Tender

ten'der, a. Easily impre ed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; sensible to impre ion and pain easily pained not hardy, or able to endure hardship; not yet strong and mature; weak and feeble; susceptible of the softer pa ions, as love, compa ion, kindne ; easily excited to pity, forgivene , or favor: exciting kind concern; precious; careful save inviolate; or not to injure; unwilling to cause pain; apt to give pain; adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expre ive of the softer pa ions. [ME. and F. tendre, I tener, tender, orig. thin, fine; L. tenuis = E.:nin.~)— Ten'der-heart'ed, a. Having great sensibility; susceptible of impre ions or in flu linger or ink. then, boNboN. chair, get. 622 TENEBR.E 602 ence. — -loin, n. A tender part of flesh in the hind quarter of beef. — Ten'derly, adv. In a tender manner with tenderne mildly e^j. gently softly kindly. — Ten'- j, derne , n. — Ten'dril, n. (got.) A filiform, spiral shoot of a plant that winds round another body for the purpose of support. [F. ten drill on, fr. tendre: not fr.E. tenere, to hold, nor tendere, to stretch, but rt.: see Tenable and Tend, v.