TENTER
\tˈɛntə], \tˈɛntə], \t_ˈɛ_n_t_ə]\
Definitions of TENTER
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A kind of governor.
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A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.
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To admit extension.
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To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.
By Oddity Software
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A kind of governor.
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A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.
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To admit extension.
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To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.
By Noah Webster.
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To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.
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A machine for stretching cloth by means of hooks.
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To admit extension. On the tenters, on the stretch; in distress, uneasiness, or suspense.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A frame on which to stretch cloth by hooks to prevent shrinking in drying.
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To hang or stretch on such a frame.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
