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tenacious : ten-a'shus
, adj. meaning: retaining or holding fast (lit. and fig.) sticky,
retentive, stubborn: persevering-adv. Syn.: strong (Latin tenax, acis -tenere,
to hold) |
eye : the globe or
movable part of the organ of sight or vision , the power of seeing:
sight , regard ; keenness of perception , to look onto or to observe
narrowly, anything resembling an eye , as the hole of a needle , loop ,
or ring for a hook , etc. (Ger. auge, O.E. eage ,Du. oog ) |
| tattoo : ta-too , vt.
to mark permanently (as the skin) with figures , by pricking in
coloring-matter , or by making symmetrical scars.-n. marks or figures
made on the skin in these ways. From the Tahitian word tatu or tatau. |
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