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tenterhook
tenterhook (ˈtɛntəhʊk) Forms: see tenter n.1; also with hyphen, and 5 tayntyr-, tentyr-, 6 tentur-, 7 tentry-. [f. tenter n.1 + hook n.1] 1. One of the hooks or bent nails set in a close row along the upper and lower bar of a tenter, by which the edges of the cloth are firmly held; a hooked or right... Oxford English Dictionary
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Tenterhook
Tenterhooks or tenter hooks are hooked nails in a device called a tenter. Tenters were wooden frames which were used as far back as the 14th century in the process of making woollen cloth. They are now superseded by stenter pins. The phrase "on tenterhooks" has become a metaphor for nervous anticipa... wikipedia.org
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tent-hook
† ˈtent-hook Obs. rare. In 5–6 taynt-. [f. tent n.5 + hook n.1] A tenterhook.1491 Churchw. Acc. St. Dunstan's, Canterb., Payde for threde and taynt hookes j d. 1533 MS. Acc. St. John's Hosp., Canterb., For taynt hokys j d. Oxford English Dictionary
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Tent (disambiguation)
TEN-T, Trans-European Transport Networks, a planned set of road, rail, air and water transport networks in Europe See also Tente (disambiguation) Tenterhook wikipedia.org
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on tenterhooks
on tenterhooksanxiously waiting for news about someone or something. She was on tenterhooks until her son called and said he was not hurt.Etymology: based on the literal meaning of tenterhook (= a hook that holds cloth that is stretched to dry), suggesting that someone's emotions are tightly stretch... Cambridge English Idioms Dictionary
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Stenter
See also Tenterhook References Machines Textile mills Textile industry Textile engineering Textile finishing machines wikipedia.org
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tenter
▪ I. tenter, n.1 (ˈtɛntə(r)) Forms: 4–5 teyntur, 5 tayntour, tentowre, 5–6 tentour, 5–7 taynter, teynter, tenture, 5–8 tentor, 6 teynto(u)r, -tree, tentar, 6–7 tainter, teinter, -or, 6– tenter. [The varieties of the suffix make the exact origin somewhat obscure: the forms in -ur, -our, -or, -er, -ar... Oxford English Dictionary
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Westward Ho (play)
Tenterhook; when he does not pay her enough attention, she convinces Tenterhook to have Monopoly arrested for the debts he owes. Tenterhook can meet him there in private. wikipedia.org
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Beagle
Twelfth Night (c. 1600) Act II Scene III Webster: "Mistress Tenterhook: You are a sweet beagle" Westward Ho (1607) Act III Scene IV:2 Dryden: "The rest wikipedia.org
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Northward Ho
In Westward Ho, the trio of citizens' wives, Mistresses Tenterhook, Honeysuckle, and Wafer, are largely indistinguishable and interchangeable. wikipedia.org
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Wealden cloth industry
See also Worshipful Company of Clothworkers Cloth hall tenterhook References 'Kent History Illustrated' (Frank W Jessup 1966) – from which the above notes wikipedia.org
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Rip It Up (Orange Juice album)
McClymont) "Flesh of My Flesh" – 3:15 (Collins) "Louise Louise" – 2:51 (Collins) "Hokoyo" – 5:06 (Collins, McClymont, Ross, Manyika, Zop Cormorant) "Tenterhook wikipedia.org
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Naz Nomad and the Nightmares
Like an Angel" - Brilliant "The Hungry Years" - Andi Sex Gang/Marc Almond "32nd Piano Concerto in A Minor" - Mathew Best "Hide and Seek" - Brigandage "Tenterhook wikipedia.org
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