Webster's Dictionary 1913

1540

Terse

Terse (?), a. [Compar.Terser (?); superl.Tersest.] [L. tersus, p. p. of tergere to rub or wipe off.] 1. Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.Many stones...

1541

Tersulphide

Ter‐sul″phide (?), n. [Pref. ter- + sulphide.] (Chem.) A trisulphide.

1542

Tersulphuret

Ter‐sul″phu‐ret (?), n. [Pref. ter- + sulphuret.] (Chem.) A trisulphide.

1543

Tertial

Ter″tial (?), a. & n. [From L. tertius third, the tertial feathers being feathers of the third row. See Tierce.] (Zoöl.) Same as Tertiary.

1544

Tertian

Ter″tian (?), a. [L. tertianus, from tertius the third. See Tierce.] (Med.) Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever.

1545

Tertian (2)

Ter″tian, n. [L. tertiana (sc. febris): cf. OF. tertiane.] 1. (Med.) A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in whi...

1546

Tertiary

Ter″ti‐a‐ry (?), a. [L. tertiarius containing a third part, fr. tertius third: cf. F. tertiaire. See Tierce.] 1. Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a terti...

1547

Tertiary (2)

Ter″ti‐a‐ry, n.; pl.Tertiaries (�). 1. (R. C. Ch.) A member of the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite ter...

1548

Tertiate

Ter″ti‐ate (?), v. t. [L. tertiatus, p. p. of tertiare to do for the third time, fr. tertius the third.] 1. To do or perform for the third time. Johnson.2. (Gun.) To examine, as...

1549

Tertium quid

‖Ter″ti‐um quid (?). A third somewhat; something mediating, or regarded as being, between two diverse or incompatible substances, natures, or positions.

1550

Terutero

‖Ter′u‐ter″o (?), n.(Zoöl.) The South American lapwing (Vanellus Cayennensis). Its wings are furnished with short spurs. Called also Cayenne lapwing.

1551

Terza rima

‖Ter″za ri″ma (?). A peculiar and complicated system of versification, borrowed by the early Italian poets from the Troubadours.

1552

Terzetto

‖Ter‐zet″to (?), n. [It., dim. of terzo the third, L. tertius. See Tierce.] (Mus.) A composition in three voice parts; a vocal (rarely an instrumental) trio.

1553

Tesla coil

{ Tes″la coil, Tes″la trans‐form″er } (?). [After N. Tesla, American electrician.] (Elec.) A transformer without iron, for high frequency alternating or oscillating currents; an...

1554

Tesselar

Tes″sel‐ar (?), a. [L. tessella a small square piece, a little cube, dim. of tessera a square piece of stone, wood, etc., a die.] Formed of tesseræ, as a mosaic.

1555

Tessellata

‖Tes′sel‐la″ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Tessellate.] (Zoöl.) A division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species in which the body is covered with tessellated plates.

1556

Tessellate

Tes″sel‐late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tessellated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tessellating.] [L. tessellatus tessellated. See Tessellar.] To form into squares or checkers; to lay with ch...

1557

Tessellate (2)

Tes″sel‐late (?), a. [L. tesselatus.] Tessellated.

1558

Tessellated

Tes″sel‐la′ted (?), a. 1. Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement.2. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Marked like a checkerboard; as, a tessellated leaf.

1559

Tessellation

Tes′sel‐la″tion (?), n. The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed. J. Forsyth.

1560

Tessera

‖Tes″se‐ra (?), n.; pl.Tesseræ (#). [L., a square piece, a die. See Tessellar.] A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face...

1561

Tesseraic

Tes′se‐ra″ic (?), a. Diversified by squares; done in mosaic; tessellated. Sir R. Atkyns (1712).

1562

Tesseral

Tes″se‐ral (?), a. 1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, tesseræ.2. (Crystallog.) Isometric.

1563

Tessular

Tes″su‐lar (?), a.(Crystallog.) Tesseral.

1564

Test

Test (?), n. [OE. test test, or cupel, potsherd, F. têt, from L. testum an earthen vessel; akin to testa a piece of burned clay, an earthen pot, a potsherd, perhaps for tersta, ...

1565

Test (2)

Test, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tested; p. pr. & vb. n.Testing.] 1. (Metal.) To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.2. To put to the proof; to pro...

1566

Test (3)

Test (?), n. [L. testis. Cf. Testament, Testify.] A witness.Prelates and great lords of England, who were for the more surety tests of that deed. Ld. Berners.