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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Te-nāil'lon, n. p. 1362(Fort.) A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase the strength of the ravelins, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions.Tĕn'an-çy, n. p. 1362(Law.) (a.) A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another. (b.) (O. Eng. Law.) A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of another.…Tĕn'ant, n. p. 1362(Law.) One who holds or possesses lands or other real estate by any kind of right, either in fee simple, in common, or in severalty, or for life, for years, or at will; one who has the occupation or…Tĕn'ant, v. t. p. 1362To hold or possess as a tenant. Sir Roger's estate is tenanted by persons who have served him or his ancestors. Addison.Tĕn'ant-a-ble, a. p. 1362Fit to be rented; in a state of repair suitable for a tenant.Tĕn'ant-a-ble-ness, n. p. 1362The state or quality of being tenantable.Tĕn'ant-less, a. p. 1362Having no tenants; unoccupied; as, a tenantless mansion.Tĕn'ant-ry, n. p. 1362The body of tenants; as, the tenantry of a manor or a kingdom. 2. Tenancy. [Obs.] Ridley.Tĕn'ant-saw, n. p. 1362A tenon-saw. See TENON-SAW.Tĕnch, n. p. 1362(Ichth.) A European fresh-water fish, of the carp family, very tenacious of life.Tĕnd, v. t. p. 1362To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard. And flaming ministers to watch and tend Their earthly charge. Milton. There is a pleasure in…Tĕnd, v. i. p. 1363To move in a certain direction. “Two gentlemen tending toward that sight.” Wotton. The clouds above me to the white Alps tend. Byron. 2. To be directed, as to any end or purpose; to aim; to have or…Tĕnd'ançe, n. p. 1363The state of attending or waiting; attendance. [Rare.] And Enid tended on him there; and there Her constant motion round him, and the breath Of her sweet tendance hovering over him. Tennyson. 2. The…Tĕnd'ençe, n. p. 1363Tendency. [Obs.]Tĕnd'en-çy, n. p. 1363Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; efficient influence to bring about an effect or result. Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a more particular…Tĕnd'er, n. p. 1363One who tends or takes care of another; a nurse. 2. (Naut.) A small vessel employed to attend a larger one, for supplying her with provisions and other stores, or to convey intelligence, and the…Tĕnd'er, v. t. p. 1363To have a care of; to be tender toward; to pity. [Obs.] For first, next after life, he tendered her good. Spencer. To see a prince in want would move a miser's charity. Our western princes tendered…Tĕn'der, a. p. 1363Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as, tender plants; tender flesh; tender grapes. 2. Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained. Our bodies are not…Tĕn'der-heärt'ed, a. p. 1363Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence. Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them. 2 Chron. xiii. 7. Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted.…Tĕn'der-heärt'ed-ly, adv. p. 1363In a tender-hearted manner; with tender affection.Tĕn'der-heärt'ed-ness, n. p. 1363The state or quality of being tender-hearted; susceptibility to the softer passions.Tĕn'der-hĕft'ed, a. p. 1363Having great tenderness. [Obs. and rare.] Shak.Tĕn'der-lĭng, n. p. 1363One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling. [Rare.] 2. The first horns of a deer. Johnson.Tĕn'der-loin, n. p. 1363A tender part of flesh in the hind quarter of beef; the psoas muscle.Tĕn'der-ly, adv. p. 1363In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly.Tĕn'der-ness, n. p. 1363The state or quality of being tender or easily broken, bruised, or injured; softness; brittleness; delicacy; as, the tenderness of a thread; the tenderness of flesh. Here I saw the new fabric of…Tĕn'di-noŭs, a. p. 1363Of, or pertaining to, a tendon; partaking of the nature of tendons. 2. Full of tendons; sinewy; as, nervous and tendinous parts.Tĕnd'ment, n. p. 1363Attendance; care. [Obs.]Tĕn'don, n. p. 1363(Anat.) A hard, insensible cord or bundle of fibers, by which motion is communicated from a muscle to a bone.Tĕn'drac, n. p. 1363(Zoöl.) A certain small insectivore; the tenrec. See TENREC.Tĕn'dril, n. p. 1363(Bot.) A filiform, spiral shoot of a plant that winds round another body for the purpose of support.Tĕn'dril, a. p. 1363Clasping; climbing as a tendril.Tĕn'dron, n. p. 1363The same as TENDRIL. [Obs.] “Young shoots and tendrons of the briers and brambles.” Holland.Tĕnd'ry, n. p. 1363Proposal to acceptance; tender. [Obs. and rare.] Heylin.Tĕnd'sȯme, a. p. 1363Requiring much attendance; as, a tendsome child. [Written also tensome.]Te-nĕb'ri-cōse', a. p. 1363Tenebrious. [Obs.]Tēn'e-brīf'ic, a. p. 1363Rendering dark or gloomy. “The tenebrific scene.” Burns.Tēn'-e-brif'ic-oŭs, a. p. 1363The same as TENEBRIFIC. “Authors who are tenebrificous stars of the first magnitude.” Addison.Te-nē’brī-oŭs, a. p. 1363Dark; gloomy; tenebrous.Tēn'e-brōse, a. p. 1363Characterized by darkness or gloom; tenebrous.Tēn'e-brōs'i-ty, n. p. 1363The state or quality of being tenebrose, or tenebrous; tenebrousness. Burton.Tēn'e-brōus, a. p. 1363Dark; gloomy; dusky; tenebrious. “The towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress.” Longfellow.Tēn'e-brōŭs-ness, n. p. 1363The state or quality of being tenebrous; darkness; gloom.Tēn'e-ment, n. p. 1363A house or lands depending on a manor; or a fee farm depending on a superior. 2. A dwelling house; a building for a habitation; or an apartment in a building, used by one family; often, in modern…Tēn'e-mĕnt'al, a. p. 1363Of, or pertaining to, a tenement; capable of being held by tenants. Tenemental lands they distributed among their tenants. Blackstone.Tēn'e-mĕnt'a-ry, a. p. 1363Capable of being leased; held by tenants. Spelman.Tēn'ent, n. p. 1363A tenet held by several persons;—formerly so used by pedants who affected great accuracy. [Obs.] See TENET.Tēn'e-rīffe, n. p. 1363A white wine resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart, produced in Tenerife;—called also Vidonia. Simmonds.Te-nēr'i-ty, n. p. 1363Tenderness. [Obs.]Te-nē's'mic, a. p. 1363(Med.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, tenesmus.Te-nĕs'mus, n. p. 1363(Med.) An urgent and distressing sensation, as if a discharge from the intestines must take place, although none can be effected;—always referred to the lower extremity of the rectum.Tēn'et, n. p. 1363Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or of Cicero. The religious tenets of his family he had early renounced with contempt.…Tēn'fōld, a. p. 1363Ten times more or ten times as many. “Fire kindled into tenfold rage.” Milton.Tē'ni-oid, a. p. 1363Belonging to the family of worms of which the tape-worm is an example. [Written also tænioid.]Tēn'nant-īte, n. p. 1363A blackish, lead-gray ore of copper, consisting of copper, iron, arsenic, and sulphur. Dana.Tĕn'nis, n. p. 1363A play in which a ball is driven continually, or kept in motion by striking it with rackets or with the open hand. His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, . . . were…Tĕn'nis, v. t. p. 1363To drive, as a ball in playing tennis. [Obs.] Spenser.Tēn'nis-cōurt, n. p. 1364A place or court for playing the game of tennis.Tĕn'on, n. p. 1364(Carp. & Join.) The end of a piece of wood cut into form, for insertion into a cavity in another piece called a mortise, in order to unite the two pieces. The form of a tenon is various, as square…Tĕn'on, v. t. p. 1364To fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.