Teache

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Teache \Teache\ (t[=e]ch), n. [Cf. Amer. Sp. tacha, tacho.]
     (Sugar Manuf.)
     Any one of the series of boilers or evaporating pans in which
     the cane juice is concentrated in making sugar; especially,
     the last boiler of the series. --Ure.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     Note: The 1890 edition had the following etymology for
           teache: [Cf. Ir. teaghaim, Gael. teasaich, to heat.].
           Presumably a speculation which proved incorrect?