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Definition of Tautened
1. tauten [v] - See also: tauten
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tautened
Literary usage of Tautened
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"The rigging tautened and the huge sails flapped In thunder as the Harpoon sped
... Every sense on the alert, and ever}' nerve tautened to fullest tension. ..."
2. China, the Long-lived Empire by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore (1900)
"After a round of rice, new cables were laid, extra trackers harnessed, and we
swung far out and faced the foaming incline. Ropes tautened, the mast creaked ..."
3. Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United by District Court (Illinois, District Court (Indiana, District Court (Wisconsin, Josiah Hooker Bissell, Circuit Court (7th Circuit, United States (1876)
"... and the lines tautened np, and in that way the tug curved around the north
pier with both lines fastened, the brig having thus lost her steerage way, ..."
4. Seamanship: Comp. from Various Authorities, and Illustrated with Numerous by Stephen Bleecker Luce (1877)
"The tackles are tautened, until when, the heel being clear of the partners, they
are eased away, and the mast lowered head foremast overboard, Fig. 302. ..."
5. Down Channel: With Introduction by Dixon Kemp by Richard Turrill McMullen (1893)
"Once that was on fairly, and tautened round the bunt of the sail, the rest was
a matter of detail. I put all the canvas tyers on next, to keep the sail up ..."
6. The Soul of Golf by Percy Adolphus Vaile (1912)
"a tendency to hit the ball with tautened muscles, and discourages the proper
follow-through." Personally, I cannot see that there is any objection whatever ..."
7. A manual for naval cadets by John McNeill Boyd (1860)
"These tackles are tautened, until when, the heel being clear of the partners,
they are eased away, and the mast lowered head foremost overboard. ..."
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