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One more than nine; twice five. With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea. Dryden.

A plant, the star-of-Bethlehem. See under Star.

A large oceanic fish (Elops saurus) found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.

A knocking down of all ten pins at one delivery of the ball. [U. S.]

The quality or state of being tenable; tenableness.

ended, as against an assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument. If you have hitherto concealed his sight, Let it be tenable in your silence still. Shak. I would be the last man in the world to give up his cause when it was tenable. Sir W. Scott.…

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.

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

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

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

Tenaciousness; obstinacy. [Obs.] Barrow.

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.

r years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2. Blount. Wharton.

See Tenon saw, under Tenon.

Fit to be rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant. -- Ten"ant*a*ble*ness, n.

Having no tenants; unoccupied; as, a tenantless mansion. Shak.

The body of tenants; as, the tenantry of a manor or a kingdom.