Definition of "teft" [teft]

• Tight; taut.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "'I Tni'Mvy/. the huiMM «f dranght atiinals Track, «. a mark teft, A iMd, MaftMiNth Tnekfleu, *. imtroddtn, not mtrkcd ott Tnct,/. a region, q/ uoMtj & t land, caDti -"
• "UOier brought the fubje6l to the teft of cool difpaf*"
• "The uncertainty of all human expedlations being therefore univerfally idmitted, and fuch matters of opinion only paffed over as can never be brought to the decifive teft of infallibility j it is natural to conclude"