Sentence:  The wind was high and the hills ditto, and both being against us we were late in reaching Hitchin (30 from Cambridge), so giving up the idea of reaching Oxford we toiled on through Luton, on to Dunstable (47), where we <WSD>teaed</WSD> moderately ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To take afternoon tea (the light meal).