TEMULENCE, tem'[=u]-lens, _n._ intoxication--also TEM'ULENCY.--_adj._
TEM'ULENT.--_adv._ TEM'ULENTLY. [L. _temulentus_, drunk.]
TEN, ten, _adj._ twice five.--_n._ a figure denoting ten units, as 10 or
x.: a playing-card with ten spots: ten o'clock in the morning or
evening.--_n._ UP'PER-TEN (see under UPPER). [A.S. _tén_, _tíen_; Ger.
_zehn_, W. _deg_, L. _decem_, Gr. _deka_, Sans. _daçan_.]
TENABLE, ten'a-bl, _adj._ capable of being retained, kept, or
defended.--_ns._ TENABIL'ITY, TEN'ABLENESS, the state or quality of being
tenable. [Fr. _tenable_, from _tenir_--L. _ten[=e]re_, to hold.]
TENACE, ten'[=a]s, _n._ at whist, a holding of the first and third best
cards (_major tenace_), or the second and fourth best cards (_minor
tenace_), in a suit. [Fr.]
TENACIOUS, t[=e]-n[=a]'shus, _adj._ retaining or holding fast: apt to
stick: stubborn.--_adv._ TEN[=A]'CIOUSLY.--_ns._ TEN[=A]'CIOUSNESS,
TENAC'ITY, quality of being tenacious: the quality of bodies which makes
them stick to others. [L. _tenax_--_ten[=e]re_.]
TENACULUM, t[=e]-nak'[=u]-lum, _n._ a surgical hooked instrument for
drawing out a divided blood-vessel to be tied.
TENAILLE, te-n[=a]l', _n._ (_fort._) an outwork in the main ditch
immediately in front of the curtain, of great use for protecting the ditch,
covering the postern from the enemy's view, &c.--_n._ TENAILLON
(te-nal'yon), a work to strengthen the side of a small ravelin, and to
support the shoulder of the bastion. [Fr.,--L. _tenaculum_, a
holder--_ten[=e]re_, to hold.]
TENANT, ten'ant, _n._ one who holds or possesses land or property under
another, the payments and services which he owes to his superior
constituting his tenure: one who has, on certain conditions, temporary
possession of any place, an occupant.--_v.t._ to hold as a tenant.--_n._
TEN'ANCY, a holding by private ownership: a temporary holding of land or
property by a tenant.--_adj._ TEN'ANTABLE, fit to be tenanted: in a state
of repair suitable for a tenant.--_n._ TEN'ANT-FARM'ER, a farmer who rents
a farm from the landlord.--_adj._ TEN'ANTLESS, without a tenant.--_ns._
TEN'ANT-RIGHT, the customary right of the tenant to sit continuously at a
reasonable rent, and to receive compensation for his interest from the
incoming tenant, and for all permanent or unexhausted improvements from the
landlord; TEN'ANTRY, the body of tenants on an estate. [Fr. _tenant_--L.
_tenens_, pr.p. of _ten[=e]re_, to hold.]
TENCH, tensh, _n._ a fresh-water fish, of the carp family, very tenacious
of life. [O. Fr. _tenche_ (Fr. _tanche_)--L. _tinca_.]
TEND, tend, _v.t._ to accompany as assistant or protector: to take care of,
to be attentive to, to wait upon so as to execute.--_ns._ TEN'DANCE
(_Spens._), state of expectation: (_Shak._) act of waiting or tending, also
persons attendant; TEN'DER, a small vessel that attends a larger with
stores, &c.: a carriage attached to locomotives to supply fuel and water.
[Contracted from _attend_.]
TEND, tend, _v.i._ to stretch, aim at, move, or incline in a certain
direction: to be directed to any end or purpose: to contribute.--_n._
TEN'DENCY, direction, object, or result to which anything tends:
inclination: drift. [Fr. _tendre_--L. _tend[)e]re_; Gr. _teinein_, to
stretch.]
TENDER, ten'd[.e]r, _v.t._ to stretch out or offer for acceptance, esp. to
offer to supply certain commodities for a certain period at rates
specified.--_n._ an offer or proposal, esp. of some service, also the paper
containing it: the thing offered, the actual production and formal offer of
a sum due in legal money, or an offer of services to be performed, in order
to save the consequences of non-payment or non-performance.
TENDER, ten'd[.e]r, _adj._ soft, delicate: easily impressed or injured: not
hardy: fragile: weak and feeble: easily moved to pity, love, &c.: careful
not to injure (with _of_): unwilling to cause pain: apt to cause pain:
pathetic, expressive of the softer passions: compassionate, loving,
affectionate: young and inexperienced: weakly in health: delicate,
requiring careful handling: quick, keen: apt to lean over under sail.--_n._
TEN'DER-FOOT, one not yet hardened to life in the prairie, mining-camp,
&c.: a new-comer.--_adj._ TEN'DER-HEART'ED, full of feeling.--_adv._
TEN'DER-HEART'EDLY.--_n._ TEN'DER-HEART'EDNESS.--_adj._ TEN'DER-HEFT'ED
(_Shak._), having great tenderness.--_ns._ TEN'DERLING, one too much
coddled, an effeminate fellow: one of the first horns of a deer;
TEN'DER-LOIN, the tenderest part of the loin of beef, pork, &c., lying
close to the ventral side of the lumbar vertebræ.--_adv._ TEN'DERLY.--_n._
TEN'DERNESS. [Fr. _tendre_--L. _tener_, allied to _tenuis_, thin.]
TENDON, ten'don, _n._ the white fibrous tissue reaching from the end of a
muscle to bone or some other structure which is to serve as a fixed
attachment for it, or which it is intended to move--_funicular_, as the
long tendon of the biceps muscle of the arm; _fascicular_, as the short
tendon of that muscle, and as most tendons generally; _aponeurotic_,
tendinous expansions, as the tendons of the abdominal muscles--L.
TEN'DO:--_pl._ TEN'DINES.--_adj._ TEN'DINOUS, consisting of, containing, or
resembling tendons: full of tendons: sinewy.--_ns._ TENOG'RAPHY, the
description of tendons; TENOL'OGY, that part of anatomy which relates to
tendons; TENOT'OMY, the surgical operation of dividing a tendon. [Fr.
_tendon_--L. _tend[)e]re_, to stretch; cf. Gr. _ten[=o]n_--_teinein_, to
stretch.]
TENDRIL, ten'dril, _n._ a slender, spiral shoot of a plant by which it
attaches itself for support.--_adj._ clasping or climbing.--_adj._
TEN'DRILLED. [O. Fr. _tendrillons_, _tendre_--L. _tener_, tender.]
TENEBROUS, ten'e-brus, _adj._ dark: gloomy--also TEN'EBROSE.--_n.pl._
TENEBRÆ (ten'e-br[=e]), an office held by Roman Catholics on Good Friday
and the preceding two days, consisting of the matins and lauds of the
following day. During it the church is gradually darkened by the putting
out of all the candles but one, which for a time (as a symbol of our Lord's
death and burial) is hidden at the Epistle corner of the altar.--_adj._
TENEBRIF'IC, producing darkness.--_ns._ T[=E]NEB'RIO, a genus of beetles,
including the meal-worm; TENEBROS'ITY, darkness. [L.
_tenebrosus_--_tenebræ_, darkness.]
TENEMENT, ten'e-ment, _n._ anything held, or that may be held, by a tenant:
a dwelling or habitation, or part of it, used by one family: one of a set
of apartments in one building, each occupied by a separate family.--_adjs._
TENEMENT'AL; TENEMENT'ARY.
TENENDUM, t[=e]-nen'dum, _n._ that clause in a deed wherein the tenure of
the land is defined and limited. [L., neut. of _tenendus_, ger. of
_ten[=e]re_, to hold.]
TENESMUS, t[=e]-nes'mus, _n._ the term applied in medicine to a straining
and painful effort to relieve the bowels when no fæcal matter is present in
the rectum, the effort being caused by some adjacent source of
irritation.--_adj._ TENES'MIC.
TENET, ten'et, _n._ any opinion, principle, or doctrine which a person
holds or maintains as true. [L. _tenet_, he holds--_ten[=e]re_, to hold.]
TENFOLD, ten'f[=o]ld, _adj._ ten times folded: ten times more.
TENIOID=_Tænioid_.