tent 
Thou speakcst lykc a K'~l I'hyrurKian. but dcak-st lyke 
oneviixkilfull; for, making a great wound, tliou |nnti -( in 
H Hiiii.ll If n!. l.yli/, Euphues mill his England, p. 366. 
Tangle tent. See tangle*. 
tenvt (tent), c. t. [< MK. /</<, stretch; a var. 
of "tt-iuleii, < L. tnuli-n, stretch (see frrM, ami 
cf. fa-wM); or developed from In/ in--, MK. /<- 
/;y: see iVwiVi''-'.] To stretch, as cloth, frinn/il. 
1',/n-.. p. 4S1I. 
tent 1 (tent), . [< XI K. <<;!/; an aphetic form 
of till nil. E. attent, or of entente, E. intent.} 1. 
Heed; can'; notice; attention: usually in the 
phrase In tiikr ti'nt. [Obsolete or Scotch.] 
tent-caterpillar 
+ -ar*.] Of or pertaining to a tentacle, in tentaculiform iten-tak'u-li-fonn), n. [< NL. 
anv sense; of the nature, structure, function. ' iitiii-iiliini, tentacle. + L. !<u//ni. form.] Hav- 
ing the form or aspect of a tentacle; tentacu- 
Tyl Y come, take tent to redyng, to exortacloun. and 
techlng. Wycli/, 1 Tim. Iv. n. 
The high parliament 
Of Heaven ; where Seraphim lake tent 
Of ordering all. 
B. Jmuun, Underwoods, ell. 1. 
2t. Intent; purpose. 
Alisaundrlne to cnnscile tlid clepud sone thanne, 
& telden hire trewll what tent thei were inne. 
William <>/ Paler M (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1862. 
tent 4 (tent), v. [< ME. tenten; a var. of ti-ixl-, 
or nit. of i/lli nil: see tent*, n.} I. iutrang. To 
take heed ; be careful : generally with to. [Ob- 
solete or Scotch.] 
But warily tent, when yon come to court me, 
An* conic na unless the back yett be a-jee. 
Bwrns, Oh W histle an' I'll come to you, my Lad. 
II. trans. 1. To observe ; take note of ; give 
heed to. [Scotch.] 
Owre Ionic comaunded vs bothe 
To tente the tree of his. 
fork Playi, p. 25. 
If there 's a hole in a' your coats, 
I rede you tent it : 
A chield 's amang you taking notes. 
An', faith, hell prent It. 
Burns, Captain Qrose's Peregrinations. 
2f. To attend ; tend upon ; take care of. 
Saue the lordys chambur, tho wadrop to, 
Tho vssher of chambur schalle tent tho two. 
Babeen Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 812. 
tent 6 (tent), . [< Sp. Unto (= F. feint, dyed, 
colored), < L. tinctus, pp. of tingcre, dye : see 
tint.} A kind of wine of a deep-red color, chiefly 
from Galicia or Malaga in Spain, much used as 
a sacramental wine. Also tent-wine. 
tentacle (ten'ta-kl), n. [= F. tentacule = Sp. 
tentdctilo, < N1J. tentaeulum, a feeler, tentacle, 
< L. tentorc, handle, touch, feel, test, try: see 
tent 2 , tempt.} 1. In zool., some or any elon- 
gated and comparatively slender or flexible 
process or appendage of an animal, used as an 
organ of touch, or for exploration, prehension, 
and sometimes locomotion ; a feeler ; a tentaeu- 
lum. The name covers a great variety of organs having 
little or no structural relationship, as horns, antenna), 
proboscides, rays, and arms. Specifically (o) One of the 
barbs, barbels, or other tactile organs about the mouth or 
head of a fish. (6) One of the arms of a cephalopod. (c) 
A kind of proboscis of many worms, (d) One of the arms 
or rays of a crlnoid. (e) One of the cirrous legs of a cir- 
riped. (/) One of the long horns, antenna 1 , or feelers of 
some crustaceans, as lobsters, (o) The antenna of many 
insects, especially when long and slender, as in a cricket 
or cockroach. (A) One of the maxillary palps of various 
insects, (t) Any slender fleshy process on the back of an 
insect-larva ; especially, a tubular process on the back of 
certain lepidopterous larvie, near the head, or at the other 
end, from which a slender thread or Ill-smelling scent-or- 
gan can be thrust for the purpose, it is supposed, of re- 
pelling ichneumons and other enemies. See osmeteritiin. 
(>') One of the soft horns of various mollusks, as snails, 
(i) The ealcar or siphon of a rotifer. (I) In Actinozoa, one 
of the soft hollow processes of the body-wall communi- 
cating with the body-cavity, set in circular form around 
the mouth, in one or several series, as the fleshy lobes of 
a sea-anemone, (m) In Hydrozoa, some tentaculiform 
part, process, or appendage. The tentacles of the Portu- 
guese man-of-war are several feet long, (n) In Protozoa, 
a pseudopod, or prolongation of the body, especially when 
slender, stitnsh, and more or less permanent, as one of the 
rays of a sun-animalcule or of an acinetiform infusorlan. 
See Tentaculifera. 
2. In hot., a kind of sensitive hair or filament, 
such as the glandular hairs of Drosera. 
A tentacle consists of a thin straight hair-like pedicel, 
carrying a gland on the summit, 
Hiiniiii, Insectiv. 1'lanta, p. 5. 
3. Figuratively, anything resembling a tenta- 
cle; a feeler Auditory tentacle, a tentacullcyst. 
Branchial, nucnal, ocular, etc., tentacle. See the 
adjectives. 
tentacled (ten'ta-kld), n. [< tentacle + -erR] 
Having a tentacle or tentacles. Amer. Jour. 
Psycho!., II. 528. 
tentacle-sheath (ten'ta-kl-sheth), n. In conch., 
the tentacular sheath. 
tentacula 1 (ten-tak'u-lii), M. ; pi. tentacula (-le). 
[NL.: see tentacle.'] Same as tentactr. 
tentacula-, n. Plural of tenturulum. 
tentacular (ten-tak'u-lar), a. [= F. tentnculairr 
= Sp. tentacular; < NL'. tentaeulum, a tentacle, 
or appearance of a tentacle; 
adapted or used as a tactile 
organ; tentaculiform: as, 
/< 1'iiii'nliir character, move- 
ments, or formation. 
At the base of the tetUacular 
circle. 
W. B. Carpenter, Micros., 1 551. 
Tentacular branch, one ..f the 
brain lies nf a tentacle in seni*' /// 
ilrnziKi. Tentacular canal, in 
crinoids, the central or common 
canal, which branches Into the ten- 
tacles anil places their cavities in 
communication with the cemninn 
cavity, and so with one another. 
Tentacular person, a tcntacle- 
llkc or filamentous part of a 
compound organism, as a hydrold 
polyp, provided with an urticating- 
organ ; a nectocalyx. Tentacu- 
lar Sheath, In cvnch., a structure 
which sheathes the bases of the ten- 
tacles of various mollnsks. 
Tentaculata (ten-tak-u-la'- 
tft), w. pi. [NL., neut. pi. of 
lar: as. ti-iililfiilijin-iii threud-eells. Hush-//. 
tentaculigerous(ten-tak-u-lijV-ruK), . [< NL. 
li- it /in- ii I n w, tentacle. + L. i/'/-c/v, enrry.J Same 
:is ll II till-Ill if' runs. II 
tentaculite (ten-tak'u-lit), . [< NL. Tmliicn- 
lili-x.] A fossil pteropoil of the family '/'< ntacn- 
litiilif. Tentaculite bed*, in ii"4., a mikdivlslonof the 
Ilfracombe group, of Middle Devonian age, occurring In 
l).-voii.liiir, Kniiliind: " i " liml " account of the 
abundance of '/' ntaculitet Kolaru which It contains. 
Tentaculite limestone. In the nomenclature of the New 
York Survey, a mitxllvlilun of the \\ liter-lime group, of 
Ippci Silurian URC, abounding in tentncullti. 
Tentaculites (teu-tak-u-li'tez), . [NL., < !>//- 
ini-iiliiiii, tentacle: sec t< l iin<-li:"\ The typical 
End of a Tentacular 
Branch of 
rojafta, a 
rous hvlr< 
involiicrum investing 
the kacculus, the etui of 
hich is straight with 
genus of 'l'i i/liiriilitiilif, having snc'n species as 
/'. ni'i i/nlaris. 
Tentaculitidae (ten-tak-u-lit'i-de), n. pi. [NL., 
< Tentaculites + -ids-.} A family of fossil the- 
cosomatous pteropods, typified by the genus 
Ti'iittlctttitt's. 
tentaculocyst (ten-tak'u-lo-sist), M. Same as 
. ,_ , f ti H/III -iilii-i/nt. Encyc. Brit., XII. 555. 
tentacula tim: see ti -nturiilalr.} 1. In some Kvs- tentaculum (ten-tak'u-lum), .; pi. tentacula 
terns, a branch or prime division of echino- (-la). [NL. : see tentacle.} A tentacle of any 
derms: contrasted with Ambulacrata. and di- kind; also, a tactile hair; a vibrissa, as one of 
vided into three classes, Criaoidea, Cystoidea, the whiskers of a cat. 
a,nd Hlantoidea. 2. A division of ctenophorans, tentaget (ten'taj), H. [< tenfl + -age.} Tents 
including comb-jellies with two long tentacles, collectively ; a camp. 
See cuts under Saccatx. 
tentaculate (ten-tak'u-lat), a. [< NL. tentacu- 
latus, < tentaculum, tentacle: see tentacle.} 1. tentation (ten-ta'shon), w. 
Having a tentacle or tentacles; tentaculated; 
Upon the mount the king his tentaije flzt. 
Drayton, Barons' Wars, II. 15. 
tentaculiferous. 2. Tentaculiform; tentacu- 
lar: a less careful usage: as, tentaculate pro- 
cesses. 3. Of or pertaining to the Tentacu- 
lata : as, crinoids are tentaculate echinoderms. 
tentaculated (ten-tak'u-la-ted), a. [< tentacu- 
late + -ed"*.} Same as tentaculate. 
Tentaculibranchiata (ten-tak'u-li-brang-ki- 
a'tii), n. i>l. [NL.. neut. pi. of "tentaculibranchi- 
atm : see tcntacultbrancniate.} The Bryozoa or 
Polyzoa considered as a class of the branch 
Lipocephala of the phylum Molluaca. E. B. 
iMnkcxter. 
tentaculibranchiate (ten-tak'u-li-brang'ki- 
at), a. [< NL. 'teiitacuUbranchiatUK, < tentacu- 
lum, tentacle, 4- branchiae, gills.] Of or per- 
taining to the Tentaculibranchiata. 
tentaculicyst (ten-tak'u-li-sist), n. [< 
tentaculum, tentacle, + Gr. KVOTIC, bladder: see 
cyst.} One of the vesicular or cystic tentacles 
of a hydrozoan ; a marginal body representing 
a reduced and modified tentacle, whose axis is 
a hollow endodermal process that distinguishes 
it from the other kinds of marginal bodies, 
which are wholly of ectodermal origin, as ocel- 
licysts and otocysts. Also tentaculocyst. See 
litltocyst, and cut under Steganophthalmata. 
tentaculicystic(ten-tak*u-li-sis'tik),a. [< ten- 
taculicyst + -ic.} Of or pertaining to a ten- 
[< ME. tentaciitn, 
< OF. (and F.) tentation =1 Sp. tentacion = Pg. 
tentaySo = It. tentazionc, < L. tentatio(n-), a 
trial, proof, attack, temptation, < tentare, pp. 
/i a in ins, try, test: see ten ft, tempt, and cf. temp- 
lion, a doublet of temptation.] If. Trial ; temp- 
tation. 
If grace alone sat In the heart, the hopeless devil would 
forbear his tentatvmn; he knows he hath a friend In our 
house that will be ready to let him in. 
Ket. T. .til n m*. Works, I. 21. 
taculicyst, or having its characters. 
Tentaculifera (ten-tak-u-lif 'e-ril), n. pi. 
2. A method of making adjustments of work 
by trial or experiment. Specifically (a) A mode of 
pfcklng locks by releasing the tumblers one after the 
other from the stud, while the bolt Is steadily pressed 
backward. (6) A method of adjusting compasses on iron 
ships by shifting the position of boxes of Iron chain and 
magnets experimentally, until the attraction of the hull 
on the needle Is seen to be neutralized. K. II. Knight. 
VTT tentative (ten'ta-tiv), a. and M. [< F. tentatif 
WJj- = Sp. Pg. It. tentativo, < L. tentative, trying, 
testing, < tentare, pp. tcntatus, try, test: see 
tenft, tempt.} I. a. Based on or consisting iii 
trial or experiment; experimental; empirical. 
Falsehood, though it be bat tentative, Is neither needed 
nor approved by the God of truth. 
Bp. ll.ill, Jehu Killing the Sons of Ahab. 
Neither these nor any other speculations concerning ul- 
timate forms can, however, be regarded as anything more 
than tentative. H. Spencer, Prin. of Sociol., i 578. 
II. n. An essay; a trial; an experiment. 
We can Imagine a variety of hypotheses to explain every 
unexplained phenomenon, and It is only by successive 
TNL tentatioa that we reach any reliable explanation. 
neut. pi. of tentaeulife^: see feftMdprSfj , , " ^ S,f "? ""V""*' V' I"' 
1. One of three divisions of infusorians, con- tentatively (ten ta-tiv-h), adv. In a tentative 
taining the acinetiform animalcules, as distin- manner; by way of trial or experiment, 
guished from the flagellate and the ciliate; tent-bed (tent'bed), n. A bed with curtains 
a class or order of Infusoria, characterized which hang from a central point overhead, so 
by the tentaculiform and usually suctorial na- as to {orm a covering resembling a tent. 
hire of their processes, and divided into Sue- tent-bedstead (tent bed'sted), . A tent-bed. 
tin-iii and Actiliaria. These animalcules bear neither 
flagclla nor cilia In the adult state, but take their food 
and move about by means of tentacles developed from the 
cuticular surface or from the internal parenchyma. These 
tentacles may be simply adhesive, or tubular and expanded 
at the end Into a cup-like sucking-disk. An endoplast and 
one or more contractile vacuoles are usually conspicuous ; 
but trlchocysts are seldom If ever present. The creatures 
inhabit fresh or salt water, and multiply by transverse or 
longitudinal fission or by external or internal gemmation. 
There are 6 families and U genera. Sometimes called 
Polyxtomata. See cut under Acinettr. 
2. An order of cephalopods, also called Tetra- 
branchiata : opposed to Acetabulifera. See cut 
under Tetrabrancliiata Tentaculifera actinaria, 
those tentaculiferous animalcules whose tentacles are 
merely adhesive and not suctorial. Including the families 
Kphtlntidit and Ophraodemlrida. Kent. Tentaculifera 
suctoria, those tentaeulfferous animalcules whose ten- 
tacle* are wholly or partially suctorial. Also called Suc- 
toria. 
tentaculiferous (ten-tak-u-lif'e-rus), a. [< NL. 
ti-ntaeulifer, < lentaculinn, tentacle, -f- L. ferre 
= E. bear 1 : see -ferous. } Bearing, producing, or 
provided with tentacles ; tentaculate. Also ten- 
t<i<'iili<iri'nttx. Specifically (o) In Infusoria, of or per- 
taining to the Tentaculifera ; acinetiform, as an animal- 
cule. (6) In )l nil ii-ii-ii. Of or pertaining to the Tentacllli Tent caterpillar (Clistotamf* amtricanal. 
/era ; not acetabulif erous, as a cephalopod. , tent, one third of natural die. 
