\Tenth\, a. [From {Ten}: cf. OE. tethe, AS. te['o]?a. See
{Ten}, and cf. {Tithe}.]
1. Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.
2. Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which
   anything is divided.

\Tenth\, n.
1. The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine
   others.
2. The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal
   parts into which anything is divided.
3. The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the
   like; a tithe. --Shak.
4. (Mus.) The interval between any tone and the tone
   represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as
   between one of the scale and three of the octave above;
   the octave of the third.
5. pl. (Eng. Law)
   (a) A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and
       granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real
       tenth part of all the movables belonging to the
       subject.
   (b) (Eccl. Law) The tenth part of the annual profit of
       every living in the kingdom, formerly paid to the
       pope, but afterward transferred to the crown. It now
       forms a part of the fund called Queen Anne's Bounty.