Defn: A tincture, rarely employed, which is considered as an orange color or bright brown. It is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter, crossed by vertical lines.
TENNIS
Ten"nis, n. Etym: [OE. tennes, tenies, tenyse; of uncertain origin,
perhaps fr. F. tenez hold or take it, fr. tenir to hold (see
Tenable).]
Defn: A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand. Shak. His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, . . . were familiar to all London. Macaulay. Court tennis, the old game of tennis as played within walled courts of peculiar construction; — distinguished from lawn tennis. — Lawn tennis. See under Lawn, n. — Tennis court, a place or court for playing the game of tennis. Shak.
TENNIS
Ten"nis, v. t.
Defn: To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis.
[R.] Spenser.
TENNO
Ten*no", n. [Jap. tenno, fr. Chin. t'ien heaven + wang king.]
Defn: Lit., King of Heaven; — a title of the emperor of Japan as the head of the Shinto religion.
TENNU
Ten"nu, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The tapir.
TENNYSONIAN
Ten`ny*so"ni*an, a.