tentered
simple past tense and past participle of tenter
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Source: Wiktionary
Ten"ter, n.
1. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
2. (Mach.)
Definition: A kind of governor.
Ten"ter, n. Etym: [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See Tend to move.]
Definition: A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square. Tenter ground, a place where tenters are erected.
– Tenter-hook, a sharp, hooked nail used for fastening cloth on a tenter.
– To be on the tenters, or on the tenter-hooks, to be on the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness, or suspense. Hudibras.
Ten"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tentered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tentering.]
Definition: To admit extension. Woolen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely. Bacon.
Ten"ter, v. t.
Definition: To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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