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Under the hawthornn in the dale. Milton. In packing, they keep a just tale of the number. Carew.

To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks. Shak. And flaming ministers to watch and tend Their earthly charge. Milton. There 's not a sparrow or a wren, There 's not a blade of autumn grain, Which the four seasons do not tend…

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

Attendance; care. [Obs.]

on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career. Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their away. Gray.

Attention; regard, care. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Lydgate.

One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.

"Graunt mercy, lord, that thank I you," quod she. Chaucer. I thank thee for thine honest care. Shak. Weigh the danger with the doubtful bliss, And thank yourself if aught should fall amiss. Dryden.

It needs; need. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. What thar thee reck or care Chaucer.

. If all this be so, then man has a natural freedom. Locke. Now, then, be all thy weighty cares away. Dryden.

Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care. There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me. 2 Cor. xii. 7. The guilt of empire, all its thorns and cares, Be only mine. Southern.

Solicitude; anxious care; concern. Hawis was put in trouble, and died with thought and anguish before his business came to an end. Bacon. Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink. Matt. vi. 25.

Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain; thoughtful in seeking truth. Glanvill.

Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act.

Hence, consisting of a great number indefinitely. "Perplexed with a thousand cares." Shak.

Carefully; properly; becomingly. [Obs.] A young clerk . . . in Latin thriftily them gret [greeted]. Chaucer.

To put on hastily; to spread carelessly. O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw. Pope.

wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares. Longfellow. Tidal air (Physiol.), the air which passes in and out of the lungs in ordinary breathing. It varies from twenty to thirty cubic inches. -- Tidal basin, a dock that is filled at the rising of the tide. -- Tidal…

An officer of the forest who had the care of vert and venison by night. [Obs.]

To put toggery, or togs, on; to dress; -- usually with out, implying care, elaborateness, or the like. [Colloq. or Slang] Harper's Weekly.