tentwort

[First element doubtful; Britten & Holland quote a statement by Threlkeld that the plant was named because it was a specific against the "taint" or swelling of the joints in rickets.] Bot .: Asplenium rut a muraria . *těn'-u-āte, v . t . [Latin tenuatus , pa. par. of tenuo to make thin; tenuis =thin.] To make thin. těn'-u-ēş, s. pl . [Lat., pl. of tenuis =thin.] Gram.: A term applied to the letters k , p , t , of the Greek alphabet, in relation to their respective middle letters g , b , d, and their aspirates ch, ph , th. These terms are also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in any language. těn-u-i-fo'-li-ous, a. [Latin tenuis =thin, and folium =a leaf.] Bot.: Having thin or narrow leaves. tepefy