TELEOLOGY — TENDRAC

TELEOLOGY — TENDRAC NWAD TELEOLOGY.1

TELEOLOGY, n. [Gr. end, and discourse.] The science of the final causes of things. NWAD TELEOLOGY.1

TELESCOPE, n. [Gr. end, or at a distance, probably the latter, and to see.] An optical instrument employed in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies. It assists the eye chiefly in two ways; first, by enlarging the visual angle under which a distant object is seen, and thus magnifying that object; and secondly, by collecting and conveying to the eye a larger beam of light than would enter the naked organ, and thus rendering objects distinct and visible which would otherwise be indistinct or invisible. Its essential parts are the object glass, which collects the beam of light and forms an image of the object, and the eye glass, which is a microscope by which the image is magnified. NWAD TELESCOPE.1

TELESCOPE-SHELL, n. In conchology, a species of turbo with place, striated and numerous spires. NWAD TELESCOPE-SHELL.1

TELESCOPIC, TELESCOPICAL, a. Pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope; as a telescopic view. NWAD TELESCOPIC.1

1. Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as telescopic stars. NWAD TELESCOPIC.2

TELESIA, n. Sapphire. NWAD TELESIA.1

TELESM, n. A kind of amulet or magical charm. NWAD TELESM.1

TELESMATIC, TELESMATICAL, a. Pertaining to telesms; magical. NWAD TELESMATIC.1

TELESTIC, n. [Gr. end, and a verse.] A poem in which the final letters of the lines make a name. NWAD TELESTIC.1

TELL, v.t. pret. and pp. told. [L. telum; L. appello and peal, L. pello.] NWAD TELL.1

1. To utter; to express in words; to communicate to others. NWAD TELL.2

I will not eat till I have told my errand. Genesis 24:33. NWAD TELL.3

2. To relate; to narrate; to rehearse particulars; as, to tell a story. Genesis 37:5. NWAD TELL.4

And not a man appears to tell their fate. NWAD TELL.5

3. To teach; to inform; to make known; to show by words. Tell us the way. NWAD TELL.6

Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? Genesis 12:18. NWAD TELL.7

4. To discover; to disclose; to betray. NWAD TELL.8

They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. Numbers 14:14. NWAD TELL.9

5. To count; to number. NWAD TELL.10

Look now towards heaven, and tell the stars. Genesis 15:5. NWAD TELL.11

6. To relate in confession; to confess or acknowledge. NWAD TELL.12

Tell me now what thou hast done. Joshua 7:19. NWAD TELL.13

7. To publish. NWAD TELL.14

Tell it not in Gath. 2 Samuel 1:20. NWAD TELL.15

8. To unfold; to interpret; to explain. Ezekiel 24:19. NWAD TELL.16

9. To make excuses. NWAD TELL.17

Tush, never tell me. [Not elegant.] NWAD TELL.18

10. To make known. NWAD TELL.19

Our feelings tell us how long they ought to have submitted. NWAD TELL.20

11. To discover; to find; to discern. The colors are so blended that I cannot tell where one ends and the other begins. NWAD TELL.21

Tell, though equivalent in some respects to speak and say, has not always the same application. We say, to tell this, that or what, to tell a story, to tell a word, to tell truth or falsehood, to tell a number, to tell the reasons, to tell something or nothing; but we never say, to tell a speech, discourse or oration, or to tell an argument or a lesson. It is much used in commands. Tell me the whole story; tell me all you know, or all that was said. Tell has frequently the sense of narrate; which speak and say have not. NWAD TELL.22

TELL, v.i. To give an account; to make report. NWAD TELL.23

--That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. Psalm 26:7. NWAD TELL.24

To tell of NWAD TELL.25

To tell on - to inform. You must not disobey; I will tell of you if you do. This is a common popular use of the word. To tell on, is quite vulgar as well as improper. NWAD TELL.26

TELLER, n. One that tells, relates or communicates the knowledge of something. NWAD TELLER.1

1. One who numbers. NWAD TELLER.2

2. In the exchequer of England, there are four officers called tellers, whose business is to receive all moneys due to the crown, and throw down a bill through a pipe into the tally-court, where it is received by the auditor’s clerks, who write the words of the bill on a tally, and deliver it to be entered by the clerk of the pell. The tally is then split by the two deputy chamberlains, who have their seals, and while the senior deputy reads the one part, the junior examines the other with the other two clerks. [This word is supposed to be from tally, being in ancient records written tallier.] NWAD TELLER.3

TELLINITE, n. [from tellina, a genus of testaceous animals.] NWAD TELLINITE.1

Petrified or fossil shells of the genus Tellina. NWAD TELLINITE.2

TELL-TALE, a. Telling tales; babbling. NWAD TELL-TALE.1

TELL-TALE, n. [tell and tale.] One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of individuals; one who tells that which prudence should suppress, and which if told, often does mischief among neighbors. NWAD TELL-TALE.2

1. A movable piece of ivory or lead on a chamber organ, that gives notice when the wind is exhausted. NWAD TELL-TALE.3

2. In seamanship, a small piece of wood, traversing in a groove across the front of the poop deck, and which, by communicating with a small barrel on the axis of the steering wheel, indicates the situation of the helm. NWAD TELL-TALE.4

TELLURATE, n. A compound of tellurium and a base. NWAD TELLURATE.1

TELLURETED, a. Tellureted hydrogen is hydrogen combined with tellurium in a gaseous form. NWAD TELLURETED.1

TELLURIUM, n. A metal recently discovered by Klaproth, combined with gold and silver in the ores, and received from the bannat of Temeswar. The ores are denominated native, graphic, yellow, and black. The native tellurium is of a color between tin and silver, and sometimes inclines to a steel gray. The graphic tellurium is stell gray; but sometimes white, yellow or lead gray. These ores are found massive or crystallized. NWAD TELLURIUM.1

TEMACHIS, n. [Gr. a piece.] A genus of fossils of the class of gypsums, softer than others, and of a bright glittering hue. NWAD TEMACHIS.1

TEMERARIOUS, a. [L. temerarius; from the root of time, tempest, which see. The sense is rushing or advancing forward.] NWAD TEMERARIOUS.1

1. Rash; headstrong; unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; as temerarious folly. NWAD TEMERARIOUS.2

2. Careless; heedless; done at random; as the temerarious dash of an unguided pen. NWAD TEMERARIOUS.3

[This word is not much used.] NWAD TEMERARIOUS.4

TEMERARIOUSLY, adv. Rashly; with excess of boldness. NWAD TEMERARIOUSLY.1

TEMERITY, n. [L. temeritas; properly a rushing forward.] NWAD TEMERITY.1

1. Rashness; unreasonable contempt of danger; as the temerity of a commander in war. NWAD TEMERITY.2

2. Extreme boldness. NWAD TEMERITY.3

The figures are bold even to temerity. NWAD TEMERITY.4

TEMIN, n. A money of account in Algiers, equivalent to 2 carubes, or 29 aspers, about 34 cents, or 17d sterling. NWAD TEMIN.1

TEMPER, v.t. [L. tempero, to mix or moderate] NWAD TEMPER.1

1. To mix so that one part qualifies the other; to bring to a moderate state; as, to temper justice with mercy. NWAD TEMPER.2

2. To compound; to form by mixture; to qualify, as by an ingredient; or in general, to mix, unite or combine two or more things so as to reduce the excess of the qualities of either, and bring the whole to the desired consistence or state. NWAD TEMPER.3

Thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy. Exodus 30:35. NWAD TEMPER.4

3. To unite in due proportion; to render symmetrical; to adjust, as parts to each other. NWAD TEMPER.5

God hath tempered the body together. 1 Corinthians 12:24. NWAD TEMPER.6

4. To accommodate; to modify. NWAD TEMPER.7

Thy sustenance serving to the appetite of the eater, tempered itself to every man’s liking. NWAD TEMPER.8

5. To soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm; to reduce any violence or excess. NWAD TEMPER.9

Solon--labored to temper the warlike courages of the Athenians with sweet delights of learning. NWAD TEMPER.10

Woman! nature made thee NWAD TEMPER.11

To temper man; we had been brutes without you. NWAD TEMPER.12

6. To form to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel. NWAD TEMPER.13

The temper’d metals clash, and yield a silver sound. NWAD TEMPER.14

7. To govern; a Latinism. [Not in use.] NWAD TEMPER.15

8. In music, to modify or amend a false or imperfect concord by transferring to it a part of the beauty of a perfect one, that is, by dividing the tones. NWAD TEMPER.16

TEMPER, n. Due mixture of different qualities; or the state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; as the temper of mortar. NWAD TEMPER.17

1. Constitution of body. [In this sense we more generally use temperament.] NWAD TEMPER.18

2. Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper. This is applicable to beasts as well as to man. NWAD TEMPER.19

Remember with what mild NWAD TEMPER.20

And gracious temper he both heard and judg’d. NWAD TEMPER.21

3. Calmness of mind; moderation. NWAD TEMPER.22

Restore yourselves unto your tempers, fathers. NWAD TEMPER.23

To fall with dignity, with temper rise. NWAD TEMPER.24

4. Heat of mind or passion; irritation. The boy showed a great deal of temper when I reproved him. NWAD TEMPER.25

So we say, a man of violent temper, when we speak of his irritability. [This use of the word is common, though a deviation from its original and genuine meaning.] NWAD TEMPER.26

5. The state of a metal, particularly as to its hardness; as the temper of iron or steel. NWAD TEMPER.27

6. Middle course; mean or medium. NWAD TEMPER.28

7. In sugar works, white lime or other substance stirred into a clarifier filled with cane-juice, to neutralize the super abundant acid. NWAD TEMPER.29

TEMPERAMENT, n. [L. temperamentum.] NWAD TEMPERAMENT.1

1. Constitution; state with respect to the predominance of any quality; as the temperament of the body. NWAD TEMPERAMENT.2

Bodies are denominated hot and cold, in proportion to the present temperament of that part of our body to which they are applied. NWAD TEMPERAMENT.3

2. Medium; due mixture of different qualities. NWAD TEMPERAMENT.4

The common law--has reduced the kingdom to its just state and temperament. NWAD TEMPERAMENT.5

3. In music, temperament is an operation which, by means of a slight alteration in the intervals, causes the difference between two contiguous sounds to disappear, and makes each of them appear identical with the other. NWAD TEMPERAMENT.6

Temperament is the accommodation or adjustment of the imperfect sounds, by transferring a part of their defects to the more perfect ones, to remedy in part the false intervals of instruments of fixed sounds, as the organ, harpsichord, forte piano, etc. NWAD TEMPERAMENT.7

The harshness of a given concord increases with the temperament. NWAD TEMPERAMENT.8

TEMPERAMENTAL, a. Constitutional. [Not much used.] NWAD TEMPERAMENTAL.1

TEMPERANCE, n. [L. temperantia, from tempero.] NWAD TEMPERANCE.1

1. Moderation; particularly, habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; as temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth. Temperance in eating and drinking is opposed to gluttony and drunkenness, and in other indulgences, to excess. NWAD TEMPERANCE.2

2. Patience; calmness; sedateness; moderation of passion. NWAD TEMPERANCE.3

He calm’d his wrath with goodly temperance. [Unusual.] NWAD TEMPERANCE.4

TEMPERATE, a. [L. temperatus.] Moderate; not excessive; as temperate heat; a temperate climate; temperate air. NWAD TEMPERATE.1

1. Moderate in the indulgence of the appetites and passions; as temperate in eating and drinking; temperate in pleasures; temperate in speech. NWAD TEMPERATE.2

Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. NWAD TEMPERATE.3

2. Cool; calm; not marked with passion; not violent; as a temperate discourse or address; temperate language. NWAD TEMPERATE.4

3. Proceeding from temperance; as temperate sleep. NWAD TEMPERATE.5

4. Free from ardent passion. NWAD TEMPERATE.6

She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. NWAD TEMPERATE.7

Temperate zone, the space on the earth between the tropics and the polar circles, where the heat is less than in the tropics, and the cold less than in the polar circles. NWAD TEMPERATE.8

TEMPERATELY, adv. Moderately; without excess or extravagance. NWAD TEMPERATELY.1

1. Calmly; without violence of passion; as, to reprove one temperately. NWAD TEMPERATELY.2

2. With moderate force. NWAD TEMPERATELY.3

Winds that temperately blow. NWAD TEMPERATELY.4

TEMPERATENESS, n. Moderation; freedom from excess; as the temperateness of the weather or of a climate. NWAD TEMPERATENESS.1

1. Calmness; coolness of mind. NWAD TEMPERATENESS.2

TEMPERATIVE, a. Having the power or quality of tempering. NWAD TEMPERATIVE.1

TEMPERATURE, n. [L. temperature.] NWAD TEMPERATURE.1

1. In physics, the state of a body with regard to heat or cold, as indicated by the thermometer; or the degree of free caloric which a body possesses, when compared with other bodies. When a body applied to another, either excites the sensation of heat, or expands that body, we say it is of a higher temperature; that is, it possesses more free caloric. When it excites the sensation of cold, or contracts another body, it is said to be of a lower temperature. Thus we speak of the temperature of air, of water, of a climate, etc.; two countries of the same temperature. NWAD TEMPERATURE.2

2. Constitution; state; degree of any quality. NWAD TEMPERATURE.3

Memory depends upon the consistence and temperature of the brain. NWAD TEMPERATURE.4

3. Moderation; freedom from immoderate passions. NWAD TEMPERATURE.5

In that proud port, which her so goodly graceth, NWAD TEMPERATURE.6

Most goodly temperature you may descry. NWAD TEMPERATURE.7

[Not in use.] NWAD TEMPERATURE.8

TEMPERED, pp. Duly mixed or modified; reduced to a proper state; softened; allayed; hardened. NWAD TEMPERED.1

1. Adjusted by musical temperament. NWAD TEMPERED.2

2. a. Disposed; as a well tempered, good tempered, or bad tempered man. NWAD TEMPERED.3

TEMPERING, ppr. Mixing and qualifying; qualifying by mixture; softening; mollifying; reducing to a state of moderation; hardening. NWAD TEMPERING.1

TEMPEST, n. [L. tempestas; tempus, time, season. The primary sense of tempus, time, is a falling, or that which falls, comes or happens, from some verb which signifies to fall or come suddenly, or rather to drive, to rush. Time is properly a coming, a season, that which presents itself, or is present. The sense of tempest, is from the sense of rushing or driving. See Temerity and Temerarious.] NWAD TEMPEST.1

1. An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence; a storm of extreme violence. We usually apply the word to a steady wind of long continuance; but we say also of a tornado, it blew a tempest. The currents of wind are named, according to their respective degrees of force or rapidity, a breeze, a gale, a storm, a tempest; but gale is also used as synonymous with storm, and storm with tempest. Gust is usually applied to a sudden blast of short duration. A tempest may or may not be attended with rain, snow or hail. NWAD TEMPEST.2

We, caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurl’d NWAD TEMPEST.3

Each on his rock transfix’d-- NWAD TEMPEST.4

2. A violent tumult or commotion; as a popular or political tempest; the tempest of war. NWAD TEMPEST.5

3. Perturbation; violent agitation; as a tempest of the passions. NWAD TEMPEST.6

TEMPEST, v.t. To disturb as by a tempest of the passions. [Little used.] NWAD TEMPEST.7

TEMPEST-BEATEN, a. [tempest and beat.] NWAD TEMPEST-BEATEN.1

Beaten or shattered with storms. NWAD TEMPEST-BEATEN.2

TEMPESTIVITY, n. [L. tempestivus.] Seasonableness. [Not in use.] NWAD TEMPESTIVITY.1

TEMPEST-TOST, a. [tempest and tost.] Tossed or driven about by tempests. NWAD TEMPEST-TOST.1

TEMPESTUOUS, a. NWAD TEMPESTUOUS.1

1. Very story; turbulent; rough with wind; as tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night. NWAD TEMPESTUOUS.2

2. Blowing with violence; as a tempestuous wind. NWAD TEMPESTUOUS.3

TEMPESTUOUSLY, adv. With great violence of wind or great commotion; turbulently. NWAD TEMPESTUOUSLY.1

TEMPESTUOUSNESS, n. Storminess; the state of being tempestuous or disturbed by violent winds; as the tempestuousness of the winter or of weather. NWAD TEMPESTUOUSNESS.1

TEMPLAR, n. [from the Temple, a house near the Thames, which originally belonged to the knights Templars. The latter took their denomination from an apartment of the palace of Baldwin II. in Jerusalem, near the temple.] NWAD TEMPLAR.1

1. A student of the law. NWAD TEMPLAR.2

2. Templars, knights of the Temple, a religious military order, first established at Jerusalem in favor of pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land. The order originated with some persons who, in 1118, devoted themselves to the service of God, promising to live in perpetual chastity, obedience and poverty, after the manner of canons. In 1228, this order was confirmed in the council of Troyes, and subjected to a rule of discipline. It flourished, became immensely rich, and its members became so insolent and vicious, that the order was suppressed by the council of Vienne, in 1312. NWAD TEMPLAR.3

TEMPLE, n. [L. templum.] NWAD TEMPLE.1

1. A public edifice erected in honor of some deity. Among pagans, a building erected to some pretended deity, and in which the people assembled to worship. Originally, temples were open places, as the Stonehenge in England. In Rome, some of the temples were open, and called sacella; others were roofed, and called oedes. The most celebrated of the ancient pagan temples were that of Belus in Babylon, that of Vulcan at Memphis, that of Jupiter at Thebes, that of Diana at Ephesus, that of Apollo in Miletus, that of Jupiter Olympius in Athens, and that of Apollo at Delphi. The most celebrated and magnificent temple erected to the true God, was that built by Solomon in Jerusalem. NWAD TEMPLE.2

In Scripture, the tabernacle is sometimes called by this name. 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 3:3. NWAD TEMPLE.3

2. A church; an edifice erected among christians as a place of public worship. NWAD TEMPLE.4

Can he whose life is a perpetual insult to the authority of God, enter with any pleasure a temple consecrated to devotion and sanctified by prayer? NWAD TEMPLE.5

3. A place in which the divine presence specially resides; the church as a collective body. Ephesians 2:21. NWAD TEMPLE.6

4. In England, the Temples are two inns of court, thus called because anciently the dwellings of the knights Templars. They are called the Inner and the Middle Temple. NWAD TEMPLE.7

TEMPLE, n. [L. tempus, tempora. The primary sense of the root of this word is to fall. See Time.] NWAD TEMPLE.8

1. Literally, the fall of the head; the part where the head slopes from the top. NWAD TEMPLE.9

2. In anatomy, the anterior and lateral part of the head, where the skull is covered by the temporal muscles. NWAD TEMPLE.10

TEMPLE, v.t. To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to. [Little used.] NWAD TEMPLE.11

TEMPLET, n. A piece of timber in a building; as a templet under a girder. NWAD TEMPLET.1

TEMPORAL, a. [L. temporalis, from tempus, time.] NWAD TEMPORAL.1

1. Pertaining to this life or this world or the body only; secular; as temporal concerns; temporal affairs. In this sense, it is opposed to spiritual. Let not temporal affairs or employments divert the mind from spiritual concerns, which are far more important. NWAD TEMPORAL.2

In this sense also it is opposed to ecclesiastical; as temporal power, that is, secular, civil or political power; temporal courts, those which take cognizance of civil suits. Temporal jurisdiction is that which regards civil and political affairs. NWAD TEMPORAL.3

2. Measured or limited by time, or by this life or this state of things; having limited existence; opposed to eternal. NWAD TEMPORAL.4

The things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18. NWAD TEMPORAL.5

3. In grammar, relating to a tense; as a temporal augment. NWAD TEMPORAL.6

4. Pertaining to the temple or temples of the head; as the temporal bone; a temporal artery or vein; temporal muscle. NWAD TEMPORAL.7

TEMPORALITIES, TEMPORALS, n. Secular possessions; revenues of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay-fees, tithes and the like. It is opposed to spiritualities. NWAD TEMPORALITIES.1

TEMPORALLY, adv. With respect to time or this life only. NWAD TEMPORALLY.1

TEMPORALNESS, n. Worldliness. [Not used.] NWAD TEMPORALNESS.1

TEMPORALTY, n. The laity; secular people. [Little used.] NWAD TEMPORALTY.1

1. Secular possessions. [See Temporalities.] NWAD TEMPORALTY.2

TEMPORANEOUS, a. Temporary. [Little used.] NWAD TEMPORANEOUS.1

TEMPORARILY, adv. For a time only; not perpetually. NWAD TEMPORARILY.1

TEMPORARINESS, n. [from temporary.] The state of being temporary; opposed to perpetuity. NWAD TEMPORARINESS.1

TEMPORARY, a. [L. temporarius.] Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief. There is a temporary cessation of hostilities. There is a temporary supply of provisions. In times of great danger, Rome appointed a temporary dictator. NWAD TEMPORARY.1

TEMPORIZATION, n. The act of temporizing. NWAD TEMPORIZATION.1

TEMPORIZE, v.i. [L. tempus, time.] NWAD TEMPORIZE.1

1. To comply with the time or occasion; to humor or yield to the current of opinion or to circumstances; a conduct that often indicates obsequiousness. NWAD TEMPORIZE.2

They might their grievance inwardly complain, NWAD TEMPORIZE.3

But outwardly they needs must temporize. NWAD TEMPORIZE.4

2. To delay; to procrastinate. NWAD TEMPORIZE.5

Well, you till temporize with the hours. [Little used.] NWAD TEMPORIZE.6

3. To comply. [Not in use.] NWAD TEMPORIZE.7

TEMPORIZER, n. One who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions or occasions; a trimmer. NWAD TEMPORIZER.1

TEMPORIZING, ppr. Complying with the time, or with the prevailing humors and opinions of men; time-serving. NWAD TEMPORIZING.1

TEMPT, v.t. [L. tento; teneo; Gr. the primary sense is to strain, urge, press.] NWAD TEMPT.1

1. To incite or solicit to an evil act; to entice to something wrong by presenting arguments that are plausible or convincing, or by the offer of some pleasure or apparent advantage as the inducement. NWAD TEMPT.2

My lady Gray tempts him to this harsh extremity. NWAD TEMPT.3

Every man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed. James 1:14. NWAD TEMPT.4

2. To provoke; to incite. NWAD TEMPT.5

Tempt not the brave and needy to despair. NWAD TEMPT.6

3. To solicit; to draw; without the notion of evil. NWAD TEMPT.7

Still his strength conceal’d, NWAD TEMPT.8

Which tempted our attempt, and wrought our fall. NWAD TEMPT.9

4. To try; to venture on; to attempt. NWAD TEMPT.10

E’er leave be giv’n to tempt the nether skies. NWAD TEMPT.11

5. In Scripture, to try; to prove; to put to trial for proof. NWAD TEMPT.12

God did tempt Abraham. Genesis 22:1. NWAD TEMPT.13

Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God. Deuteronomy 6:16. NWAD TEMPT.14

TEMPTABLE, a. Liable to be tempted. NWAD TEMPTABLE.1

TEMPTATION, n. The act of tempting; enticement to evil by arguments, by flattery, or by the offer of some real or apparent good. NWAD TEMPTATION.1

When the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. Luke 4:13. NWAD TEMPTATION.2

1. Solicitation of the passions; enticements to evil proceeding from the prospect of pleasure or advantage. NWAD TEMPTATION.3

2. The state of being tempted or enticed to evil. When by human weakness you are led into temptation, resort to prayer for relief. NWAD TEMPTATION.4

3. Trial. NWAD TEMPTATION.5

Lead us not into temptation. NWAD TEMPTATION.6

4. That which is presented to the mind as an inducement to evil. NWAD TEMPTATION.7

Dare to be great without a guilty crown, NWAD TEMPTATION.8

View it, and lay the bright temptation down. NWAD TEMPTATION.9

5. In colloquial language, an allurement to any thing indifferent, or even good. NWAD TEMPTATION.10

TEMPTED, pp. Enticed to evil; provoked; tried. NWAD TEMPTED.1

TEMPTER, n. One that solicits or entices to evil. NWAD TEMPTER.1

Those who are bent to do wickedly, will never want tempters to urge them on. NWAD TEMPTER.2

1. The great adversary of man; the devil. Matthew 4:3. NWAD TEMPTER.3

TEMPTING, ppr. Enticing to evil; trying. NWAD TEMPTING.1

1. a. Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; as tempting pleasures. NWAD TEMPTING.2

TEMPTINGLY, adv. In a manner to entice to evil; so as to allure. NWAD TEMPTINGLY.1

TEMPTRESS, n. A female who entices. NWAD TEMPTRESS.1

TEMSEBREAD, TEMSED-BREAD, n. Bread made of flour better sifted than common flour. [I know not where this word is used.] NWAD TEMSEBREAD.1

TEMULENCE, TEMULENCY, n. [L. temulentia.] Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness. [Not used.] NWAD TEMULENCE.1

TEMULENT, a. [L. temulentus.] Intoxicated. [Not in use.] NWAD TEMULENT.1

TEMULENTIVE, a. Drunken; in a state of inebriation. [Not in use.] NWAD TEMULENTIVE.1

TEN, a. [L. decem.] NWAD TEN.1

1. Twice five; nine and one. NWAD TEN.2

With twice ten sail I cross’d the Phrygian sea. NWAD TEN.3

2. It is a kind of proverbial number. NWAD TEN.4

There’s a proud modesty in merit, NWAD TEN.5

Averse to begging, and resolv’d to pay NWAD TEN.6

Ten times the gift it asks. NWAD TEN.7

The meaning in this use is, a great deal more, indefinitely. NWAD TEN.8

TENABLE, a. [L. teneo, to hold. See Tenant.] NWAD TENABLE.1

That may be held, maintained or defended against an assailant, or against attempts to take it; as a tenable fortress. The works were not deemed tenable. The ground taken in the argument is not tenable. NWAD TENABLE.2

TENACIOUS, a. [L. tenax, from teneo, to hold.] NWAD TENACIOUS.1

1. Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as men tenacious of their just rights. Men are usually tenacious of their opinions, as well as of their property. NWAD TENACIOUS.2

2. Retentive; apt to retain long what is committed to it; as a tenacious memory. NWAD TENACIOUS.3

3. Adhesive; apt to adhere to another substance; as oily, glutinous or viscous matter. Few substances are to tenacious as tar. NWAD TENACIOUS.4

4. Niggardly; close fisted. NWAD TENACIOUS.5

TENACIOUSLY, adv. With a disposition to hold fast what is possessed. NWAD TENACIOUSLY.1

1. Adhesively. NWAD TENACIOUSLY.2

2. Obstinately; with firm adherence. NWAD TENACIOUSLY.3

TENACIOUSNESS, n. The quality of holding fast; unwillingness to quit, resign or let go; as a man’s tenaciousness of his rights or opinions. NWAD TENACIOUSNESS.1

2. Adhesiveness; stickiness; as the tenaciousness of clay or glue. NWAD TENACIOUSNESS.2

3. Retentiveness; as the tenaciousness of memory. NWAD TENACIOUSNESS.3

TENACITY, n. [L. tenacitas, from teneo, to hold.] NWAD TENACITY.1

1. Adhesiveness; that quality of bodies which makes them stick or adhere to others; glutinousness; stickiness; as the tenacity of oils, of glue, of tar, of starch and the like. NWAD TENACITY.2

2. That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting; without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; opposed to brittleness or fragility. NWAD TENACITY.3

TENACY, n. Tenaciousness. [Not in use.] NWAD TENACY.1

TENAIL, n. [L. teneo, to hold.] In fortification, an outwork consisting of two parallel sides with front, in which is a re-entering angle. It is simple or double. NWAD TENAIL.1

TENAILLON, n. In fortification, tenaillons are works constructed on each side of the ravelins, like the lunets, but differing in this, that one of the faces of the tenaillon is in the direction of the ravelin, whereas that of the lunet is perpendicular to it. NWAD TENAILLON.1

TENANCY, n. [L. tenens.] In law, a holding or possession of lands or tenements; tenure; as tenancy in fee simple; tenancy in tail; tenancy by the curtesy; tenancy at will. Tenancy in common happens where there is a unity of possession merely. NWAD TENANCY.1

TENANT, n. [L. teneo; Gr. to strain, stretch, extend.] NWAD TENANT.1

1. A person holding land or other real estate under another, either by grant, lease or at will; one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements whose title is in another; as a tenant in tail; tenant in common; tenant by the curtesy; tenant in parcenary; tenant for life; tenant at will; tenant in dower. NWAD TENANT.2

2. One who has possession of any place; a dweller. NWAD TENANT.3

The happy tenant of your shade. NWAD TENANT.4

Tenant in capite, or tenant in chief, by the laws of England, is 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 stiled lord paramount. Such tenants however are considered as having the fee of the lands and permanent possession. NWAD TENANT.5

TENANT, v.t. To hold or possess as a tenant. NWAD TENANT.6

Sir Roger’s estate is tenanted by persons who have served him or his ancestors. NWAD TENANT.7

TENANTABLE, a. Fit to be rented; in a state of repair suitable for a tenant. NWAD TENANTABLE.1

TENANTED, pp. Held by a tenant. NWAD TENANTED.1

TENANTING, ppr. Holding as a tenant. NWAD TENANTING.1

TENANTLESS, a. Having no tenant; unoccupied; as a tenantless mansion. NWAD TENANTLESS.1

TENANTRY, n. The body of tenants; as the tenantry of a manor or a kingdom. NWAD TENANTRY.1

1. Tenancy. [Not in use.] NWAD TENANTRY.2

TENCH, n. [L. tinca.] A fish of the genus Cyprinus, found in ponds and rivers. NWAD TENCH.1

TEND, v.t. [contracted from attend, L. attendo; ad and tendo, to stretch.] NWAD TEND.1

1. To watch; to guard; to accompany as an assistant or protector. NWAD TEND.2

And flaming ministers to watch and tend NWAD TEND.3

Their earthly charge-- NWAD TEND.4

There is a pleasure in that simplicity, in beholding princes tending their flocks. NWAD TEND.5

2. To hold and take care of; as, to tend a child. NWAD TEND.6

3. To be attentive to. NWAD TEND.7

Unsuck’d of lamb or kid that tend their play. NWAD TEND.8

TEND, v.t. [L. tendo; teneo.] NWAD TEND.9

1. To move in a certain direction. NWAD TEND.10

Having overheard two gentlemen tending towards that sight-- NWAD TEND.11

Here Dardanus was born, and hither tends. NWAD TEND.12

2. To be directed to any end or purpose; to aim at; to have or give a leaning. NWAD TEND.13

The laws of our religion tend to the universal happiness of mankind. NWAD TEND.14

3. To contribute. Our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction. NWAD TEND.15

4. [for attend.] To attend; to wait as attendants or servants. NWAD TEND.16

He tends upon my father. [Colloquial.] NWAD TEND.17

5. To attend as something inseparable. [Not in use.] NWAD TEND.18

6. To wait; to expect. [Not in use.] NWAD TEND.19

7. To swing round an anchor, as a ship. NWAD TEND.20

TENDANCE, n. Attendance; state of expectation. NWAD TENDANCE.1

1. Persons attending. NWAD TENDANCE.2

2. Act of waiting; attendance. NWAD TENDANCE.3

3. Care; act of tending. NWAD TENDANCE.4

[This word is entirely obsolete in all its senses. We now use attendance.] NWAD TENDANCE.5

TENDED, pp. Attended; taken care of; nursed; as an infant, or a sick person. NWAD TENDED.1

TENDENCY, n. [from tend; L. tendens, tending.] Drift; direction or course towards any place, object, effect or result. Read such books only as have a good moral tendency. Mild language has a tendency to allay irritation. NWAD TENDENCY.1

Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a more particular tendency to the good of their country. NWAD TENDENCY.2

TENDER, n. [from tend.] One that attends or takes care of; a nurse. NWAD TENDER.1

1. A small vessel employed to attend a larger one for supplying her with provisions and other stores, or to convey intelligence and the like. NWAD TENDER.2

2. In law, an offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture which would be incurred by non-payment or non-performance; as the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note or bond with interest. To constitute a legal tender, such money must be offered as the law prescribes; the offer of bank notes is not a legal tender. So also the tender must be at the time and place where the rent or debt ought to be paid, and it must be to the full amount due. NWAD TENDER.3

There is also a tender of issue in pleadings, a tender of an oath, etc. NWAD TENDER.4

3. Any offer for acceptance. The gentleman made me a tender of his services. NWAD TENDER.5

4. The thing offered. This money is not a legal tender. NWAD TENDER.6

5. Regard; kind concern. [Not in use.] NWAD TENDER.7

TENDER, v.t. [L. tendo.] NWAD TENDER.8

1. To offer in words; or to exhibit or present for acceptance. NWAD TENDER.9

All conditions, all minds tender down NWAD TENDER.10

Their service to lord Timon. NWAD TENDER.11

2. To hold; to esteem. NWAD TENDER.12

Tender yourself more dearly. [Not in use.] NWAD TENDER.13

3. To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, for saving a penalty or forfeiture; as, to tender the amount of rent or debt. NWAD TENDER.14

TENDER, a. [L. tener; allied probably to thin, L. tenuis.] NWAD TENDER.15

1. Soft; easily impressed, broken, bruised or injured; not firm or hard; as tender plants; tender flesh; tender grapes. Deuteronomy 32:2; Song of Solomon 2:13, 15. NWAD TENDER.16

2. Very sensible to impression and pain; easily pained. NWAD TENDER.17

Our bodies are not naturally more tender than our faces. NWAD TENDER.18

3. Delicate; effeminate; not hardy or able to endure hardship. NWAD TENDER.19

The tender and delicate woman among you. Deuteronomy 28:56. NWAD TENDER.20

4. Weak; feeble; as tender age. Genesis 33:13. NWAD TENDER.21

5. Young and carefully educated. Proverbs 4:3. NWAD TENDER.22

6. Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; easily affected by the distresses of another, or anxious for another’s good; as the tender kindness of the church; a tender heart. NWAD TENDER.23

7. Compassionate; easily excited to pity, forgiveness or favor. NWAD TENDER.24

The Lord is pitiful, and of tender mercy. James 5:11; Luke 1:78. NWAD TENDER.25

8. Exciting kind concern. NWAD TENDER.26

I love Valentine; NWAD TENDER.27

His life’s as tender to me as his soul. NWAD TENDER.28

9. Expressive of the softer passions; as a tender strain. NWAD TENDER.29

10. Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; with of. Be tender of your neighbor’s reputation. NWAD TENDER.30

The civil authority should be tender of the honor of God and religion. NWAD TENDER.31

11. Gentle; mild; unwilling to pain. NWAD TENDER.32

You that are so tender o’er his follies, NWAD TENDER.33

Will never do him good. NWAD TENDER.34

12. Apt to give pain; as, that is a tender subject; things that are tender and unpleasing. NWAD TENDER.35

13. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; pathetic; as tender expressions; tender expostulations. NWAD TENDER.36

TENDERED, pp. Offered for acceptance. NWAD TENDERED.1

TENDER-HEARTED, a. [tender and heart.] NWAD TENDER-HEARTED.1

1. Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence. NWAD TENDER-HEARTED.2

--When Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. 2 Chronicles 13:7. NWAD TENDER-HEARTED.3

2. Very susceptible of the softer passions of love, pity or kindness. NWAD TENDER-HEARTED.4

Be ye kind one to another, and tender-hearted. Ephesians 4:32. NWAD TENDER-HEARTED.5

TENDER-HEARTEDNESS, n. Susceptibility of the softer passions. NWAD TENDER-HEARTEDNESS.1

TENDERING, ppr. Offering for acceptance. NWAD TENDERING.1

TENDERLING, n. A fondling; one made tender by too much kindness. NWAD TENDERLING.1

1. The first horns of a deer. NWAD TENDERLING.2

TENDERLOIN, n. A tender part of flesh in the hind quarter of beef. NWAD TENDERLOIN.1

TENDERLY, adv. With tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain. NWAD TENDERLY.1

Brutus tenderly reproves. NWAD TENDERLY.2

1. Kindly; with pity or affection. NWAD TENDERLY.3

TENDERNESS, n. The state of being tender or easily broken, bruised or injured; softness; brittleness; as the tenderness of a thread; the tenderness of flesh. NWAD TENDERNESS.1

1. The state of being easily hurt; soreness; as the tenderness of flesh when bruised or inflamed. NWAD TENDERNESS.2

2. Susceptibility of the softer passions; sensibility. NWAD TENDERNESS.3

Well we know your tenderness of heart. NWAD TENDERNESS.4

3. Kind attention; anxiety for the good of another, or to save him from pain. NWAD TENDERNESS.5

4. Scrupulousness; caution; extreme care or concern not to give or to commit offense; as tenderness of conscience. NWAD TENDERNESS.6

5. Cautious care to preserve or not to injure; as a tenderness of reputation. NWAD TENDERNESS.7

6. Softness of expression; pathos. NWAD TENDERNESS.8

TENDING, ppr. Having a certain direction; taking care of. NWAD TENDING.1

TENDING, n. In seaman’s language, a swinging round or movement of a ship upon her anchor. NWAD TENDING.2

TENDINOUS, a. [L. tendines, tendons, from tendo, to stretch.] NWAD TENDINOUS.1

1. Pertaining to a tendon; partaking of the nature of tendons. NWAD TENDINOUS.2

2. Full of tendons; sinewy; as nervous and tendinous parts. NWAD TENDINOUS.3