ten spined stickleback

Ichthy.: Gasterosteus pung it i us . It builds a nest which has been compared to that of a wren. Called also the Tinker. IMG:content-0895.png:[blocks in formation] Hist.: The kingdom of Israel as distinguished from the kingdom of Judah (1 Kings xi. 29-35, xii. 15-24). The former consisted of all the tribes except Judah and Benjamin, and these ten tribes were carried into captivity by Shalmaneser, king of force. tě-năç'-i-tỹ, *te-nac-i-tie, s . [French tenacité , from Lat. tenacitatem , acc us. of tenacitas , from tenax (gen it. tenacis ) = tenacious (q. v.).] I. Literally : 1. The quality or state of being tenacious; that quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other substances; adhesivene , stickine , glut in ousne . "The slime engendered within the lake of Sodome in Jurie, as viscous as it is otherwise, will forego all that tenacitie."- P . Holland : Pliny , bk. xxviii., ch. vii. 2. That property of material bodies by which they are able to resist a severe strain without rupturing or splitting; that quality of material bodies by which their parts resist an effort to force or pull them asunder; the measure of the resistance of bodies to tearing or crushing; opposed to brittlene or fragility. Tenacity results from the attraction of cohesion existing between the particles of bodies, and is directly proportional to it. It conse quently varies in different substances, and even in the same material under varying conditions as nation with lost Ten Tribes, and thereby to claim IMG:content-0896.png:[blocks in formation] Whist : The holding by the last player of the best and third-best of the suit led, so that he wins the last two tricks. Tenace minor is the holding of the best and fourth-best cards.