temptation 
And lead [bring, R. V'.] us not Into ti'infitiitiii/,, Imt de- 
liver ll from evil |the evil one. R. V.). Mat. vl. 1.1. 
Ill the sixth petition (of the Lord's Prayer], which Is, 
''And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from 
evil," we pray that llnl uuulil eitln-i ki'ep n* frmu hcinK 
templed In sin, or support and deliver u when we are 
tempted. ftlmfti i -i 'ni ekttm, arm. to qu. imi. 
Hy one man's firm obcdjenee fully tried 
Thn.iiuh all temptation. M,t,,,, t , p. R., i. 5. 
4. Thai wliieh tempts, or entiees to e\il; an 
I'litirenieiit; an alluremi'iit ; any templing or 
alluring object. 
Set a deep glass of rlicnish wine on the contrary casket, 
for if the devil be within anil that Ifm/ilHUim without, I 
know he will choose It. Hlmk., M. of V., i. >. n;. 
I have seen It stated during this discussion and ele- 
wherc that a trim In North and West Lancashire meant a 
(train rlildle ; but tliii In not exact, A trnu proper Is a 
ileve with deep sides, very like a peck measure, Is 10 or 
I'-i Inched in diameter, and has n bottom of woven horse- 
hair. It la uai'il fin taUii'-' small partic lex of luittrr out 
"f tlii' buttermilk juht after churning; peiK"M lmld 
tin- tnni over vessel and another uoun> in the butter, 
milk, the hair-work passing the milk and catclilnx the 
particles of butter. 1'hls would not cause a flre, neither 
tenaculum 
Infidelity has been attacked with so good successor lato 
yean that It Is driven mil i.f all it. out-works. The athe- 
ist has nut fun nil his. post IfnnUr, mid i- tin n-t.,r. retired 
lllt<>deiii. Aihli-fi: ~|>' i lat.ir, No. 186. 
The place was scarcely tenaUr, and it WHK al.aiMli.iinl 
i. ii the approach of the Spanish army. 
l'r,;,li, Kcrd. and Isa., II. S. 
2f. Ilelil; retained; kept secret or inviolate. 
If you have hitherto conceal'd this sight, 
Let It be tnuiMt In junr silenee still. 
Shot., Hamlet, I. 2. 248. 
The state of 
understand the river Thames. S. and <}., eth ser, IX. 14. 
There Is no place, no state, or scene of life, that hath 
not Its proper and peculiar truiiittiHiiivi. 
Bp. Attertntry, Sermons, r. x. temse (terns), r. t. ; pret. and pp. tentsed, ppr. 
temptational (temp-tn'shon-al), . [<<<<///- imixini/. [Formerly also tempxt ; < MK. /</.. 
tin,, + -,tl.\ of il H . nature of temptation; tempxen, < AS. temxian (= I), temsen = MLG. 
tempting'; seductive: as, ''the ti-nipttitinniil temesen), sift ; from the noun.] To sift. [Ob- 
agency of lust,'' ./. t 'ulilinll, Homiletical Mag., solete or prov. Eng.] 
VI. 106. temse-bread(tem8 y bred),M. Bread made of flour 
temptationless (temp-ta'shon-les), a. [<temp- better sifted than common flour. [Prov. Eng.] 
Minn + -less.] Having no'temptation or mo- temse-loaf (tems'lof), n. Same as temxe-bread. 
live. Ifiimiiiiind, Works, IV. vii. [Rare.] [Prov. Eng.] 
temptations (temp-ta'shus), it. [< tcnii>biti(on) 
+ -ous.] Tempting; seductive. [Obsolete or 
rare.] 
I, my liege. I. O, that tem]datimu tongue ! 
Death of Hob. E. o/ Hunt., K. 1. (Xaret.) 
She put it [a hat ; off and looked at it. There was some- 
thing almost humanly winning and temptatiotu In It. 
Harper's May., LXXVIII. 665. 
is a grain-riddle tiring by ordinary hand usage more prob- 
able. When worked at the quickest one man riddles 
while another Alls, ami the riddle Is emptied several tin,. ~ 
In a minute. The grain also Is cold In Its normal state, tenableness (len'ii-M-iies), u . 
and there i, no , -ban, < ..f it or the riddle's getting heated lieing tenable ; tellabilitv 
^S^^'^&IJSSS&BX, *" ,.,'>. ,,. j< rV,, ,, ,., i<11IH . JM 
"Tha'lj ne'er set th'l*i/M afire," a hundred to one he would demeurer tenaee, hold the best and third best 
cards, lit. 'stay tenacious': see ill mm ami It mt- 
rioiig.] I n irlii.il, t he best and third best cards, 
or the second and fourth best cards, in play, of 
a suit : known in the former case as a major tiu- 
Some mlxeth tu miller the rhye with the wheat, 
Tern* loaf on his table to have for to eat, 
Tuner, September's Husbandry. 
temulence (tem'u-lens), M. [< F. temutence = 
Pg. tenwlencia ='lt'.'temule;a, < L. temulmtin, 
drunkenness, intoxication, < temulentus, drunk: 
see temulent.] Intoxication; inebriation; drun- 
-I, in the latter a.- a iiiinur t 
tenacious (te-na'shua), a. [= F. tenure = Sp. 
Pg. trim; = It. tenaee, < L. tenax (tenac-), hold- 
ing fast, < tenerc, hold: see tenant 1 .] 1. Hold- 
ing fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to re- 
tain what ia in possession : with of before the 
thing held; hence, stubborn; obstinate. 
A resolute lenofitna adherence to well chosen princi- 
ple 
kenness. [Rare.] 
tempter (temp'ter), H. [< ME. temptour, < OF. temulency (tem'u-len-si), . [As temiil,,,,; 
li'iH/itmr, "tcmpti-iir, tenteur, F. tentateur = Pr. (see-cy).] Same as temulence. Bailey. [Kare.] 
Si>. Pg. trntador = lt. tcntatore, <L. tentator,one temulent (tem'u-lent), a. [=$p.Pg.teiul<iit,>, 
who tempts or attempts, < tcntare, tempt: see < \>- temulentus, drunk.] Intoxicated; given to 
A man is naturally most te naciotu of that which Is most 
liable to be taken from him. 
K. '. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. :W7. 
The religion of ancient Egypt was very trnacunu, and 
not easily effaced. 
J. F. Clarke, Ten Great Religions, vii. 0. 
2. Retentive ; apt to retain long what is com- 
mitted to it: said of the memory. 
The memory of some ... Is very Ititacinwi. 
Locke, Human Understanding, II. x. f .'.. 
St. Niggardly; close-fisted. Bailey, 1727. 4. 
Apt to adhere to another substance; adhesive, 
as ropy, glutinous, or viscous matter; sticky; 
viscid : as, few substances are so tenacious as 
tar. 5. Tough; ha vine great cohesive force be- 
tween its particles, so that they resist anv effort 
to pull or force them asunder: as, steel is the 
temulentness (tem'u-lent-nes), n. Same as most ^mcioi/., of all known substances. 
temulence. Bailey. tenaciously (te-na shus-li), adr. In a tenacious 
Milton, P. i., Ix. 549. ten (ten), a. and n. [< ME. ten, tene, < AS. ten mann ^' (o) wlth " <"Pltion to hold fast what is 
tempting (temp' ting), ;>. a. [Ppr. of tempt, r.] tien, tene = OS. tehan = OFries. tian, tien = n^'obsif Sy ' l&^A^esively^ith cohesjv'lforee'" 
That tempts, entices, or allures; attractive; se- D. tien = MLG. tein, LG. tien = OHG. zehan, tenaciousness (te-na'shus-nes) w The state 
ductive : as, iMIfttng pleasures. MHG. zehen, zen, G. :elin = Icel. tin = Dan. ti or character of being tenacious, in anv sense: 
So peruerse stomakes haue they borne to women that = " w - '" = !* Gael, deich = W. deg = Goth, tenacity. 
ttiihun = L. decem ( > It. diece, died = Sp. die: = 
Pg. dez = F. dix) = Gr. ttna = Skt. ddca, ten. 
Hence ult. -teen, teens, -ty 1 .] I. a. Being the 
sum of nine and one; one more than nine; tenacity (te-nas'i-ti), n. [< F. tenacite = S 
tempt.] One who tempts ; one who solicits or 
entices to evil. 
Is this her fault or mine ? 
The temper or the tempted? . 
_,. . *"*". M ' ' r "' "' 2 ', m 
The tempter, the great adversary of man ; the devil. 
drink. [Kare.] 
He was recognized, in then temulent Germany, as the 
very prince of topers. Sir W. Hamilton. 
temulentivet (tem'u-len-tiv), o. [< temulent 
+ -ire.] Drunken ; 'in a state of inebriation. 
Ff Juni ,.^ Sin Stigmatized (1639), p. 38. [Rare 1 
temulently < tem'u-lent-li), fr. In a drunken 
So glozed the tempter, and his proem tuned 
IntS the heart of Eve his words made wa ' 
the more part of their temptynge spretes they haue made 
she dcuyls. Bp. Bale, English Votaries, Pref. 
To whom | his precursorsl he thus owed the service, often 
an important one In such cases, of exhausting the most 
tempting forms of errour. 
W heuvU, Novum Organon Renovatum. 
temptingly (temp'ting-li), adv. In a tempting 
manner; seductively; attractively; alluringly. 
How i, in ,it 1. 1 ill, the landscape shines ! The air 
Hreathes invitation. Wordsworth, Excursion, Ix. 
temptingness (temp'ting-nes), w. The state 
of being tempting. 
temptiont (temp'shon), M. A reduced form of 
1,'iiiptntioii. 
Conceal her ; let me not 
As much as know her name ; there 's temption in 't. 
Middlcton and Rowtey, Spanish Gypsy, L 5. 
temptress (temp'tres), n. [Formerly also temp- 
teress ; < ME. temptrcsse, < OF. temptresse (cf. 
F. tentatrice = It. tentntricf); as tempter + -ess.] 
A woman who tempts or entices. 
She was my tcmjitreia, the foul provoker. Scott. 
tempus (tem'pus), n. [L., time: see teusel, 
temporal 1 .] In mi-dirrnl initxir, a method of di- 
viding u breve into semibreves that is, rhyth- 
mical subdivision. In tempo* perfectum a breve Is 
being tenacious, in any sense; 
I can allow in clergymen, through all their divisions, 
some tenaciovmca of their own opinion. 
Burke, Rev. in France. 
twice five: a cardinal numeral. 
Ten slow mornings past, and on the eleventh 
Her father laid the letter In her hand. 
Tfiiniinin. Lancelot and Elaine. 
IT. n is often used Indefinitely for many. 
There 'a a proud modesty in merit, 
Averse from begging, and resolv'd to pay 
Tu, times the gift it asks. 
Dryden, Cleomenes, II. 2. J 
Council of Ten. Seerownotf. Hart Of ten. SeeAorfi. 
- Ten commandments. See commandment. Ten- 
hour law. See hour. Ten-pound Act. See voundl. 
Ten- wheeled locomotive. See locomotive. The ten 
bones. See bonei. To face It with a card of tent 
See facei. Upper ten thousand. See upper ten, under 
upper. 
II. n. 1. The sum of nine and one, or of five 
and five. 2. A figure or symbol denoting that 
number of units or objects, as 10, or X, or x. 
3. A playing-card with ten spots. 
But, whiles he thought to steal the single ten, 
The king was slyly flnger'd from the deck ! 
Shak., a Hen. VL, v. 1. 43. 
4. Ten o'clock in the morning or evening: as, 
ti'iii.i. temst, D. terns = MLG. femes, temis, temrxc, It vanes between 48 and 50 tons, 
a colander, sieve ; cf . F. tarn is = Pr. tninix =. Sp. Catch the ten. See catchi. Upper ten. 
Ittmi; = It. inmiijio (Venetian tauiino) (ML. tit- tent, ailr. Ten times. 
iiiixit/ii,}, a sieve; origin obscure.] A sieve ; a 
searco; n bolter; a strainer. See the quotation 
from " Notes and Queries." According to a com- 
Forbede a love, and it is ten so wood. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 738. 
Abbreviation for tenttto. 
mon statement, the proverbial saying "He 11 never set the tenabillty (ten-a-bil'i-ti), n. [< tenable + -ity 
ip. 
tenaciflad = Pg. iendcidade = It. tcnacitd, < L. 
tenacita(t-)s,& holding fast,<tenaf(tenac-), hold- 
ing fast: see tenaeimui.] 1. The property or 
character of being tenacious, in any sense. 
Specifically (a) Firmness of hold or of purpose; obstl- 
nacy. 
I nmt to my grief that the misunderstanding tenacity of 
some zealous spirits hath made It a quarrel. 
Bp. IlaU, The Reconciler. 
Old associations cling to the mind with astonishing te- 
nacity. I Inn! Im,,,.', Old Manse, p. 114. 
Their moral notions, though held with strong tenacity, 
seem to have no standard beyond hereditary custom 
George Eliot, Mill on the Floss, IT. 1. 
The tenacity of the English bull-dog . . . was a subject 
of national boasting. Leckn, Eng. In 18th Cent, IT. 
(ft) Retentiveness, as of memory, (c) Adhesiveness; that 
property of matter by virtue of which things stick or adhere 
to others ; glutlnousness ; stickiness, (d) That property of 
material bodies by which their parts resist an effort to force 
or pull them asunder; also, the measure of the resistance 
of bodies to tearing or crushing : opposed to briltlrnett or 
frairilitii. Tenacity results from the attraction of cohesion 
which exists between the particles of bodies, and the 
' in any body the greater Is the 
illfferent 
: varies 
re and 
iring Is 
flresleil called absolute tenacity, that offered to crushing retraactire 
SeeBtt-r tenacity. The tenacity of wood Is much greater in the di- 
rection of the length of its fibers than In the transverse 
direction. With regard to metals, the processes of forging 
and wire-drawing increase their tenacity in the longitudi- 
nal direction ; and mixed metals have, In general, greater 
tenacity than those which are simple. See coheaon. 
The tenacity of a substance may be defined as the great- 
teries in surgical operations, and in dissections. 
Man'olphiis toke a lytyll cyve or teiiue In hlsoon hande, 
and a foot of a here in the othre hande. 
. against 
successfully defensible against a 1 1 neks or argu- 
ments or objections: as, a tenable fortress; a 
tenable theory. 
[arterial branches] are difficult to tie, even when 
picked up by the teitamlum. 
J. M. Carnochnn, Operative Surgery, p. 62. 
