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Definition of: tenace
(ten′ās) noun
The combination in the same hand of the best and third best cards (major tenace) or of the second and fourth best cards (minor tenace) of any suit. [<Sp. tenaza pincers, tongs <tenaz tenacious <L tenax, tenacis. See TENACIOUS.]
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