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3' its advantages. This, however, does not 
binder the manoeuvre from being well per- 
formed ; for the nature of ground not bei Da- 
eve! like a sheet of paper, the commanded 
it ranging his troops, according to the advan- 
.ages of the situation, does not form a perfect 
tenaille, such as may be drawn or sketched 
out, but one ol an irregular kind, which pro- 
id uces the same effects-; and this is what 
should be sought on all occasions. 
[ '1 enaillhts, in fortification, are low works 
pade in the ditch before the curtains. There 
are three sorts ; viz. the first are the faces of 
tiie bastions produced till they meet, but 
much lower; the second have faces, flanks, 
and a curtain ; and the third have only faces 
and flanks. 
Tenaille, single, a work whose* front is 
advanced towards the country, having two 
faces, forming a re-entering angle ; its two 
long sides terminate on the counterscarp, 
opposite to the angle of the shoulder. 
Tenaille, double, is a work whose front, 
having four laces, forms two re-entering, and 
three salient angles; its long sides are like- 
wise parallel, and terminate on the counter- 
icarp, opposite to the angle of the shoulder. 
Both the single and double tenailles have this 
auilt, viz. that they are not flanked or defend- 
ed at the re-entering angle, because the 
height of the parapet hinders the soldiers from 
discovering before that angle. Therefore 
tenailles should only be made when there is 
lot room enough to make horn-works. The 
•amparts, parapets, dilches, covert-way, and 
glacis of tenailles, are the same with other 
outworks. 
Tenaille of a place, is what is compre- 
hended between the points of two neiglibour- 
ng bastions ; as the faces, flanks, and cur- 
:ains. Hence it is said, the enemy attacked 
die whole tenaille of a place, when they made 
two attacks on the faces of the two bastions. 
TENANT, signifies one who holds or 
jossesses lands or tenements by any kind of 
light, either in fee, for life, years, or at will. 
TENCH. SeeCypRiNus. 
TENDER, is an offer to pay a debt, or 
lerform a duty. In every plea of tender, 
.vhere money is the thing demanded by the 
iction, and the debt or duty is not discharged 
fy the tender and refusal, money maybe 
n ought in without leave of the court ; but 
is other things as well as money may, where 
i tender is pleaded, be brought into court ; 
his is with more propriety called bringing 
nlo court generally, than a bringing money 
nto court. In ah other cases, the leave of 
he court must be had before money can be 
nought into court. The rule under which 
his leave is granted, is, as in the case of an 
jectment by a mortgagee, founded upon a 
•articular act of parliament. In other cases, 
: is founded upon that discretionary power’ 
sdiich is, for the furtherance of justice, vested 
1 the court. By the discretionary rule, it is 
oaietimes ordered, that upon bringing mo- 
ey into court, all proceedings in an action 
hall be stayed. At other times it is ordered, 
tat the money brought into court shall be 
pick out of the plaintiff’s declaration, and 
»at the plaintiff shall not, at the trial of the 
Sue, be permitted to give any evidence as 
i this money. This rule, by which the mo- 
iy brought into court is ordered to be struck 
it of the declaration, is from its being more 
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frequently granted, than that by which it is 
ordered, that the proceeding shall be stayed, 
called the common rule. 5 Bac. Abr. 1 . 
If bank notes have been offered, and no 
objection made on that account, 'it has been 
considered by the court of king’s bench as 
a good tender. 3 Durnf and East, 554. 
Tender, a small ship in the service of 
men of war, for carrying of men, provisions, 
or any thing else that is necessary. 
TENDONS, are white, firm, and tena- 
cious parts, continuous to the muscles, and 
usually forming their extremities. 
1 EN EBRIO, a genus of insects of the 
oidei coleoptera. 1 he generic character is, 
antenna; moniliform, with the last joint 
rounded; thorax plano-convex, margined; 
head cxseited ; wing-sheaths sliflisli. in this 
genus, of which there are more than. 100 
species, the body is oblong-oval, and in most 
species somewhat pointed at the extremity : 
it may be observed also that several species 
are destitute of wings. Among the European 
tenebnones one of the most remarkable is the 
tenebrio mortisagus, a coal-black insect mea- 
suring about an inch in length, of rather slow 
motion, and distinguished by the remarkably 
pointed appearance of the wing-sheaths, 
which at their extremities project a little 
beyond the abdomen : they are also perfectly 
connate or -undivided, forming a complete 
covering to the body, being carried over the 
sides to some distance beneath, and the insect 
is totally destitute of real or under wings. 
It is usually found in dark neglected places, 
beneath boards, in cellars, &c. and if handled’ 
and especially if crushed, diffuses a highly 
unpleasant smell. 
Tenebrio globosus is perhaps not a Lin- 
nxan species, unless it is the tenebrio gib* 
bosus of that author. It is seen during the 
hottest part of the summer about walls and 
pathways, and is distinguished by the re- 
markably globular appearance of the body ; 
it is totally black, the under parts having’ 
sometimes a slight violaceous cast, and the 
joints of the feet, which are remarkably 
broad, are of a dull brown; the whole insect 
is of a very smooth, but not polished, surface, 
and usually measures about three quarters of 
an inch in length: in this however it varies 
considerably, some specimens, probablv the 
males, being considerably smaller. The an- 
tenna; in this insect are beautifully monili- 
form, all the joints being globular. 
1 enebiio molitor is an insect often seen in 
houses : it is one of the smaller kinds, and is 
coai-black, of a lengthened shape, with longi- 
tudinally striated wing-shells, and proceeds 
from a larva commonly known by the name 
of the meal-worm, from its being so fre- 
quently found in flour, &c. It is of a yellow- 
ish white colour, about an inch long, slender- 
bodied, and of a highly polished surface, and 
is considerd as the favorite food of the night- 
ingale when kept in a state of captivity : It is 
aid to l emuin two years before it changes 
into a chrysalis. s 
1 he genus tenebrio is numerous, and some 
of the exotic species much resemble the ge- 
neral appearance of the first described, but 
aie much larger. Many others are small in- 
sects, and the genus lias received, by later 
discoveries, such accessions, that it has been 
divided into several distinct genera. 
TENEMENi, in its common accepta- 
tion, is applied only to houses and other build- 
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mgs; but in its original, proper, and legal 
sense, it signifies every thing that may be 
holden, provided it is of a permanent nature, 
whether it is of a substantial, or of an unsub- 
stantial and ideal kind. Thus frank tene- 
ment, or freehold, is applicable not only to 
lands and other solid objects, but also to 
offices, rents, commons, &c. and as lands 
and houses are tenements, so is anadvowson 
a tenement ; and a franchise, or office, a 
i igiit ol common, a peerage, or other pro- 
perty of the like unsubstantial kind, are aiiof 
them, legally speaking, tenements. 2 Black. 
17. 
. J ENEIVIEN IIS LEG Ad IS, a writ that 
lies to London, or any other corporation 
where the custom is, that men may demise 
tenements as well as goods and chattels by 
their last will, for the hearing any controversy 
touching the same, and for rectifying the 
wrong. * ° 
TENESMUS. See Medicine. 
TENNIS, a play at which a ball is driven 
)y a racket. Asmanv persons would become 
players at tennis, provided they could easily 
understand the rudiments of the game, son’s 
to form some judgment of the players, or at 
least to know who wins and who’loses, we 
hare here attempted to give so plain a de- 
scription of it, that no one can be at a loss 
if ever he should bet or play. As to the 
executive part, it requires great practice to 
make a good player, so that nothing can be 
done without it ; all we presume to do is, to- 
give an insight into the game, by which a 
person may not seem a total stranger to it 
when he happens to be in a tennis-court. 
. The game of tennis is played in most ca- 
pital cities in Europe, particularly in France 
whence we may venture to derive its origin' 
Jt is esteemed with many to be one of the 
most antient games in Christendom, and long 
before king Charles I.’s time it was played in 
England. J 
This game is as intricate as any game what- 
ever; a person who is totally ignorant of it 
may look on for a month together, without 
being able to make out how the game is de- 
cided. We shall begin therefore by describ- 
ing the court in which it is played. 
'idie size of a tennis-court is generally about 
96 oi 97 feet by 33 or 34, there being no ex- 
act dimension ascribed to its proportion a 
foot more or less in length or width being 0 f 
no consequence. A line or net hangs ex- 
actly across the middle, over which the ball 
must be struck, either with a racket or board 
to make the stroke good. Upon the en- 
trance of a tennis-court, there is a Iona gal- 
lery which goes to the dedans, that is, a kind 
of front gallery, where spectators usually 
stand ; into which whenever a ball is struck ft 
tells for a certain stroke. This long gallery 
is divided into different compartments or 
galleries, each of which has its particular 
name, as follows; from the line towards the 
dedans are the first gallery, door, second 
gallery, and the last gallery, which is called 
the service side. From the dedans to the 
last gallery are the figures 1, 2, 3. 4, 5 , 6 at 
a yard distance each, by which the ch aces ’are 
marked, and is one of the most essential parts 
of the game, as will appear in the following 
description. » 
On the other side of the line are also the 
first gallery, door, second gallery, and last 
