tentered

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tentered - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tenter \Ten"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tentered; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Tentering.]
     To admit extension.
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           Woolen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely. --Bacon.
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