Tender
(Ten"der), v. t. To have a care of; to be tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value. [Obs.]
For first, next after life, he tendered her good.
Spenser.
Tender yourself more dearly.
Shak.
To see a prince in want would move a miser's charity. Our western princes tendered his case, which
they counted might be their own.
Fuller. Tenderfoot
(Ten"der*foot`) n. A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer
life. [Slang, Western U. S.]
Tender-hearted
(Ten"der-heart`ed) a. Having great sensibility; 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. Tender-hefted
(Ten"der-heft`ed) a. Having great tenderness; easily moved. [Obs.] Shak.
Tenderling
(Ten"der*ling) n.
1. One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling. [R.] W. Harrison
2. (Zoöl.) One of the first antlers of a deer.
Tenderloin
(Ten"der*loin`) n. A strip of tender flesh on either side of the vertebral column under the
short ribs, in the hind quarter of beef and pork. It consists of the psoas muscles.
Tenderly
(Ten"der*ly), adv. In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to
injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly. Chaucer.
Tenderness
(Ten"der*ness), n. The quality or state of being tender
Syn. — Benignity; humanity; sensibility; benevolence; kindness; pity; clemency; mildness; mercy.
Tendinous
(Ten"di*nous) a. [Cf. F. tendineux.]
1. Pertaining to a tendon; of the nature of tendon.
2. Full of tendons; sinewy; as, nervous and tendinous parts of the body.
Tendment
(Tend"ment) n. Attendance; care. [Obs.]
Tendon
(Ten"don) n. [F., fr. L. tendere to stretch, extend. See Tend to move.] (Anat.) A tough insensible
cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.
Tendon reflex (Physiol.), a kind of reflex act in which a muscle is made to contract by a blow upon its
tendon. Its absence is generally a sign of disease. See Knee jerk, under Knee.
Tendonous
(Ten"don*ous) a. Tendinous.
Tendosynovitis
(||Ten`do*syn`o*vi"tis) n. [NL. See Tendon, and Synovitis.] See Tenosynovitis.
Tendrac
(Ten"drac) n. [See Tenrec.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small insectivores of the
family Centetidæ, belonging to Ericulus, Echinope, and related genera, native of Madagascar. They are
