English English Dictionary

Same as Tenability.

The holding by the fourth hand of the best and third best cards of a suit led; also, sometimes, the combination of best with third best card of a suit in any hand.

of Tenancy

Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.

Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.

Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.

Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.

Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.

Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.

The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose.

That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; -- as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.

That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity.

The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.

of Tenaculum

An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.

of Tenaculum

Tenaciousness; obstinacy.

An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin.

A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions.

A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another.