TENABILITY
Ten`a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being tenable; tenableness.
TENABLE
Ten"a*ble, a. Etym: [F. tenable, fr. tenir to hold, L. tenere. See
Thin, and cf. Continue, Continent, Entertain, Maintain, Tenant,
Tent.]
Defn: Capable of being held, naintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument. If you have hitherto concealed his sight, Let it be tenable in your silence still. Shak. I would be the last man in the world to give up his cause when it was tenable. Sir W. Scott.
TENABLENESS
Ten`a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Same as Tenability.
TENACE Ten"ace, n. Etym: [F. tenace tenacious, demeurer tenace to hold the best and third best cards and take both tricks, and adversary having to lead. See Tenacious.] (Whist)
Defn: The holding by the fourth hand of the best and third best cards of a suit led; also, sometimes, the combination of best with third best card of a suit in any hand.
TENACIOUS
Te*na"cious, a. Etym: [L. tenax, -acis, from tenere to hold. See
Tenable, and cf. Tenace.]
1. Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.