1. Noun
One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
2. Noun
A kind of governor.
3. Noun
A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.
4. Verb
To admit extension.
5. Verb
To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.
6. Noun
a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth
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