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Show T B FE- water, the other with oil, the third with molte pitch and the liquors ftirred alik thc to giv a vortical motion; the pitch by its tenacity wil lofe its motion quickly, the oil being lefs teraciou will keep it longer, and the water being lefs tenacious will keep it longeft, but yet will lofe it in Neavton fhort time 4. Niggardly ; clofe-fifted ; meanly parfiAinfworth monious Tena'crousLy. adv. [from tzeracious. With difpofition to hold faft Some things our juvenile reafons tenacioufly ad here to, which yet our maturer judgments difallo Glanwille of TENA'CIOUSNESS. 2. /. [from tenacious. Unwillingnefs to quit, refign, or let go 2 Tena'ciTy tenax, Lat. [tenacité, Fr. tenacitas Vifcofity ; glutinoufnefs adhefion of one part to another If man contiguou vortice pitc of molte were each of them as large as thofe which fom fuppofe to revolve about the fun and fixad ftars yet thefe and all their parts would, by their zenacit and ftiffnefs, communicate their motion to anc ano Newwton ther till they all refted among themfelves Subftances, whofe tenacity exceeds the powers o digeftion, will neither pafs, nor be converted int Arbuthnot aliment TE'NANCY 7. f. [tenanche, old French tenentia, law Latin, from zenant. Tem porary pofleflion of what belongs to another Left growing ruinous the building fall And leave no memory of what it was Shakefp Te'NaNT-5AW. 7. /. [corrupted, I fuppofe, from tenon-faw.] See TENON TexcH z. /. [Tince, Saxon tinca, Lat. A pond-fith though the conditio of that eftate be commonl Wotton no more than a renancy at will TE'NANT . / [tenant, French. 1. One that holds of another ; one that o certain conditions has temporary pofleffion and ufe of that which is in realit the property of another: correlative t landlord 70 TEND. w. a. [contralted from attend. 1. To watch ; to guard ; to accompany a an afliftant or defender Nymphs of Mulla which, with careful heed The filver fcaly trouts did rend full well Go thou to Richard, and good angels tend thee Shakefpeare proiiienc'd; and, O! indignity his fervice angel wings minifters to watch and zen Milton charge He led a rural life, and had comman O'er all the thepherds, who about thofe vale Tended their numerous flocks Dryden and Lee's Ocdipus Thereis a pleafure in that fimplicity, in beholding princes tending their flocks Pope Our humbler province is to zend the fair To fave the powder from too rude a gale Nor let th' imprifon'd efiences exhale Pope 2. To attend ; to accompany 1 have been your terant And your father's fenant, thefe fourfcore years Sl‘a/:{(}m.u'r The Englith being only zenants at will of th Heylyn natives for fuch conveniency of fithing Such is the mould, that the bleft zenant feed On precious fruits, and pays his rent in weeds Waller Jupiter ha a farm lopg for want of a tenant L'Eflrange His cheerful tenants blefs their yearly toil Yet to their lord owe more than to the foil. Pope ‘The tenants of a manor fall into the fentiment Watrs of their lord The father is a tyrant over flaves and beggars Savift whom he calls his texants 2. One who refides in any place O fields, O woods, oh whe fhall I be mad Coavley The happy tenant of your fhade The bear, rough tenant of thefe thades. Thomf T Zo TE'NANT. @. a. [from the noun. hold on certain conditions by perfons who hav Sir Roger's eftate is terante Addifon ferved him or his anceftors Ts NANTABLE. adj. [from tenant. as may be held by a tenant Suc The ruins that time, ficknefs, or melancholy shall bring, muft be made up at your coft 5 for tha thing a hufband is but temant for life in what h holds, and is bound to leave the place renantable t Suckling the next that thall take it That .the foul may not be too muc in her houfe of clay, fuc incom neteffarie ar fecured to the body'as may keep it in tenantable reDecay of Picty pair 'Te'NaNTLESS. adj. [from tenant. occupied ; unpoflefied O thou, that dot inhabit inwmy breaft Leave not the wanfion fo long tenantle's Un Tended the fick, bufieft from couch to couch Milton Thofe with whom I now converf Without a tear will zend my herfe Savift 3. To be attentive to Unfuck'd of lamb or kid that tend their play 1. To mov place a certai toward Milton poin o They had a view of the princefs at a matk, having overheard two gentlemen tending towards tha fight Wotton T'o thefe abodes our fleet Apollo fends Here Dardanus was born, and hither rends Dryd 2. [Zendre, French. 'To be diretted t any end or purpofe ; to aim at Admiratio feiz' Allheav'n, what this might mean, and whither tend Milton Faltions gain their power by pretending common fafety, and tending towards it in the directef Temple courfe Th laws of our religion fend to the univerfa happinels of mankind Tillotfon 3. 'T'o contribute Many times that which we afk would, if it fhoul be granted, be worfe for us, and perhaps rend t our deftruétion; and then God, by denying th particular matter of our prayers, doth grant the general matter of them 4. [From attend. Out of ufe Hammnond 'To wait ; to expett The bark is ready, and the wind at help Th' aflociates rend Shake[peare's Hamlet 5. To attend; to wait as dependant fervants She deferves a lord o That twenty fuch rude boys might #end upon And call her hourly miftrefs Give him tending .HI'S lobbies fill with teridance Rain facrificial whifp'rings in his ear Skakefp, 3. Attendance ; at of waiting She purpos'd By watching, wefzping, tendancey t O'ercome you with her thew He Shakefp, Cymbeling 4. Care ; alt of tending Nature does requir times qf prefervation, which, perforce Muft give my tendance to Skakefp. Henry VIII Fhey at her coming fprung, An touch'd by her fair tendance gladlier grew Shakefpeare He brings great news Shake[peare Was he not companion with the riotous knight That tend upon my father Shakefp. King Lear 6. To attend as fomething infeparable In the three laft fenfes it feems only colloquial abbreviation of attend ‘Threefold vengeance tend upon your fteps Shakefpeare Miltss TE'NDENCE TE'NDENCY } n. /. [from tend. 1. Direttion or courfe towards any place or object It is not much bufinefs that diffraéts any man but the want of purity, conftancy, and tendency towards God Taylr Writings of this kind, if conduéted with candour, have a more particular zendency to the goo of their country, than any other compofitions Addifon's Freebolder W ma acquaint ourfelves with the powers an properties @w. n. [tendo, Lat. Out of ufe (,;} 1 her h::ul fon, amongit my brethren mortal Spenler's Epithal 70 TEND Unhappy w ght, born to difaftr, ous en W That doth his life in {o long tendance fpen' ! Spen 2. Perfons a_ ttenda: nt fr:t!‘}‘;_! TEe'NDANCE. 7 /. [from #end. 1. Attendance; ftate of expectation Having ftored a very great pond with carps tench, and other pond-fith, and only put in tw fmall pikes, this pair of tyrants in feven years devoured the whole Hale Him lor Subjected t And Aamin Their carth 4 Defpai This duke becomes feized of favour by defcent mode T'E the tendencies and inclinations, of body and fpirit Watts All of them are innocent, and moft of them had i a moral rendency, to foften the virulence of partics," ‘ W or laugh out of countenance fome vice or folly Saift 2. Dire&ion or courfe toward any inferenc or refult ; drift The greater congruity or incongruity thereisin any thing to the reafon of mankind, and the greater'* fUlit tendency it hath to promote or hinder the perfection of man's nature, fo much greater degrees hathit of i moral good or evil;_to which we ought to proporWilkin tion our inclination, or averiion Thef opinion ar of fo little moment, that, like motes in the fun, their tendencies are little noLacke ticed TE'NDER. adj. [tendre, French. 1. Soft ; eafily imprefled or injured; mot firm ; not hard The earth brought forth the tender grafss Mi Milto From each tender ftalk fhe gathers When the frame of the lungs is not fo~wel woven, but is lax and tender, there is great danger t ees deg b will the d blo o tin fpi aft that Blackmore putrify and confume eafily pained ; foon fore 2. Senfible Unneath may fhe endure the flinty ftreet To tread them with her tender fecling feet! Ska not naturally more tender: t'h:m o Our bodies az faces ; but, by being lefs expofed to the dlfy the L Eftranges become lefs able to endure it tha e ten lef n i bor ar w The face whe any other part of the body : it is ufe alone harde col th ur en t abl mo i e ma an it Locke on Educatiot t c l d 3. Effeminate ans, Whe Cyru were a warlik ba overcom nation, an the Lyd dcvifc.d to. bring them ‘ _A \\ o f e t o e f i f l to a more peaceab s n m x g z . n I i e t like coat he clothe ?? ?} f m i r w e t women; and, inftead o {h b y l u i i f l a pointed to them cer their mind the wer ! & e a a a i i l m f s ? c r fi e r f e t forgo moft tender and effeminate 4. Ex I love Valenti and L Spenfer o 4 u f a t His life's a r' f 5. Compaf good anoth |