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Tenter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A hook for stretching cloth on a frame.

2. To be on the tenters, to be on the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness or suspense.

Tenter [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To admit extension.

2. Woolen cloths will tenter

Tenter [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To hang or stretch on tenters.

Tenter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.

2. A kind of governor.

3. A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.

Tenter [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To admit extension.

Tenter [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.

Tenter-ground [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Ground on which tenters are erected.

Tentered [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Stretched or hung on tenters.

Tentered [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tentering [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Stretching or hanging on tenters.

Tentering [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913