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Teach, or Thatch, Edward (d. 1718), English pirate, widely known as ‘Blackbeard’ from his odd habit of tying up the ends of his long black beard with ribbons and curling them back over his ears. He was born in Bristol and is said to have served as a privateer in the West Indies during the War of the Spanish Succession (1702–13) and to have turned to piracy on the declaration of peace. In 1717 he captured a large French merchant vessel, renamed her the Queen Anne's Revenge, fitted her out as a warship of 40 guns, and manned her with local riff-raff. His captures and robberies with this ship were, it is said, shared by him with the governor of North Carolina who certainly provided him with many facilities for refitting and victualling his ship. In 1718, however, Teach's activities so enraged the neighbouring governor of Virginia that he fitted out two sloops, manned by men of the Royal Navy, and sent them to hunt Teach down. On 22 November 1718 Lieutenant Robert Maynard, commanding one of the sloops, found and boarded Teach's ship in Beaufort Inlet, NC. A fierce fight ensued which caused high casualties on both sides before Teach was killed by one of Maynard's crew with a sword. Teach's head was cut off and suspended from the end of the bowsprit of Maynard's ship and the surviving pirates were taken to Virginia where all but two were hanged. The remains of what is almost certainly the Queen Anne's Revenge were found in 1996 and exploration of the site was still ongoing in 2004.
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"Teach." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Teach." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-Teach.html "Teach." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-Teach.html |
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teach / tēch/ • v. (past taught / tôt/ ) [tr.] show or explain to (someone) how to do something: she taught him to read he taught me how to ride a bike. ∎ [tr.] give information about or instruction in (a subject or skill): he came one day each week to teach painting | she teaches me French. ∎ [intr.] give such instruction professionally: she teaches at the local high school. ∎ [tr.] encourage someone to accept (something) as a fact or principle: the philosophy teaches self-control. ∎ cause (someone) to learn or understand something: she'd been taught that it paid to be passive. ∎ induce (someone) by example or punishment to do or not to do something: my upbringing taught me never to be disrespectful to elders. ∎ inf. make (someone) less inclined to do something: “I'll teach you to mess with young girls!” • n. inf. a teacher. PHRASES: teach someone a lessonsee lesson. teach school be a schoolteacher. |
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"teach." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "teach." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-teach005.html "teach." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-teach005.html |
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teach don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs proverbial saying, early 18th century; a caution against offering advice to the wise and experienced.
you can't teach an old dog new tricks proverbial saying, mid 16th century; meaning that someone who is already set in their ways is not able to learn new ways of doing things. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "teach." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "teach." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-teach.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "teach." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-teach.html |
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teach pt., pp. taught †show; show by way of information or instruction. OE. tǣċan :- *taikjan, rel. to tācen TOKEN.
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T. F. HOAD. "teach." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "teach." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-teach.html T. F. HOAD. "teach." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-teach.html |
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Teach / tēch/ , Edward, see Blackbeard. |
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"Teach." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Teach." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-teach.html "Teach." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-teach.html |
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•beach, beech, beseech, bleach, breach, breech, each, impeach, leach, leech, outreach, peach, pleach, preach, reach, screech, speech, teach
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"teach." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "teach." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-teach.html "teach." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-teach.html |
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