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Madagascar. They are more or less spinose and resemble the hedgehog in habits. The rice tendrac (Oryzorictes hora) is very injurious to rice crops. Some of the species are called also tenrec.

Tender feeling or fondness; affection.

Tender feeling; fondness. [Obs., except as a French word]

A slender, leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes attached to a supporting body, after which the tendril usually contracts by coiling spirally.

Furnished with tendrils, or with such or so many, tendrils. "The thousand tendriled vine." Southey.

A tendril. [Obs.] Holland.

A tender; an offer. [Obs.] Heylin.

In Cuba, Mexico, etc., a booth, stall, or shop where merchandise is sold.

To rend in pieces. [Obs.] The wolf hath many a sheep and lamb to-rent. Chaucer.

To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds. Howell.

The quality or state of being transcendent; superior excellence; supereminence. The Augustinian theology rests upon the transcendence of Deity at its controlling principle. A. V. G. Allen.

Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others; as, transcendent worth; transcendent valor. Clothed with transcendent brightness. Milton.

Supereminent; surpassing others; as, transcendental being or qualities.

The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge.

One who believes in transcendentalism.

The quality or state of being transcendental.

In a transcendental manner.

In a transcendent manner.

Same as Transcendence.

Quality or state of being transplendent. [R.] Dr. H. More.