Webster's Dictionary 1913

1270

Tenné

‖Ten′né″ (?), n. [Cf. Tawny.] (Her.) A tincture, rarely employed, which is considered as an orange color or bright brown. It is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to de...

1271

Tennis

Ten″nis (?), n. [OE. tennes, tenies, tenyse; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. F. tenez hold or take it, fr. tenir to hold (see Tenable).] A play in which a ball is driven to and...

1272

Tennis (2)

Ten″nis, v. t. To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis. Spenser.

1273

Tenno

‖Ten‐no″ (?), n. [Jap. tennō, fr. Chin. t'ien heaven + wang king.] Lit., King of Heaven; — a title of the emperor of Japan as the head of the Shinto religion.

1274

Tennu

Ten″nu (?), n.(Zoöl.) The tapir.

1275

Tennysonian

Ten′ny‐so″ni‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Alfred (Lord) Tennyson, the English poet (1809-92); resembling, or having some of the characteristics of, his poetry, as simplicity, ...

1276

Tenon

Ten″on (?), n. [F., fr. tenir to hold. See Tenable.] (Carp. & Join.) A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this ...

1277

Tenon (2)

Ten″on, v. t. To cut or fit for insertion into a mortise, as the end of a piece of timber.

1278

Tenonian

Te‐no″ni‐an (?), a.(Anat.) Discovered or described by M. Tenon, a French anatomist.Tenonian capsule(Anat.), a lymphatic space inclosed by a delicate membrane or fascia (the fasc...

1279

Tenonitis

‖Ten′o‐ni″tis (?), n. [NL., Gr. τένων tendon + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of a tendon.

1280

Tenonitis (2)

‖Ten′o‐ni″tis, n. [NL. See Tenonian, -itis.] Inflammation of the Tenonian capsule.

1281

Tenor

Ten″or (?), n. [L., from tenere to hold; hence, properly, a holding on in a continued course: cf. F. teneur. See Tenable, and cf. Tenor a kind of voice.] 1. A state of holding o...

1282

Tenorrhaphy

Te‐nor″rha‐phy (?), n. [Gr. τένων tendon + -rhaphy.] (Surg.) Suture of a tendon.

1283

Tenositis

‖Ten′o‐si″tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. τένων tendon + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of a tendon.

1284

Tenosynovitis

‖Ten′o‐syn′o‐vi″tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � a tendon + E. synovitis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the synovial sheath enveloping a tendon.

1285

Tenosynovitis (2)

‖Ten′o‐syn′o‐vi″tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. τένων tendon + synovitis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the synovial sheath of a tendon.

1286

Tenotome

Ten″o‐tome (?), n.(Surg.) A slender knife for use in the operation of tenotomy.

1287

Tenotomy

Te‐not″o‐my (?), n.(Surg.) The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon.

1288

Tenpenny

Ten″pen‐ny (?), a. Valued or sold at ten pence; as, a tenpenny cake. See 2d Penny, n.

1289

Tenpenny (2)

Ten″pen‐ny, a. Denoting a size of nails. See 1st Penny.

1290

Tenpins

Ten″pins (?), n. A game resembling ninepins, but played with ten pins. See Ninepins.

1291

Tenrec

Ten″rec (?), n. [From the native name: cf. F. tanrac, tanrec, tandrec.] (Zoöl.) A small insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus), native of Madagascar, but introduced also into the isla...

1292

Tense

Tense (?), n. [OF. tens, properly, time, F. temps time, tense. See Temporal of time, and cf. Thing.] (Gram.) One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxil...

1293

Tense (2)

Tense, a. [L. tensus, p. p. of tendere to stretch. See Tend to move, and cf. Toise.] Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.The temples were...

1294

Tensibility

Ten′si‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being tensible; tensility.

1295

Tensible

Ten″si‐ble (?), a. [See Tense, a.] Capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensible.Gold... is likewise the most flexible and tensible. Bacon.

1296

Tensile

Ten″sile (?), a. [See Tense, a.] 1. Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.2. Capable of extension; ductile; tensible. Bacon.