Tennis

ten'is, n. a game in which a ball is kept continually in motion by beim; driven to and fro with rackets. [Prob from O. Fr. tenets iFi. tenez 'catch tmper. of ten-tr, to hold L tendre.] Tenon, ten'un, n a pi ojection at the end of a piece of wood inserted into the socket or mortise of another, to hold the two together.— v.t. to — with tenons- [Fr. tenon ten-ir, to hold—L. tendre.