Webster's Dictionary 1828

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TERSELY

TERSELY, adverb ters'ly. Neatly.

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TERSENESS

TERSENESS, noun ters'ness. Neatness of style; smoothness of language.TER-TEN'ANT, noun The occupant of land.

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TERTIALS

TER'TIALS, noun In ornithology, feathers near the junction of the wing with the body.

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TERTIAN

TER'TIAN, adjective [Latin tertianus, from tertius, third.]Occurring every other day; as a tertian fever.TER'TIAN, noun A disease or fever whose paroxysms return every other day...

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TERTIARY

TER'TIARY, adjective Third; of the third formation. tertiary mountains are such as result from the ruins of other mountains promiscuously heaped together.Tertiary formation, in ...

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TERTIATE

TER'TIATE, verb transitive [Latin tertius, third; tertio, to do every third day.]1. To do any thing the third time.2. To examine the thickness of the metal at the muzzle of a gu...

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TESSARAIC

TESSARA'IC, adjective [Latin tessera, a square thing.]Diversified by squares; tesselated.

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TESSELATE

TES'SELATE, verb transitive [Latin tessela, a little square stone.]To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.

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TESSELATED

TES'SELATED, participle passive Checkered; formed in little squares or mosaic work; as a tesselated pavement.1. In botany, spotted or checkered like a chess board; as a tesselat...

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TESSELATION

TESSELA'TION, noun Mosaic work, or the operation of making it.

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TEST

TEST, noun [Latin testa, an earthen pot.]1. In metallurgy, a large cupel, or a vessel in the nature of a cupel, formed of wood ashes and finely powdered brick dust, in which met...

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TESTABLE

TEST'ABLE, adjective [Latin testor. See Testament.]That may be devised or given by will.

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TESTACEOGRAPHY

TESTACEOG'RAPHY, noun [See Testaceology.]

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TESTACEOLOGY

TESTACEOL'OGYTESTA'CEOUS, adjective [Latin testaceus, from testa, a shell. The primary sense of testa, testis, testor, etc. is to thrust or drive; hence the sense of hardness, c...

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TESTALOGY

TESTAL'OGY, noun [Latin testacea, or testa.] The science of testaceous vermes, or of those soft and simple animals which have a testaceous covering; a branch of vermeology. [Wor...

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TESTAMENT

TEST'AMENT, noun [Latin testamentum, from testor, to make a will.]1. A solemn authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to the disposal of his esta...

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TESTAMENTARY

TESTAMENT'ARY, adjective Pertaining to a will or to wills; as testamentary causes in law.1. Bequeathed by will; given by testament; as testamentary charities.2. Done by testamen...

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TESTAMENTATION

TESTAMENTA'TION, noun The act or power of giving by will. [Little used.]

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TESTATE

TEST'ATE, adjective [Latin testatus.] Having made and left a will; as, a person is said to die testate

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TESTATION

TESTA'TION, noun [Latin testatio.] A witnessing or witness.

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TESTATOR

TESTA'TOR, noun [Latin] A man who makes and leaves a will or testament at death.

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TESTATRIX

TESTA'TRIX, noun A woman who makes and leaves a will at death.

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TESTED

TEST'ED, participle passive Tried or approved by a test.

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TESTER

TEST'ER, noun The top covering of a bed, consisting of some species of cloth, supported by the bedstead.TEST'ER

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TESTICLE

TEST'ICLE, noun [Latin testiculus; literally a hard mass, like testa, shell.] The testicles are male organs of generation, consisting of glandular substances, whose office is to...

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TESTICULATE

TESTIC'ULATE, adjective In botany, shaped like a testicle.

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TESTIFICATION

TESTIFICA'TION, noun [Latin testificatio. See Testify.]The act of testifying or giving testimony or evidence; as a direct testification of our homage to God.