Being to descend A ladder much in height, I did not tend My way well
down.
Chapman.
To tend a vessel (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when the tide
turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle the cable.
Tend, v. i. 1. To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend;
— with on or upon.
Was he not companion with the riotous knights That tend upon my father?
Shak.