Webster's Dictionary 1828

568

TERA

COLEOPTER, TERA, noun The coleopters, in Linnes system of entomology, are an order of insects, having crustaceous elytra or shells, which shut and form a longitudinal suture alo...

569

TERAPHIM

TER'APHIM, noun [Heb.] Household deities or images.

570

TERATOLOGY

TERATOL'OGY, noun [Gr. a prodigy, and discourse.]Bombast in language; affectation of sublimity. [Not used.]

571

TERCE

TERCE, noun ters. A cask whose contents are 42 gallons, the third of a pipe or butt.

572

TERCE-MAJOR

TERCE-MAJOR, noun A sequence of the three best cards.

573

TERCEL

TER'CEL, noun The male of the common falcon. [Falco Peregrinus.]

574

TEREBINTH

TER'EBINTH, noun The turpentine tree.

575

TEREBINTHINATE

TEREBIN'THINATE, adjective Terebinthine; impregnated with the qualities of turpentine.

576

TEREBINTHINE

TEREBIN'THINE, adjective [Latin terebinthinus, from terebinthina, turpentine.] Pertaining to turpentine; consisting of turpentine, or partaking of its qualities.

577

TEREBRATE

TER'EBRATE, verb transitive [Latin terebro, tero.] To bore; to perforate with a gimlet. [Little used.]

578

TEREBRATION

TEREBRA'TION, noun The act of boring. [Little used.]

579

TEREBRATULITE

TEREBRAT'ULITE, noun Fossil terebratula, a kind of shell.

580

TEREDO

TERE'DO, noun [Latin from tero, to wear.] A worm that bores and penetrates the bottom of ships; or rather a genus of worms, so called.

581

TEREK

TER'EK, noun A water fowl with long legs.

582

TERET

TER'ETTERE'TE, adjective [Latin teres.] Round and tapering; columnar; as the stem of a plant.

583

TERETE

TERE'TE, a. [L. teres.] Round and tapering; columnar; as the stem of a plant.

584

TERGEMINAL

TERGEM'INALTERGEM'INATE, adjective [Latin tergeminus.] Thrice double; as a tergeminate leaf.

585

TERGEMINATE

TERGEM'INATE, a. [L. tergeminus.] Thrice double; as a tergeminate leaf.

586

TERGEMINOUS

TERGEM'INOUS, adjective [supra.] Threefold.

587

TERGIFETOUS

TERGIF'ETOUS, adjectivetergifetous plants, are such as bear their seeds on the back of their leaves, as ferns.

588

TERGIVERSATE

TER'GIVERSATE, verb intransitive [Latin tergum, the back, and verto, to turn.]To shift; to practice evasion. [Little used.]

589

TERGIVERSATION

TERGIVERSA'TION, noun A shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being more free from passion and tergiversation1. Change; f...

590

TERM

TERM, noun [Latin terminus, a limit or boundary.]1. A limit; a bound or boundary; the extremity of any thing; that which limits its extent.Corruption is a reciprocal to generati...

591

TERMAGANCY

TER'MAGANCY, noun [from termagant.] Turbulence; tumultuousness; as a violent termagancy of temper.

592

TERMAGANT

TER'MAGANT, adjective Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous or furious; quarrelsome; scolding.The eldest was a termagant imperious, prodigal, profligate wench.TER'MAGANT, noun A boi...

593

TERMED

TERM'ED, participle passive Called; denominated.

594

TERMER

TERM'ER, noun One who travels to attend a court term.TERM'ER