Category:Tent

Tent, n. Etym: [sp. tinto, properly, deep-colored, fr. L. tinctus, P.p. of tingere to dye. See tinge, and cf. Tint, tinto.]

Defn: a kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from galicia or Malaga in spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.

Tent Tent, n. Etym: [cf. Attent, n.]

1. Attention; regard, care. [obs. or prov. Eng. & scot.] Lydgate.

2. Intention; design. [prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Tent Tent, v. t.

Defn: to attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder. [prov. Eng. & scot.] Halliwell.

Tent Tent, v. t. Etym: [of. tenter. See tempt.]

Defn: to probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; As, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively. I'll tent him to the quick. Shak.

Tent Tent, n. Etym: [f. tente. See tent to probe.] (surg.) (a) 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. (b) a probe for searching a wound. The tent that searches to the bottom of the worst. Shak.

Tent Tent, n. Etym: [oe. tente, f. tente, ll. tenta, fr. L. tendere, Tentum, to stretch. See tend to move, and cf. Tent a roll of lint.]

1. 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. Within his tent, large as is a barn. Chaucer.

2. (her.)

Defn: the representation of a tent used as a bearing. Tent bed, a High-post bedstead curtained with a tentlike canopy. -- tent caterpillar (zoöl.), any one of several species of Gregarious caterpillars which construct on trees large silken webs Into which they retreat when at rest. Some of the species are very Destructive to fruit trees. The most common american species is the Larva of a bombycid moth (clisiocampa americana). Called also lackery Caterpillar, and webworm.

Tent Tent, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tented; p. pr. & vb. n. Tenting.]

Defn: to lodge as a tent; to tabernacle. Shak. We 're tenting to-night on the old camp ground. W. Kittredge.

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Tent - (1.) Heb. 'ohel (Genesis 9:21, Genesis 9:27). This word is used also of a dwelling or habitation (1 Kings 8:66; Isaiah 16:5; Jeremiah 4:20), and of the temple (Ezekiel 41:1). When used of the tabernacle, as in 1 Kings 1:39, it denotes the covering of goat's hair which was placed over the mishcan. (2.) Heb. mishcan (Song of Songs 1:8), used also of a dwelling (Job 18:21; Psalms 87:2), the grave (Isaiah 22:16; compare Isaiah 14:18), the temple (Psalms 46:4; Psalms 84:2; Psalms 132:5), and of the tabernacle (Exodus 25:9; Exodus 26:1; Exodus 40:9; Numbers 1:50, Numbers 1:53; Numbers 10:11). When distinguished from 'ohel, it denotes the twelve interior curtains which lay upon the framework of the tabernacle (q.v.). (3.) Heb. kubbah (Numbers 25:8), a dome-like tent devoted to the impure worship of Baal-peor. (4.) Heb. succah (2 Samuel 11:11), a tent or booth made of green boughs or branches (see Genesis 33:17; Leviticus 23:34, Leviticus 23:42; Psalms 18:11; Jonah 4:5; Isaiah 4:6; Nehemiah 8:15, where the word is variously rendered). Jubal was "the father of such as dwell in tents" (Genesis 4:20). The patriarchs were "dwellers in tents" (Genesis 9:21, Genesis 9:27; Genesis 12:8; Genesis 13:12; Genesis 26:17); and during their wilderness wanderings all Israel dwelt in tents (Exodus 16:16; Deuteronomy 33:18; Joshua 7:24). Tents have always occupied a prominent place in Eastern life (1 Samuel 17:54; 2 Kings 7:7; Psalms 120:5; Song of Songs 1:5). Paul the apostle's occupation was that of a tent-maker (Acts 18:3); i.e., perhaps a maker of tent cloth.