tenderloin (tenderloin)

That part of the loin of beef which is tenderer than the rest, in consequence of the softne or finene of the muscular fiber; the psoas muscle of the ox and some other animals used as meat; the fillet; the undercut. In the tenderloin steak, as usually cut, the bone left in is one lateral half of a lumbar vertebra, of which the long slender bone which separates the ten side. derloin from the rest of the meat is the transverse proce . The tenderloin lies close to the backbone, on the ventral tenderly (ten'der-li), adv. [ softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain. The Moor will as tenderly be led by the nose As a es are. Shak ., Othello, i. 3. 407. (b) Kindly; with pity or affection; fondly. So eche of theym comaunded other to god full tendirly . Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 634. to his father, that .. He cannot be such a monster so tenderly and entirely loves him. Shak . , Lear, i. 2. 104. (c) With a keen sense of pain; keenly; bitterly. There is the Place where Seynt Petir wepte fulle ten derly , aftre that he hadde forsaken oure Lord. Mandeville , Travels, p. 92. Pandare that ful tend relic he wepte. Chaucer , Troilus, iv. 353. (d) Delicately; effeminately: as, a child tenderly reared. tender-minded (ten'der-minded), a. Compa ionate; tender-hearted. To be tender-minded Does not become a sword. Shak ., Lear, v. 3. 31. tenderne (ten'dèr-nes), n. The state or character of being tender, in any sense. Well we know your tenderne of heart. Shak., Rich. III., iii. 7. 210. We went to see the stables and fine horses of weh many were here kept at a vast expense, with all the art and ten derne e imaginable. Evelyn, Diary, July 22, 1670. Eleven half sheets marbled (like smoke) after a different manner, bit with great curiosity and tenderne . H. Wanley, in Ellis's Lit. Letters, p. 276. There was great tenderne over the bowels, especially in the right iliac region. J. M. Car no chan , Operative Surgery, p. 156. tender-sided (ten'der-sided), a. Naut . , crank, as a ve el; careening too easily under pre of sail. tendinal (ten'di-nal), a. Same as tendinous. [Rare.] A tendinal slip is shown cut short, of which he says nothing, but which evidently belongs to this muscle. Science, IX. 624. tendineal (ten-din'e-al), a. [ ten do ( ten din-), a tendon, + -e- al .] Same as tendinous. [Rare.] Special development of its tendineal portion aids in strengthening the tensor propatagii. Science, X. 71. tendines, n. Plural of ten do . ten dinos us (ten-di-no's us), n.; pl. tendinosı (-sī). [NL. (sc. musculus ): see tendinous .] A muscle of the back of the thigh whose tendon forms one of the inner hamstrings: usually called semi ten dinos us. Coues , 1887. tendinous (ten'di-nus), a. [