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† ˈtendle Obs. or ? dial.
Also 9 tennle, tennel.
[A deriv. of OE. tend-an, tind v. to kindle, light: perh. a variant of tandle n. Cf. also tindle.]
a. In 15th c. Exact sense uncertain: perh. (as suggested by editors of Destr. of Troy) ‘a splint of resinous wood used as a candle’; but perh. rather = tandle, a beacon-fire or bonfire.
b. In later use: see quot. 1887.
c1400Destr. Troy 6038 Brode firis & brem beccyn in þe ost, Torchis and tendlis the tenttes to light. Ibid. 7353 Tore fyres in the tenttes, tendlis olofte! 1887Donaldson Suppl. to Jamieson, Tendle, Tennle, Tennel, lit. Firewood; dried twigs, furze, scrub, &c., gathered for fuel. [No authority or locality given.] |