Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tent"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

Tent
(1.) Heb. 'ohel (Gen. 9:21, 27). This word is used also of a
dwelling or habitation (1 Kings 8:66; Isa. 16:5; Jer. 4:20), and
of the temple (Ezek. 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 (Cant. 1:8), used also of a dwelling (Job
18:21; Ps. 87:2), the grave (Isa. 22:16; comp. 14:18), the
temple (Ps. 46:4; 84:2; 132:5), and of the tabernacle (Ex. 25:9;
26:1; 40:9; Num. 1:50, 53; 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 (Num. 25:8), a dome-like tent devoted to the
impure worship of Baal-peor.

(4.) Heb. succah (2 Sam. 11:11), a tent or booth made of green
boughs or branches (see Gen. 33:17; Lev. 23:34, 42; Ps. 18:11;
Jonah 4:5; Isa. 4:6; Neh. 8:15-17, where the word is variously
rendered).

Jubal was "the father of such as dwell in tents" (Gen. 4:20).
The patriarchs were "dwellers in tents" (Gen. 9:21, 27; 12:8;
13:12; 26:17); and during their wilderness wanderings all Israel
dwelt in tents (Ex. 16:16; Deut. 33:18; Josh. 7:24). Tents have
always occupied a prominent place in Eastern life (1 Sam. 17:54;
2 Kings 7:7; Ps. 120:5; Cant. 1:5). Paul the apostle's
occupation was that of a tent-maker (Acts 18:3); i.e., perhaps a
maker of tent cloth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tent \Tent\, n. [Sp. tinto, properly, deep-colored, fr. L.
tinctus, p. p. of tingere to dye. See {Tinge}, and cf.
{Tint}, {Tinto}.]
A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or
Malaga in Spain; -- called also {tent wine}, and {tinta}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tent \Tent\, n. [Cf. {Attent}, n.]
1. Attention; regard, care. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
--Lydgate.

2. Intention; design. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tent \Tent\, v. t.
To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.] --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tent \Tent\, v. t. [OF. tenter. See {Tempt}.]
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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tent \Tent\, n. [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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tent \Tent\, n. [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.) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.

{Tent bed}, a high-post bedstead curtained with a tentlike
canopy.

{Tent caterpillar} (Zo["o]l.), 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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tent \Tent\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tented}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tenting}.]
To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle. --Shak.

We 're tenting to-night on the old camp ground. --W.
Kittredge.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

tent
n : a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over
supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes
and pegs); "he pitched his tent near the creek" [syn: {collapsible
shelter}]
v : live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this
summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The
houseguests had to camp in the living room" [syn: {camp},
{encamp}, {camp out}, {bivouac}]


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