tender 
Oaths of allegiance were tendered too lightly by the Nea- 
politans to carry the same weight as in other nations. 
Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 10. 
2. To offer in payment or satisfaction of some 
demand or obligation : as, to tender the (exact) 
amount of rent due. 
Shall any other pay my debt, while I 
Write myself bankrupt? or Calista owe 
The least beholdingness for that which she, 
(In all the bonds of gratitude I have seal'd to, 
May challenge from me to be freely tender'd? 
Fletcher (and Massimjer ?), Lovers' Progress, v. 1. 
It shall be the duty of the seller, on maturity of the con- 
tract (i. e., the last day specified therein), to tender the 
goods between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and 3 o'clock 
p. M. t whereupon he shall be entitled to payment In full 
therefor before the last named hour. 
New York Produce Exchange Report, 1888-9, p. 264. 
3f. To show; present to view. 
Tender [see tender^ ] yourself more dearly ; 
Or ... you'll tender me a fool. 
Shalt., Hamlet, i. 3. 109. 
II. iiitrans. To make a tender or offer; es- 
pecially, to offer to supply certain commodities 
for a certain period at rates and under condi- 
tions specified, or to execute certain work: as, 
to tender for the dredging of a harbor. 
tender 2 (ten'der), . [< tender?, v.~\ 1. An 
offer for acceptance. 
I send you a Coppy of the Draught to shew to Mr. Vice- 
chanceler, with tender of my service. 
H. Spelman, in Ellis's Lit. Letters, p. 161. 
With a Tender of my most humble Service to my noble 
good Lady. HoweU, Letters, I. v. 17. 
Specifically 2. In law, an offer of money or 
any other thing in satisfaction of a debt or lia- 
bility ; especially, the production and offer to 
pay or deliver the very thing requirable by a 
contract. 
When Lard or Provisions are rejected under flnal ap- 
peal, if tendered on a seller's option, all expenses shall be 
paid by the seller, and it shall be held that no tender has 
been made. 
New York Produce Exchange Report, 1S88-9, p. 181. 
3. An offer in writing made by one party to an- 
other to execute some specified work or to sup- 
ply certain specified articles at a certain sum 
or rate, or to purchase something at a specified 
price. 
The privilege of selling to railway-passengers within 
the precincts of the terminus is disposed of by Under. 
Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, I. 291. 
Of the three larger vessels, tenders were received for the 
Proteus and Neptune, and, the bid for the latter being the 
lower, it was accepted. 
Schley and Soley, Rescue of Greely, p. 38. 
4. Something tendered or offered. 
That you have ta'en these tenders for true pay, 
Which are not sterling. Shak., Hamlet, i. 3. 106. 
Legal-tender currency, currency which can lawfully 
be used in paying a debt. All the gold coins of the 
United States are a legal tender in all payments at their 
nominal value, when not below the standard weight and 
limit of tolerance provided by law for the single piece ; 
and when reduced in weight below such standard toler- 
ance, they are a legal tender at a valuation in propor- 
tion to their actual weight. The silver dollar of 412i 
grains is a legal tender for all debts and dues, public and 
private, except when otherwise expressly mentioned in the 
contract. The silver coins of the United States of smaller 
denomination than one dollar are a legal tender, in sums 
not exceeding ten dollars, in payment of all dues, public 
and private. The so-called trade-dollar of 420 grains is 
not a legal tender. The five-cent, three-cent, and one- 
cent pieces are a legal tender to the amount of twenty-five 
cents in one payment. No foreign coins are now (1891) a 
legal tender. The United States notes (see greenback) are 
a legal tender for all debts, public and private, except du- 
ties on imports and interest on the public debt. Loans 
and debts contracted before the enactment of the legal- 
tender law of 1862 authorizing the issue of greenbacks, 
can be satisfied by payments made in them, unless an ex- 
press agreement has been made for the payment of gold 
and silver. Gold certificates, under act of Congress of 
1882, are receivable for customs, taxes, and all public 
dues, and when so received may be reissued ; and silver 
certificates, under act ol 1878, are receivable for customs, 
taxes, and all public dues, and when so received may be re- 
issued. Treasury notes, under the act of March 3d, 1863, 
and of June 30th, 1864, were a legal tender (for their face- 
value, excluding interest) for all debts, public and private, 
within the United States, except for duties on imports and 
interest on the public debt, and except that those issued 
under the latter act are not legal tender in redemption of 
bank-notes, or bankers' notes, for circulation as money ; 
those issued under the act of July 14th, 1890, are a legal 
tender in payment of all debts, public and private, except 
where otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract, and 
are receivable for customs, taxes, and all public dues, and 
when so received may be reissued. The term " debts pub- 
lic and private " has been held to intend contract obliga- 
tions, whether contracted before or after the statute but 
not such dues as State taxes. National bank-notes are 
legal tender in all parts of the United States in payment 
of taxes, excises, public lands, and all other dues to the 
United States, except duties on imports, also for all sala- 
ries and other debts and demands owing by the United 
States to individuals, corporations, and associations with- 
in the United States, except interest on the public debt 
and in redemption of the national currency, and also for 
any debt or liability to any national banking association, 
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except gold-note banks. Plea of tender, a plea by a 
defendant that he has made due tender, and has remained 
always ready to satisfy the plaintiff's claim, and now brings 
the sum demanded into court. Tender Of amends, an 
offer by a person who is charged with a wrong or breach 
of contract to pay a sum of money by way of amends. 
Tender of issue, a pleading which in effect invites the 
adverse party to join issue upon it. 
tender 3 (ten'der), n. [< tend'* + -er 1 ; partly by 
apheresis from (Mender.'] 1. One who tends; 
one who attends to, supervises, or takes care of 
something; a nurse: as, a machine-<e>i<Zer; a 
bartender. 2. Suut., a vessel employed to at- 
tend a larger one for supplying her with pro- 
visions and other stores, or to convey intelli- 
gence, orders, etc. 
Here she comes i' faith full Sail, with her Fan spread 
and Streamers out, and a Shoal of Fools for Tenders. 
Conyreix, Way of the World, ii. 4. 
3. A boat or ship accompanying fishing- or 
whaling-vessels ; a lighter. Specifically (o) In the 
menhaden-fishery, a vessel or boat employed to carry the 
fish to the factories. These tenders have an average ca- 
pacity of 250 barrels, though they are now often built of 
a larger size, some carrying 600 barrels. (6) A vessel sail- 
ing from San Francisco to the Arctic regions, to carry sup- 
plies to the whale-ships, and bring back oil and bone', to be 
sent east by rail. 
4. In rail., a carriage attached to the locomo- 
tive, for carrying the fuel, water, etc. See cuts 
under passenger-engine and snow-plow. 
We supplied the tender and fire with wood, and, in short, 
pretty much ran the train as we pleased. 
The Century, XL. 622. 
5. A small reservoir attached to a mop or scrub- 
ber, to hold a supply of water. The flow is 
controlled by a valve" operated by a spring. 
tender-dying (ten'der -di"ing), . Dying in 
early youth. S/iait.,lHen.VI.,iii.3.48. [Rare.] 
tenderee(ten-der-e'), n. [< tender? + -eel.] The 
person to whom a tender is made. 
Where a tender is made, for the purpose of obtaining 
property of the owner, sold and in the hands of the ten- 
deree claiming to own the same, and accepted, the money 
paid may be recovered back. T. Miller, J., in 91 N. Y. 536. 
tenderer 1 (ten'der-er), n. [< tender 1 + -cr 1 .] 
One who or that which makes tender: as, a 
meat-tenderer. Sci. Amer., N. S., LXII. 158. 
[Recent.] 
tenderer' 2 (ten'der-er), n. [< tender? + -cr 1 .] 
One who makes a tender or offer. 
The Minister for Works had met on the previous day a 
deputation of the "tenderers for the manufacture within 
the Colony of fifty locomotives required for use on the 
railways.'' The Engineer, LXV. 528. 
tender-eyed (ten'der-id), a. 1. Having gentle 
or affectionate eyes. 2. Weak-eyed; blear- 
eyed; dim-sighted. 
You must not think your sister 
So tender-ey'd as not to see your follies. 
Fletcher, Wit without Money, iiL 1. 
tenderfoot (ten'der-fut), n. ; pi. tenderfoots 
(-futs). A new-comer oil the plains or in the 
bush, or one who has not become hardened to 
the life there ; a greenhorn; a novice. [Slang, 
western U. S. and Australia.] 
Hunters . . . who bedizen themselves in all the tradi- 
tional finery of the craft, in the hope of getting a job at 
guiding some tenderfoot. 
T. Rooseixlt, Hunting Trips, p. 32. 
tender-footed (ten'der-fut'ed), a. 1. Having 
tender or sensitive feet. 2. Cautious; timid; 
"green." Compare tenderfoot. [Slang.] 
tender-footedness (ten'der-fut"ed-nes), n. The 
state of being a tenderfoot. [Slang.] 
tender-hearted (ten'der-har"^), a. 1. Hav- 
ing great sensibility ; susceptible. 
When Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and 
could not withstand them. 2 Chron. xiil. 7. 
2. Very susceptible of the softer passions of 
love, pity, or kindness. 
Aumerle, thou weep'st, my tender-hearted cousin ! 
Shak., Rich. II., iii. 3. 160. 
tender-heartedly (ten'der-har"ted-li), adv. In 
a tender-hearted manner; with tender affec- 
tion. 
tender-heartedness (ten'der-har*ted-nes), w. 
The state of being tender-hearted; a tender 
or compassionate disposition ; susceptibility of 
the softer passions. 
tender-heftedt (ten'der-hef'ted), a. Apparent- 
ly an error for tender-hearted. 
No, Regan, thou shalt never have my curse ; 
Thy tender-hefted nature shall not give 
Thee o'er to harshness. Shak., Lear, ii. 4. 174. 
tenderling (ten'der-ling), n. [< tender 1 + 
-Knj/ 1 .] 1. Afondling; one made tender by too 
much coddling ; an effeminate person. 
Now haue we manie chimnies, and yet our tenderlings 
complaine of rheumes, catarhs, and poses. 
Harrison, Descrip. of Eng., ii. 22. 
2. One of the first horns of a deer. 
tendon 
tenderloin (ten'der-loin), n. That part of the 
loin of beef which is tenderer than the rest, in 
consequence of the softness or fineness of the 
muscular fiber; the psoas muscle of the ox and 
some other animals used as meat; the fillet; 
the undercut. In the tenderloin steak, as usually cut, 
the bone left in is one lateral half of a lumbar vertebra, 
of which the long slender bone which separates the ten- 
derloin from the rest of the meat is the transverse process. 
The tenderloin lies close to the backbone, on the ventral 
side. 
tenderly (ten'der-li), adv. [< ME. tenderly, ten- 
dirly, tendreliclie; < tender^ + -/i/ 2 .] In a ten- 
der manner, (a) With tenderness; mildly, gently; 
softly ; in a manner not to injure or give pain. 
The Moor . . . 
. will as tenderly be led by the nose 
As asses are. Shak., Othello, i. 3. 407. 
(6) Kindly ; with pity or affection ; fondly. 
So eche of theym comaunded other to god full tendirly. 
Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), iii. 634. 
He cannot be such a monster ... to his father, that 
so tenderly and entirely loves him. Shak., Lear, i. 2. 104. 
(c) With a keen sense of pain ; keenly ; bitterly. 
There is the Place where Seynt Petir wepte fulle ten- 
derly, aftre that he hadde forsaken oure Lord. 
MandeiiUe, Travels, p. 92. 
Pandare that ful tendreliche wepte. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 353. 
(a) Delicately ; effeminately ; as, a child tenderly reared. 
tender-minded (ten'der-mln"ded), a. Com- 
passionate ; tender-hearted. 
To be tender-minded 
Does not become a sword. Shak., Lear, v. 3. 31. 
tenderness (ten'der-nes), 11. The state or char- 
acter of being tender, in any sense. 
Well'We know your tenderness of heart. 
Shak., Rich. III., iii. 7. 210. 
We went to see the stables and fine horses of w cl1 many 
were here kept at a vast expense, with all the art and ten- 
dernesse imaginable. Evelyn, Diary, July 22, 1670. 
Eleven half sheets marbled (like smoke) after a differ- 
ent manner, bit with great curiosity and tenderness. 
H. Wanley, in Ellis's Lit. Letters, p. 276. 
There was great tenderness over the bowels, especially 
in the right iliac region. 
J. M. Carnochan, Operative Surgery, p. 156. 
tender-sided(ten'der-si"ded), a. Naut., crank, 
as a vessel; careening too easily under press of 
sail. 
tendinal (ten'di-nal), a. Same as tendinous. 
[Rare.] 
A tendinal slip is shown cut short, of which he says no- 
thing, but which evidently belongs to this muscle. 
Science, IX. 624. 
tendineal (ten-din'e-al), a. [< NL. tendo (ten- 
din-), a tendon, + '-e-al.~\ Same as tendinous. 
[Rare.] 
Special development of its tendineal portion aids in 
strengthening the tensor propatagii. Science, X. 71. 
tendines, n. Plural of tendo. 
tendinosus (ten-di-no'sus), n.; pi. tendinosi 
(-si). [NL. (so. musculus): see tendinous.'] A 
muscle of the back of the thigh whose tendon 
forms one of the inner hamstrings: usually 
called semitendinosus. Cones, 1887. 
tendinous (ten'di-nus), a. [< F. tendineux = 
Sp. Pg. It. tendinoso, < ML. tendinosus, < tendo 
(tendin-), a tendon: see tendon.'] 1. Having 
a tendon; full of tendons; sinewy. 2. Of or 
pertaining to tendons ; forming or formed by a 
tendon; fascial; aponeurotic: as, tendinous tis- 
sue; a tendinous structure ; the tendinous origin 
or insertion of a muscle. 
tendmentt (tend'ment), n. [< tend 2 + -ment.J 
Attendance ; care. " Bp. Hall, Satires, II. iv. 
tendo (ten'do), n. ; pi. tendines (-di-nez). [NL. : 
see tendon.'] 1. In anat., a tendon. 2. In en- 
tom., a bristle on the base of the lower wing, 
found in many Lepidoptera. In the males of some 
species it passes through a loop, the hamus or frenulnm, 
on the upper wing. See also hamue. Tendo Achlllis 
(improp. tendo Achilles). See tendon 0} Achilles, under ten- 
don. Tendo oculi, a small white ligament, about one 
sixth of an inch in length, attached to the nasal process of 
the superior maxilla, and inserted by two slips into the 
inner extremities of the tarsal cartilages of the eyelids. 
Also called tendo palpebrarum, internal tarsal ligament, 
tendon (teu'don), n. [= F. tendon = Sp. ten- 
don = Pg. teiidao = It. tendine, < ML. tendo 
(tendin-), a tendon, < L. tendere, stretch, extend ; 
cf . Gr. rkvuv, a sinew, tendon, < reiveiv, stretch : 
see tend 1 .'] A band or layer of dense fibrous 
tissue at the end of a muscle for attachment to 
a hard part, or interposed between two muscu- 
lar bellies, usually where the direction of the 
muscle is changed; a sinew: said especially 
of such structures when rounded or cord-like, 
very broad flat tendons being commonly called 
fasciae and aponeuroses. Tendons are directly con- 
tinuous, at one end, with the periosteum, or fibrous invest- 
ment of bones, and at the other with the fascial tissue 
which invests and interpenetrates the bundles of muscu- 
