.
..19C — TEA-ROYAL tea with spirits in it → Eng. dial.
1810 — GRUTS tea → colloq.
1822 — SCANDAL-WATER tea → sl.
1824 — BITCH tea → Eng. dial.
1824 — SCALD tea → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1849 — TEA-FIGHT a tea party → sl.
.M19 — MISERABLE weak tea → sl.
.M19 — OLD GOWN smuggled tea → sl.
1852 — JACK-THE-PAINTER a much adulterated green tea used in the bush → Aust. sl.
1857 — SPLIT PEA tea → rhyming sl.
1859 — RIVER LEA tea, esp. a poor quality cup of tea → UK rhyming sl.
1859 — SCANDAL-SOUP tea → sl.
1860 — MUFFIN-WORRY a tea-party → Brit. sl.
1860 — OLD GOWN smuggled tea → sl.
1866 — CHI → CHY tea; a meal or snack at which tea is served → Amer. dial.
1868 — TEA-DISH a teacup, esp. an old-fashioned one made without a handle → Eng. dial.
1870 — MAHOGANY SLOSH cook-shop or coffee-stall tea
1870 — MONEY bubbles in a cup of tea → colloq.
1878 — QUART-POT TEA a tea made in the bush; a tin quart of water is set down by the fire, and when it is boiling hard, a handful of tea is thrown in → Aust. 
1881 — JACK-SHAY → JACKSHEA a tin quart-pot used for boiling water for tea → Aust.
1885 — MUFFIN-FIGHT a tea-party → Brit. sl.
1885 — TEA BEGRUDGED tea given sparingly, weak tea → Eng. dial.
1889 — BUN-STRUGGLE a tea-party; orig. an entertainment for soldiers in a garrison → sl., orig. military usage
1891 — TEA-AND-EATING a tea party at which substantial food is provided → Sc.
1893 — DANKS tea leaves → Eng. dial.
1895 — CHINAMAN a cup of tea → Amer. sl., usually offensive
1895 — WACK-ROWDY-DOW  weak tea. → Eng. dial.
1897 — A DISH OF TEA a cup of tea → Sc.
1897 — SCALDER tea → sl.
1897 — SEASONING cream or sugar as an ingredient in tea → Amer. dial.
1898 — BILLY CALL FATHER weak tea → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 — A PITCHER OF TEA a cup of tea → Sc.
..L19 — ARMS AND LEGS weak tea; i.e. a drink that has ‘no body’ → Eng. sl.
..L19 — CHAR AND WADS tea and buns → sl. obs.
..L19 — MAID’S WATER any weak drink, esp. of tea → Aust. sl.
..L19 — SNOW-BROTH cold tea → sl.
1900 — WHALER’S DELIGHT brown sugar mixed with cold tea to make a thick paste → Aust. sl.
1905 — MANTY-MAKER’S STIR  a stir given to the teapot to improve poor tea → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — NERRY a tea-kettle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 — BLIB a weak, watery portion; said of tea → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BUN-WORRY a tea-party; orig. an entertainment for soldiers in a garrison → sl., orig. military usage
1912 — GUNFIRE an early morning cup of tea served to troops before going on first parade, esp. one laced with rum → army sl.
1915 — CAP AND WAD tea and a bun in canteen, YMCA, or Church Army hut → World War I services’ sl.
1919 — CHAR tea → Brit. sl.
1920 — ACKAMARACKER → ACKAMARAKA → ACKERMARACKER tea → sl.
1922 — NOODLE JUICE tea → US sl.
1923 — GRUNTING PECK tea → sl.
1925 — ROSIE (LEE) → ROSY (LEE)  tea → Brit. rhyming sl.
1925 — SERGEANT-MAJOR(‘S)  strong sweet tea → Brit. military sl.
1925 — SERGEANT-MAJOR(‘S)  tea with rum → Brit. military sl.
1927 — SKILLY weak tea → sl.
1928 — BUN-FIGHT a tea party → sl.
1930 — GYPSIE LEE tea → Aust. rhyming sl.
1930 — OIL tea → army sl.
1930 — RUSSIAN TEA tea laced with rum 
1931 — DRUM a tin or can in which tea is made → sl.
1933 — TANCY LEE tea → rhyming sl.
1934 — CUPPA a cup of tea → Brit. colloq.
1940 — MIKE a cup of tea → Aust. sl.
1942 — BOILED LEAVES tea → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — COLD ENGLISH iced tea → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — DISHWATER weak tea → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1942 — ENGLISH tea → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — ENGLISH WINTER iced tea → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — NUX tea → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1944 — BREW-UP the making of tea → sl.
1950 — JUNGLE JUICE tea → sl., chiefly UK juvenile usage
1960 — NANCY LEE tea → Brit. rhyming sl.
1960 — SPLASH tea → Brit. sl.
1961 — SAILORS (ON THE SEA)  tea → UK rhyming sl.
1965 — DITCHWATER weak tea → Amer. dial.
1967 — CHINA a cup of tea, as served at a lunch counter → Amer. sl.
1967 — COLD SPOT a glass of iced tea → US sl.
1967 — IRISH TEA a drink made of tea laced with whisky → Amer. dial.
1979 — SHEEP DIP strong tea → Amer. lumberjacks’ usage
1980 — DARREL LEA tea → Aust. prison sl.
1984 — SHELL SHOCK tea served in a casual ward or hostel → UK sl.
1988 — SLUSH tea → Sc. sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1837 — TEA-MAN a merchant who deals in tea; a tea-dealer
1885 — TEA-FIGHTER a person who attends a tea party, and by implication dislikes alcohol → Aust. sl.
1891 — TEAER a person who takes tea
1893 — CREEPER a pupil in the tea-planting trade, esp. in Ceylon 
1893 — TEAPOT a person who drinks an excessive amount of tea →US sl.
1896 — TEA-HAND a tea-drinker → Sc.
1905 — TEA-MAN a person who is addicted to drinking tea → Sc.
1915 — TEA-HOUND a man who frequents tea parties; a ladies’ man; a womanizer
1917 — TEA-GUZZLER a man who frequents tea parties → US sl.
1919 — TEA-DRUNKARD a person who habitually drinks tea to such excess as to suffer from its toxic effects
1953 — TEA-JENNY a person who is addicted to drinking tea, male or female → Sc.

PHRASES
..19C — THE TEA IS FIT the tea is ready → Eng. dial.
..19C — THE TEA IS LIKE the tea is ready → Eng. dial.

VERBS
1744 — CHEER BUT NOT INEBRIATE to refresh or invigorate a person without causing drunkenness; said of tea 
1814 — MASK to infuse tea → Sc.
1825 — BEAM to warm or season it before putting in the tea; said of a teapot → Sc.
1839 — BOIL THE BILLY to make a cup of tea → Aust. sl.
1845 — MASH to infuse tea → Eng. dial.
1877 — MILK to add milk to tea → Eng. dial.
1884 — THROTTLE THE TEAPOT to have tea; ‘to squeeze the pot’ → Eng. dial.
..20C — SCALD to make tea → Irish sl.
1916 — BREW UP to make tea → sl.
1923 — DRUM UP to make tea in a billy-can, etc. → sl.
1967 — SEASON to add cream or sugar to tea → Amer. dial.