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T TABLING to TAIL TAIL-BLOCK to TENDING TAIL-BLOCK TAKING-IN TALLYING TAR TAR-PAWLING TARTAN TAUGHT TAUNT TENDER TENDING TENON to TIDE TIER to TOGGEL TOMPION to TOPPING TOPPING-LIFT to TRACT-SCOUT TRACTING to TREE-NAILS TRESTLE-TREES to TRIP TRIPPING to TRYING TUCK to TYE Search Contact us |
TENDERTENDER, (patache, Fr.) a small vessel employed in the King's service, on various occasions; as, to receive volunteers and impressed men, and convey them to a distant place; to attend on ships of war or squadrons; and to carry intelligence or orders from one place to another, &c.
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