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Shedding tears; tender. [Poetic] "Tear-falling pity." Shak.

A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles.

One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence.

Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes. -- Tear"ful*ly, adv. -- Tear"ful*ness, n.

Shedding no tears; free from tears; unfeeling. -- Tear"less*ly, adv. -- Tear"less*ness, n.

A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy substance.

Wet with tears; tearful.

; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate; pitying; sensitive. -- Ten"der-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Ten"der-heart`ed*ness, n. Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them. 2 Chron. xiii. 7. Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted. Eph. iv. 32.

Divinely sovereign or supreme. [R.] He [Jesus] is the thearchic Intelligence. Milman.

Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.

One whose office it is to carry a torch.

To tear or rend in pieces. [Obs.] Chaucer.

This year. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by means of tracheæ. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen.

One of the Trachearia.

One who holds up a train, as of a robe.

A pendulous branching lichen (Usnea barbata); -- so called from its resemblance to hair.

Of, pertaining to, or included by, three lines; as, trilinear coördinates.

Tristearin.

See Stearin.