·noun Intention; design.
II. Tent ·noun Attention; regard, care.
III. Tent ·noun A probe for searching a wound.
IV. Tent ·noun The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
V. Tent ·vi To lodge as a tent; to Tabernacle.
VI. Tent ·vt To attend to; to Heed; hence, to guard; to Hinder.
VII. Tent ·vt To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.
VIII. Tent ·noun A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain;
— called also tent wine, and tinta.
IX. Tent ·noun A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, — used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp.
X. Tent ·noun A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.