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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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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.Tĕn'on-saw, n. p. 1364A saw with a thin blade usually stiffened by a brass or steel back, for cutting tenons. Gwilt.Tēn'or, n. p. 1364Stamp; character. 2. That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift, course, or direction of thought; purport; intent; general meaning; understanding. Bid me tear the…Te-nŏt'o-my, n. p. 1364(Surg.) The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.Tĕn'pen-ny, a. p. 1364Valued or sold at ten pence. See PENNY.Tĕn'-pĭns, n. p. 1364A game played with ten pins, usually of wood, and a ball; nine-pins. See NINE-PINS.Tĕn'ree, n. p. 1364(Zoöl.) A small insectivorous quadruped, of the genus Centetes, allied to the hedge-hog, found in Madagascar and the Isle of France. [Written also tanrec and tendrac.]Tĕnse, a. p. 1364Stretched; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber. The temples were sunk, her forehead was tense, and a fatal paleness was upon her. Goldsmith.Ténse, n. p. 1364(Gram.) One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the variation which verbs undergo for the…Ténse'ly, adv. p. 1364In a tense manner; with tension.Ténse'ness, n. p. 1364The state of being tense, or stretched to stiffness; stiffness; — opposed to laxness; as, the tenseness of a string or fiber; tenseness of the skin.Tĕn'si-bil'i-ty, n. p. 1364The state of being tensile.Tĕn'si-ble, a. p. 1364Capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile. [Rare.] Bacon.Tĕn′/sile, a. p. 1364Of, or pertaining to, extension; as, tensile strength. 2. Capable of extension: tensible. Bacon.Tēn'siled, a. p. 1364Made tensile; rendered capable of tension. [Rare.]Ten-sil'i-ty, n. p. 1364The quality of being tensile, or capable of extension; as, the tensility of the muscles.Tĕn’sion, n. p. 1364The act of stretching or straining; as, the tension of the muscles. 2. The state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent or strained; hence, high intellectual effort…Tĕn'si-ty, n. p. 1364The state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension.Tĕn'sive, a. p. 1364Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction. “A tensive pain from distention of the parts.” Floyer.Tĕn'sōme, a. p. 1364See TENDSOME.