Tenasserim
a territory in India, acquired by Great Britain after the war in 1825; the S. division of Burma; is a long narrow strip between the sea and the mountains of the Siamese frontier; area, 46,590 square miles; pop. 980,000. There are seven districts the towns of Maulmain, Taung-ngu, Schwe-gyin, Sal wen, Amherst, Tavoy, and Mergui; the chief towns being Maulmain, Taung-ngu, and Tavoy. The town of Tenasserim, which has, through wars and other misfortunes, sunk to be a village of only 577 inhabitants, is 33 miles from the seat at the junction of the Great and Little Tenasserim rivers, the former of which has a total course of about 400 miles.
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Tencin
MADAME DE (CLAUDINE ALEXANDRINE GUÉRIN), a French author; born in Grenoble in 1681; entered the religious life; but soon found its restraints intolerable. Finally, in 1714, she went to Paris, where her wit and beauty soon attracted to her a crowd of lovers, among them personages as great as the Regent and Cardinal Dubois. She had much political influence. But her importance died with the regent and the cardinal in 1723. In 1726 she lay a short time in the Bastille, after the tragic scandal caused by one of her lovers shooting himself in her house. Her later life was most decorous, and her salon became one of the most popular in Paris. One of her oldest lovers was Fontenelle; D'Alembert was Her romances, one of her children. "Memoirs of the Comte de Comminges" (1735), "The Siege of Calais" (1739), and 'The Misfortunes of Love" (1747), show taste, passion, and style. Madame de Tencin's "Correspondence" with her brother appeared at Paris in 1790; the "Letters to the Duc de Richelieu" in 1806. She died in Paris, Dec. 4, 1749.
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Tender
in law, an offer of money or other thing in satisfaction of a debt paper or liability. Legal tender, coin or money, which so far as regards the nature and quality thereof, a creditor may be compelled to accept in satisfaction of his debt. In this country gold and silver coin are a legal tender to any amount, so far as a debt admits of being paid in gold or silver; and national treasury notes or greenbacks are also legal tender. Plea of tender, in law a plea by defendant that he has been always ready to satisfy the plaintiff's claim, and now into court. brings the sum demanded Tender of amends, in law, an offer by a person who has been guilty of any wrong or breach of contract to pay a sum of money by way of amends.
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Tendril
in botany, a curling and twining thread-like process by which one plant clings to another body for the purpose of support. It may be a modification of the midrib, as in the pea; a prolongation of a leaf, as in Nepenthes; or a modification of the inflorescence, as in the vine. They have been divided into stem tendrils and leaf tendrils. Called also cirrhus, and by the old authors capreolus and clavicula.
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Tenedos
an island of Greece, on the W. coast of Asia Minor; 15 miles S. W. of the Dardanelles, about 6 miles long and 3 miles broad. The channel which separates it from the mainland is 3 miles broad. The interior of the island is very fertile, and is remarkable for the excellence of its wines. Corn, cotton, and fruits are also produced. On the E. side of the island, near the sea, is the town of Tenedos. It was occupied by Greece and by the treaty during the Balkan War with Turkey in 1920 became a Greek possession. Pop. about 5,000.
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Tenement House
a house divided into tenements occupied by separate families. In tenement houses the landlord does not usually reside on the premises. Apartments are let in suites and single rooms. Owing to their crowded condition these houses present problems of sanitation impossible of solution, and are breeding places of disease and nurseries of plagues in times of epidemics. In some cities tenement houses are under police surveillance, and stringent laws have been enacted to secure sanitary conditions and to prevent over-crowding, but their existence is still a problem that sociologists have vainly tried to solve.
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Tenerife
PEAK OF, or PICO DE
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Tenerife
PEAK OF is white. There is an ice cave at an altitude of 11,000 feet. The peak can be seen more than 100 miles off. In 1795 and 1798 there was volcanic activity here.
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Teneriffe
ten-er-if'. See Canary Islands
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Teniers
DAVID, the name of two celebrated Dutch artists of the Flemish school, father and son, both natives of Antwerp, Holland, in which city the elder was born in 1582. Having studied under Rubens, he spent six years in Rome. On his return he occupied himself principally in the delineation of fairs, rustic sports, and drinking parties, which he exhibited with such truth, humor, and originality, that he may be considered the founder of a style of painting which his son afterward brought to perfection. His pictures are mostly small. He died in DAVID TENIERS Antwerp, July 29, 1649. His son, born in Antwerp, Dec. 15, 1610, was taught painting by his father, whom he excelled in correctness and finish. He became highly popular, was appointed court painter to the Archduke Leopold William, governor of the Netherlands, and gave lessons in painting to Don John of Austria. He specially excelled in outdoor scenes, though many of his interiors are masterpieces of color and composition. His general subjects were fairs, markets, merry-makings, guard rooms, taverns, etc., and his pictures, which number over 700, are found in all the important public and private galleries of Europe. His etchings are also highly esteemed. He died in Brussels, Belgium, April 25, 1690.
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Tenison
THOMAS, an English clergyman; born in Cottenham, tennam, , Cambridgeshire, Sept. 29, 1636, studied at Corpus Cambridge, and after several cures was made Bishop of Lincoln by William III. in 1691, and primate of all England three years later. He was a favorite at court, held many important state offices, and attended Mary and William on their death beds. He crowned Queen Anne and George I., being a strong supporter of the Hanoverian succession, and died Dec. 14, 1715.
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