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v. t. See Inure. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to urinate in; &unr_; + &unr_; urine. ] (Med.) An involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A suborder of birds including lyrebirds and scrubbirds.
Syn. -- suborder Menurae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family of birds including the lyrebirds.
Syn. -- family Menuridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Law) A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Penury. ] 1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly. “A penurious niggard of his wealth.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here creeps along a poor, penurious stream. C. Pitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Destitute of money; suffering extreme want. [ Obs. ] “My penurious band.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Avaricious; covetous; parsimonious; miserly; niggardly; stingy. See Avaricious. [ 1913 Webster ]

--Pe*nu"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Pe*nu"ri*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. penuria; cf. Gr. &unr_; hunger, &unr_; poverty, need, &unr_; one who works for his daily bread, a poor man, &unr_; to work for one's daily bread, to be poor: cf. F. pénurie. ] 1. Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution. “A penury of military forces.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were exposed to hardship and penury. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

It arises in neither from penury of thought. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Penuriousness; miserliness. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. tenure, OF. teneure, fr. F. tenir to hold. See Tenable. ] 1. The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate. [ 1913 Webster ]

That the tenure of estates might rest on equity, the Indian title to lands was in all cases to be quieted. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eng. Law) The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Tenure is inseparable from the idea of property in land, according to the theory of the English law; and this idea of tenure pervades, to a considerable extent, the law of real property in the United States, where the title to land is essentially allodial, and almost all lands are held in fee simple, not of a superior, but the whole right and title to the property being vested in the owner. Tenure, in general, then, is the particular manner of holding real estate, as by exclusive title or ownership, by fee simple, by fee tail, by courtesy, in dower, by copyhold, by lease, at will, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The consideration, condition, or service which the occupier of land gives to his lord or superior for the use of his land. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Manner of holding, in general; as, in absolute governments, men hold their rights by a precarious tenure. [ 1913 Webster ]

All that seems thine own,
Held by the tenure of his will alone. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tenure by fee alms. (Law) See Frankalmoigne. [ 1913 Webster ]