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   Tenuity , n. [L. tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F. ténuité. See Tenuous.]
   The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair.
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   Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood.
   Bacon.
   
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   Poverty; indigence. [Obs.]
   Eikon Basilike.
   
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   Refinement; delicacy.
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