• A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta. • Attention; regard, care. • Intention; design. • To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder. • To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively. • A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges. • A probe for searching a wound. • A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, -- used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp. • The representation of a tent used as a bearing. • To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle.