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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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14 words match “TENNE”

TENNE n.
A tincture, rarely employed, which is considered as an orange color or bright brown. It is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter, crossed by vertical lines.
OFTENNESS n.
Frequency. Hooker.
ALGONQUIAN a.
th of Hudson's Bay and the part of the United States east of the Mississippi and north of Tennessee and Virginia, with the exception of the territory occupied by the northern Iroquoian tribes. There are nearly 100,000 Indians of the Algonquian tribes, of which the strongest are the Ojibwas (Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees,…
BIG BEND STATE n.
Tennessee; -- a nickname.
BO TREE n.
. . It differs from the banyan (Ficus Indica) by sending down no roots from its branches. Tennent.
CHEROKEES n.
Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes.
DECAY n.
es of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay. Perhaps my God, though he be far before, May turn, and take me by the hand, and more -May strengthe…
IROQUOIAN a.
ribes, of whom the Cherokees were chief, formed part of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. All of the tribes were agricultural, and they were noted for large, communal houses, palisaded towns, and ability to organize, as well as for skill in war. --n.
MELUNGEON n.
One of a mixed white and Indian people living in parts of Tennessee and the Carolinas. They are descendants of early intermixtures of white settlers with natives. In North Carolina the Croatan Indians, regarded as descended from Raleigh's lost colony of Croatan, formerly classed with negroes, are now legally recognized…
MEMORIAL DAY n.
and Mississippi; May 10 in North Carolina and South Carolina; the second Friday in May in Tennessee; June 3 in Louisiana. [U. S.]
PROCESSION v.
n, mark, and establish the boundary lines of, as lands. [Local, U. S. (North Carolina and Tennessee).] "To procession the lands of such persons as desire it." Burrill.
PROCESSIONER n.
An officer appointed to procession lands. [Local, U. S. (North Carolina and Tennessee).] Burrill.
PUTRIDITY n.
The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.
VOLUNTEER STATE n.
Tennessee; -- a nickname.