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Tenace

Tenace \Ten"ace\ (t[e^]n"[asl]s), n. [F. tenace tenacious, demeurer tenace to hold the best and third best cards and take both tricks, the adversary having to lead. See Tenacious.] (Whist) The holding by the fourth hand of the best and third best cards of a suit led; also, sometimes, the combination of best with third best card of a suit in any hand.

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tenace

n. (context bridge English) An interrupted sequence of high cards of the same suit, such as the king and jack or the ace and queen.

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The suit should not be so full of possible tenaces as to make it disadvantageous to open it.