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_Acts Ja. V._
Fr. _tend-re_, id.
* TENDER, _adj._ Sickly, S.
_Baillie._
Fr. _tendre_, puling, delicate.
TENE, _s._ Anger.
V. ~Teyne~, _s._
_To_ TENE, _v. a._
V. ~Teyne~, _v._
TENEMENT, _s._ A house; often denoting a building which includes several separate dwellings, S.
L. B. _tenementum_.
_Ruddiman._
_To_ TENT, _v. a._ To stretch out.
_Douglas._
Fr. _tend-re_, id.
TENT, _s._ Care, attention.
1. _To tak tent_, to be attentive, S.
_Barbour._
2. _To tak tent to_, to exercise concern about, S.
_Lyndsay._
3. _To tak tent of_, to be on one's guard against, S.
_Herd._
_To_ ~Tent~, _v. n._ To attend, generally with the prep. _to_, S.
_Gawan and Gol._
Fr. _attend-re_, or Lat. _attend-ere_.
_To_ ~Tent~, _v. a._
1. To observe, to remark, S.
_Burns._
2. To put a value on, S.
_Ramsay._
~Tentie~, _adj._
1. Watchful, attentive, S.
Fr. _attentif_.
_Maitland Poems._
2. Intent, keen, Galloway.
_Davidson._
~Tentily~, _adv._ Carefully, S.
_Ross._
~Tentless~, _adj._ Inattentive, S.
_Burns._
TER, _s._ Tar.
_Barbour._
Teut. _terre_, Su. G. _tiaera_, id.
TERCE, _s._ A liferent competent by law to widows who have not accepted of a special provision, of the _third_ of the heritable subjects in which their husbands died infeft.
_Erskine._
Lat. _tertia_, Fr. _tiers_.
