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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


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TENDER

TENDER, (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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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 290, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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