— Te*na"cious*ly, adv. — Te*na"cious*ness, n.
Te*nac"i*ty (?), n. [L. tenacitas: cf. F. ténacité. See Tenacious.] 1.
The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or
retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose.
2. That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without
considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; — as
distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
3. That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies;
adhesiveness; viscosity. Holland.
4. (Physics) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear
without tearing asunder, — usually expressed with reference to a unit
area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per
square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce
rupture.
||Te*nac"u*lum (?), n.; pl. L. Tenacula (#); E. Tenaculums (#). [L., a
||holder, fr. tenere to hold. Cf. Tenaille.] (Surg.) An instrument
||consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used
||mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.
||
Ten"a*cy (?), n. [L. tenacia obstinacy. See Tenacious.] Tenaciousness;
obstinacy. [Obs.] Barrow.
Te*naille" (?), n. [F., a pair of pincers or tongs, a tenaille, fr. L.
tenaculum. See Tenaculum.] (Fort.) An outwork in the main ditch, in
front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin.
Te*nail"lon (?), n. [F. See Tenaille.] (Fort.) A work constructed on
each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure
additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the
bastions.
Ten"an*cy (?), n.; pl. Tenacies (#). [Cf. OF. tenace, LL. tenentia. See
Tenant.] (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. Blount.
Blackstone. Wharton.
Ten"ant (?), n. [F. tenant, p. pr. of tenir to hold. See Tenable, and
cf. Lieutenant.] 1. (Law) One who holds or possesses lands, or other
real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in
severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the
occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of
which is in another; — correlative to landlord. See Citation from
Blackstone, under Tenement, 2. Blount. Wharton.
2. One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant. "Sweet
tenants of this grove." Cowper.
The hhappy tenant of your shade.
Cowley.
The sister tenants of the middle deep.
Byron.
Tenant in capite [L. in in + capite, abl. of caput head, chief.], or
Tenant in chief, by the laws of England, one who holds immediately of
the king. According to the feudal system, all lands in England are
considered as held immediately or mediately of the king, who is styled
lord paramount. Such tenants, however, are considered as having the fee
of the lands and permanent possession. Blackstone. — Tenant in common.
See under Common.
Ten"ant, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tenanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tenanting.] To
hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.
Sir Roger's estate is tenanted by persons who have served him or his
ancestors.
Addison.
Ten"ant*a*ble (?), a. Fit to be rented; in a condition suitable for a
tenant. — Ten"ant*a*ble*ness, n.
Ten"ant*less, a. Having no tenants; unoccupied; as, a tenantless
mansion. Shak.
Ten"ant*ry (?), n. 1. The body of tenants; as, the tenantry of a manor
or a kingdom.