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Audio Help [ten-eys] Pronunciation Key –noun Whist, Bridge.
| a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen. |
Compare major tenace, minor tenace.
[Origin: 1645–55; < Sp tenazas tongs, tenace (in card games), deriv. of tenaz ≪ L tenāx tenacious; cf. ML tenācés forceps
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n. Games A combination of two high cards of the same suit separated by two degrees, such as the king and jack of hearts, especially in a bridge or whist hand. [French, from Spanish tenaza, tongs, tenace, from tenaces, pl. of tenaz, tenacious, from Latin tenāx, tenāc-; see tenacious.] |
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Ten"ace\, n. [F. tenace tenacious, demeurer tenace to hold the best and third best cards and take both tricks, and adversary having to lead. See Tenacious.] (Whist) The holding by the fourth hand of the best and third best cards of a suit led; also, sometimes, the combination of best with third best card of a suit in any hand.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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