A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of
continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.

That course of thought which holds on through a discourse;
the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning;
understanding.

An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and
figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or
general import of the instrument.

The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to
adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this voice; the
second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the
base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were auxillary.

A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play
it.