tenorino

[Ital., dim in. of tenore =tenor.] A tenor singer having a voice of a light, clear, thin quality. *těn-õr-Ist, s. [Eng. tenor; -ist.] Music : One who sings the tenor part or plays the tenor violin. ( Stainer & Barrett .) pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, 3. Pneum.: The expansibility or elastic force of gaseous bodies, whence gases are sometimes called elastic fluids. 4. Sewing - mach .: A pre ure upon the thread to prevent its running too easily from the spool. tension-bridge, s. A bridge constructed on the principle of the bow, the arch supporting the track tie. by means of tension-rods, and the string acting as a tension-rod, s. A stay or tie-rod in a tru or structure, which connects opposite parts and pre- vents their spreading asunder. which it specially operates; as, the tensor palati , the tensor tarsi , . *těn'-sure (s as sh), s. [English tens (e); -ure.] Tonsion; the act of stretching; the state of being stretched. 1. A portable pavilion or lodge, consisting of some flexible material, such as skins, matting, canvas, or other strong textile fabric, stretched over and sup- ported on poles. Among uncivilized and wandering tribes tents have been the ordinary dwelling-places from the earliest times, but among civilized nations they are principally used as temporary lodgings for soldiers when engaged in the field, for travelers on an expedition, or for providing accommodation, refreshment, ., for large bodies of people col- lected together out of doors on some special occa- sion, as at horse-races, fairs, cricket-matches, or the like. Military tents are made of canvas, sup- ported by one or more poles, and distended by means of ropes fastened to pegs driven into the ground. Tents of a large size, such as are used for out-of- door fêtes, are known as marquees. "Now man the next, receding toward the main, Wedged in one body, at the tents they stand." Pope: Homer's Iliad , xv. 788. 2. An apparatus used in field-photography; a sub- stitute for the usual dark room. It consists of a box provided with a yellow gla window in front, and furnished with drapery at the back, so as to cover the operator and prevent acce of light to the interior. It is usually provided with shelves and racks inside, developing-tray, and a ve el of water overhead, having an elastic tube pa ing to the inside, to convey water for washing the plate. 13. A kind of pulpit of wood erected out-of-doors, were too numerous to be accommodated within- doors. (Still sometimes used.) ( Scotch .) tent-bed, s. A high-post bedstead, having cur- tains in a tent form above. Clisiocampa american a , destructive to the apple tent-caterpillar, subst . The larva of a moth, and cherry-tree. 2:3 The beacon of the wise; the tent that searches To the bottom of the worst." IMG:content-0911.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0912.png:[blocks in formation] suff.- ites.]