tent

The Sailor's Word-Book

A canvas shelter pitched upon a pole or poles, and stayed with cords and pegs. Also, a roll of lint, or other material, used in searching a wound. Also, a small piece of iron which kept up the cock of a gun-lock.

Related Words

Tent
·noun Intention; design. II. Tent ·noun Attention; regard, care. III. Tent ·noun A probe for searc...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Tent
1) Heb. ohel (Gen. 9:21, 27). This word is used also of a dwelling or habitation (1 Kings 8:66; Isa....

Easton's Bible Dictionary
tent
to tend or look to. Var. Dial. " I'll tent thee, quoth Wood : If I cannot rule my daughter, I'll rul...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Tent
Among the leading characteristics of the nomad races, those two have always been numbered whose orig...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary