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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’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.Tĕn'sor, n. p. 1364(Anat.) A muscle that stretches a part, or renders it tense.Tĕn′sūre, n. p. 1364The same as TENSION. [Obs.]Tĕnt, n. p. 1364A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of canvas or other coarse cloth, stretched and sustained by poles;—used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp. 2. [Fr. tente…Tĕnt, n. p. 1364A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain.Tĕnt, v. i. p. 1364To lodge as in a tent; to tabernacle. [Rare.] Shak.Tĕnt, v. t. p. 1364To cover with tents; to pitch tents upon; as, a tented plain. 2. To probe; to search as with a tent; as, to tent a wound. I'll tent him to the quick. Shak. 3. To keep open with a tent, or pledget.…Tĕn’ta-cle, n. p. 1364(Zoöl.) A filiform process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic extremity of an invertebrate animal, as polyp, snail, insect, crab, and the like, being either an organ…Ten-tăc'ū-lar, a. p. 1364Of, or pertaining to, tentacles; in the nature of a tentacle or tentacles.Ten-tăc'ū-lā'ted, a. p. 1364Having tentacles.Ten'ta-cu-lif'er-oŭs, a. p. 1364Producing or bearing tentacles.Tĕn’ta-cŭ’li-fōrm, a. p. 1364Shaped like a tentacle.Ten-tăc'ū-lum, n. p. 1364(Zoöl.) A tentacle.Tĕn'tage, n. p. 1364An encampment. [Obs.]Ten-tā'tion, n. p. 1364Trial; temptation. [Obs.] Browne.Tĕn'ta-tive, a. p. 1364Trying; essaying; experimental. “A slow, tentative manner.” Carlyle.Tĕn′ta-tive, n. p. 1364An essay; trial. Berkeley.Tĕn'ta-tive-ly, adv. p. 1364In a tentative manner; by way of experiment.Tĕnt'-bĕd, n. p. 1364A high-post bedstead, having curtains in an arched form above.Tĕnt'ed, p. a. p. 1364Covered or furnished with tents, as soldiers. 2. Covered with tents; as, a tented field.Tĕn’ter, n. p. 1364A machine or frame for stretching cloth, by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square. To be on the tenters, to be on the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness, or…Tĕn'ter, v. i. p. 1364To admit extension. Bacon. Woolen cloths will tenter. Bacon.Tĕn'ter, v. t. p. 1364To hang or stretch on tenters.Tĕn’ter-ground, n. p. 1364Ground on which tenters are erected.Tĕn'ter-hōōk, n. p. 1364A sharp, hooked nail, used in stretching cloth on a tenter.Tĕnt'ful, n. p. 1364As much or many as a tent will hold.Tĕnth, a. p. 1364Next in order after the ninth. 2. Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which any thing is divided.Tēnth, n. p. 1364The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts. 2. The tenth part of any thing, as of annual produce or increase; tithe. 3. (Mus.) The interval between any tone and the tone…Tēnth'ly, adv. p. 1364In the tenth place.Ten-tĭg'i-noŭs, a. p. 1364Stiff; stretched; strained. 2. Lustful, or pertaining to lust. B. Jonson.Tēnt'o-ry, n. p. 1364The awn-Tēnt'wŏrt, n. p. 1364(Bot.) A plant of the genus Asplenium.Tēn'ū-āte, v. t. p. 1364To make thin. [Rare.]Tēn'ū-i-fō'li-oūs, a. p. 1364(Bot.) Having thin or narrow leaves.Te-nū'i-oŭs, a. p. 1364Rare or subtile; tenuous; — opposed to dense. [Obs.] Glanville.Tēn'ū-i-rōs'ter, n. p. 1364(Ornith.) One of a tribe of insessorial or perching birds, including those which have a long and slender bill.Tēn'ū-i-rōs'tral, a. p. 1364(Ornith.) Thin-billed; — applied to birds with a slender bill, as the humming-birds. Swainson.Tēn'ū-is, n. p. 1364(Gr. Gram.) One of the three letters κ, π, τ; — so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, γ, β, δ, and their aspirates, φ, χ, θ. These terms are applied also to the…Te-nū'i-ty, n. p. 1364The state of being tenuous; smallness in diameter; exility; thinness, applied to a broad substance, and slenderness, applied to one that is long; as, the tenuity of paper or of a leaf; the tenuity of…Tĕn'ū-oŭs, a. p. 1364Thin; slender; small; minute. 2. Rare; subtle; not dense.Tēn'ūre, n. p. 1364The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate. That the tenure of estates might rest on equity, the Indian title to lands was in all cases to be quieted. Bancroft. 2. (Eng. Law.)…Tē/o-cāl'li, n. p. 1364Literally, God's house; a pyramid for the worship of the gods among the Mexicans and other aborigines of America. And Aztec priests upon their teocalis Beat the wild war-drum made of serpents' skin.…Tēp'e-făc'tion, n. p. 1364The act or operation of making tepid, or moderately warm.Tĕp'e-fy, v. t. p. 1364To make moderately warm.Tēp'e-fy, v. i. p. 1365To become moderately warm.Tēph'ra-măn-cy, n. p. 1365Divination by the ashes on which a victim had been consumed in sacrifice.Tēph'ro-īte, n. p. 1365(Min.) A silicate of manganese of an ash-gray color, occurring both massive and granular. Dana.Te-phrō'si-ā, n. p. 1365(Bot.) A genus of leguminous shrubs, mostly found in tropical countries; — so called from a silky down or pubescence of an ash-gray color, with which they are generally covered. Baird.Tĕp'id, a. p. 1365Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays; tepid vapors. Tepid mineral waters, such as have less sensible cold than common water.Te-pĭd'i-ty or Tĕp'id-ness, n. p. 1365The state or quality of being tepid; moderate warmth; lukewarmness.Tē'por, n. p. 1365Gentle heat; moderate warmth; tepidness.Tēr'aph, n. p. 1365One of the teraphim.Tēr'a-phīm, n. pl. p. 1365Household deities or images. “The word Teraphim has been literally translated nutritores (nourishers). It seems that the plural form was used as a collective singular for the personified combination…Tĕr'a-pĭn, n. p. 1365See TERRAPIN.Te-răt'ic-al, a. p. 1365Wonderful or ominous; prodigious. [Obs.] Bailey.Tĕr'a-tōg'e-ny, n. p. 1365(Med.) The formation of monsters.Tĕr'a-tŏl'o-gy, n. p. 1365The science which treats of malformations and monstrosities. 2. Bombast in language; affectation of sublimity. [Obs.] Bailey.