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Webster 1913 Edition
Tennis
Ten′nis
,Noun.
[OE.
tennes
, tenies
, tenyse
; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. F. tenez
hold or take it, fr. tenir
to hold (see Tenable
).] A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand.
Shak.
His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing
tennis
, . . . were familiar to all London. Macaulay.
Court tennis
, the old game of tennis as played within walled courts of peculiar construction; – distinguished from
– lawn tennis
. Lawn tennis
. See under
– Lawn
, Noun.
Tennis court
, a place or court for playing the game of tennis.
Shak.
Ten′nis
,Verb.
T.
To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis.
[R.]
Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tennis
TEN'NIS
,Noun.
TEN'NIS
,Verb.
T.