TERAMORPHOUS, ter-a-mor'fus, _adj._ monstrous in form or nature. [Gr.
_teras_, a monster, _morph[=e]_, form.]
TERAPHIM, ter'a-fim, _n.pl._ a Hebrew word of uncertain derivation,
denoting a certain kind of images, idols, or household gods, of a human
figure, associated with divination, and commonly used in the popular
worship:--sing. TER'APH. [Heb.]
TERATOLOGY, ter-a-tol'[=o]-ji, _n._ the study of malformations or abnormal
growths, animal or vegetable.--_adj._ TERATOGEN'IC, producing
monsters.--_n._ TERATOG'ENY, the production of monsters.--_adjs._
TER'ATOID, monstrous; TERATOLOG'IC, -AL, pertaining to teratology.--_ns._
TERATOL'OGIST, one skilled in teratology; TERAT[=O]'MA, an anomalous
congenital tumour, often containing many different tissues.--_adj._
TERAT[=O]'MATOUS.--_n._ TERAT[=O]'SIS, monstrosity. [Gr. _teras_,
_teratos_, a monster.]
TERBIUM, ter'bi-um, _n._ a rare metal found in certain yttrium
minerals.--_adj._ TER'BIC.
TERCE, t[.e]rs, _n._ (_Scots law_) a widow's right, where she has no
conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable
property: the office of the third hour, which should be said between
sunrise and noon. [_Tierce_.]
TERCEL, t[.e]rs'el, _n._ Same as TIERCEL.
TERCENTENARY, t[.e]r-sen'te-n[=a]-ri, _adj._ including or relating to an
interval of three hundred years.--_n._ the 300th anniversary of
anything.--_adj._ TERCENTEN'NIAL.
TERCET, ter'set, _n._ a triplet.
TERCINE, ter'sin, _n._ (_bot._) a layer of the primine coat of an ovule.
TEREBENE, ter'[=e]-b[=e]n, _n._ a light-yellow liquid, obtained by treating
oil of turpentine with sulphuric acid, used as a disinfectant.--_adj._
TEREB'IC, pertaining to turpentine.--_n._ TER'EBINTH, the
turpentine-tree.--_adj._ TEREBINTH'INE. [L.,--Gr. _terebinthos_.]
TEREBRA, ter'[=e]-bra, _n._ a Roman engine for making a breach in a wall:
the borer or ovipositor of various insects.--_adj._ TER'EBRANT.--_n._ a
borer, a bore.--_v.t._ TER'EBR[=A]TE, to bore.--_adj._ provided with a
borer.--_n._ TEREBR[=A]'TION. [L.]
TEREBRATULA, ter-[=e]-brat'[=u]-la, _n._ a genus of deep-sea Brachiopods,
from the form of the ventral valve of their shell termed Lamp-shells.--_n._
TEREBRAT'ULID, one of this genus.--_adj._ TEREBRAT'[=U]LIFORM.--_n._
TEREBRAT'ULITE, a fossil terebratulid.--_adj._ TEREBRAT'[=U]LOID (also
_n._).
TEREDO, t[=e]-r[=e]'do, _n._ the ship-worm, a worm very destructive in
boring into wood.--Also TER'EDINE. [L.,--Gr. _ter[=e]d[=o]n_, from
_teirein_, to wear away.]
TEREK, ter'ek, _n._ a kind of sandpiper, of the genus TER[=E]'KIA.
TERENTIAN, ter-en'shi-an, _adj._ pertaining to the Roman comic poet
_Terence_, P. Terentius Afer (b. 195 B.C.).
TERES, t[=e]'r[=e]z, _n._ a terete muscle.--_adjs._ TERETE', cylindrical
and tapering, columnar; TERETICAU'DATE, round-tailed. [L. _teres_,
_ter[)e]tis_, smooth, _ter[)e]re_, to rub.]
TERGAL, ter'gal, _adj._ pertaining to the back, dorsal.--_adjs._ TER'GANT
(_her._), turning the back, recursant; TERGIF'EROUS, bearing on the
back.--_n._ TER'GITE, the tergum or back of one of the somites or segments
of an arthropod, &c.--_adj._ TERGIT'IC.--_n._ TER'GUM, the back, dorsum, or
notum, as of an arthropod:--_pl._ TER'GA. [L. _tergum_, the back.]
TERGEMINATE, ter-jem'i-n[=a]t, _adj._ thrice double.--Also TERGEM'INAL,
TERGEM'INOUS.
TERGIVERSATION, t[.e]r-ji-v[.e]r-s[=a]'shun, _n._ a shuffling or shifting:
subterfuge: fickleness of conduct.--_v.i._ TER'GIVERSATE, to practise or
use evasion.--_n._ TER'GIVERS[=A]TOR. [L., from _tergum_, the back,
_vers[=a]ri_, to turn.]
TERM, t[.e]rm, _n._ any limited period: the time for which anything lasts:
the time during which the courts of law are open: certain days on which
rent is paid: that by which a thought is expressed, a word or expression: a
condition or arrangement (gener. in _pl._): (_alg._) a member of a compound
quantity.--_v.t._ to apply a term to: to name or call.--_n._ TERM'ER, one
who attends a court term, often with the sense of a shifty rogue: one
holding an estate for a term of years--also TERM'OR.--_adj._
TERMINOLOG'ICAL.--_adv._ TERMINOLOGY'ICALLY.--_n._ TERMINOL'OGY, doctrine
of terms: the terms used in any art, science, &c.--_adj._ TERM'LESS, having
no term or end: (_Spens._) unlimited, boundless.--_adv._ TERM'LY, term by
term.--BE ON TERMS WITH, to be on friendly relations with; BRING TO TERMS,
to compel to the acceptance of conditions; COME TO TERMS, to come to an
agreement: to submit; EAT ONE'S TERMS (see EAT); IN TERMS OF, in the
language peculiar to anything, in modes of; KEEP A TERM, to give the
regular attendance during a period of study; MAJOR TERM, in a syllogism,
that which is the predicate of the conclusion; the MINOR TERM, that which
is the subject of the conclusion; MAKE TERMS, to come to an agreement;
SPEAK IN TERMS, to speak plainly; STAND UPON ONE'S TERMS (_with_), to
insist upon conditions. [Fr. _terme_--L. _terminus_, a boundary.]
TERMA, ter'ma, _n._ the terminal lamina of the brain.--_adj._
TERMAT'IC.--_n._ the termatic artery. [Gr., 'a limit.']
TERMAGANT, t[.e]r'ma-gant, _n._ a boisterous, bold woman.--_adj._
boisterous: brawling: tumultuous.--_n._ TER'MAGANCY, state or quality of
being a termagant: turbulence.--_adv._ TER'MAGANTLY. [M. E. _Termagant_ or
_Tervagant_, a supposed Mohammedan idol, represented in the old plays and
moralities as of a violent character--O. Fr. _Tervagant_, _Tervagan_--It.
_Trivigante_, perh. from the moon as wandering under three names of
_Selene_ (_Luna_) in heaven, _Artemis_ (_Diana_) on earth, and _Persephone_
(_Proserpine_) in the lower world.]
TERMES, t[.e]r'm[=e]z, _n._ a genus of pseudoneuropterous insects.
[_Termite_.]
TERMINATE, t[.e]r'min-[=a]t, _v.t._ to set a limit to: to set the boundary:
to put an end to: to finish.--_v.i._ to be limited: to end either in space
or time: to close.--_adj._ TER'MINABLE, that may be limited: that may
terminate or cease.--_n._ TER'MINABLENESS.--_adj._ TER'MINAL, pertaining
to, or growing at, the end or extremity: ending a series or part: occurring
in every term.--_n.pl._ TERMIN[=A]'LIA, an annual Roman festival in honour
of _Terminus_, the god of boundaries.--_adv._ TER'MINALLY.--_n._
TERMIN[=A]'TION, act of terminating or ending: limit: end: result: the
ending of words as varied by their signification.--_adjs._
TERMIN[=A]'TIONAL, pertaining to, or forming, a termination;
TER'MIN[=A]TIVE, tending to terminate or determine: absolute.--_adv._
TER'MIN[=A]TIVELY.--_n._ TER'MIN[=A]TOR, one who, or that which,
terminates: the boundary between the illuminated and dark portions of the
moon or of a planet.--_adj._ TER'MIN[=A]TORY. [L. _terminus_.]
TERMINUS, t[.e]r'mi-nus, _n._ the end or extreme point: one of the extreme
points of a railway, &c.: the ancient Roman god of boundaries:--_pl._
TER'MINI ([=i]).--_ns._ TER'MINER (_law_), the act of determining;
TER'MINISM, the theological doctrine that there is a limit in the life of
each man and of mankind for the operation of grace; TER'MINIST, one who
believes in terminism.
TERMITE, ter'm[=i]t, _n._ the white ant.--_ns._ TERMIT[=A]'RIUM,
TER'MITARY, a mound of termites.--_adj._ TER'MITINE. [L. _termes_,
_termitis_, a wood-worm.]
TERN, t[.e]rn, _n._ a long-winged aquatic fowl allied to the gull.--_n._
TER'NERY, a place where terns breed. [Allied to Dan. _terne_, sea-swallow,
Ice. _therna_.]
TERN, t[.e]rn, _adj._ threefold: consisting of three: growing in
threes.--_n._ that which consists of three things or numbers together: a
prize in a lottery got by drawing three favourable numbers.--_adjs._
TER'NAL, threefold; TER'NARY, proceeding by, or consisting of,
threes.--_n._ the number three.--_adj._ TER'N[=A]TE, threefold, or arranged
in threes.--_adv._ TER'N[=A]TELY.--_n._ TER'NION, a section of paper for a
book containing three double leaves or twelve pages. [L. _terni_, three
each--_tres_, three.]
TERNE, t[.e]rn, _n._ an inferior tin-plate for roofs and the inside of
packing-cases. [Fr. _terne_, dull.]
TERPENE, ter'p[=e]n, _n._ one of several isomeric oily hydrocarbons.
[_Terebene_.]
TERPSICHORE, t[.e]rp-sik'[=o]-r[=e], _n._ one of the nine muses, who
presided over choral song and dancing.--_adj._ TERPSICHOR[=E]'AN, relating
to _Terpsichore_, or to dancing. [Gr. _terpsichor[=e]_, delighting in
dancing--_terpsis_, delight--_terpein_, to enjoy, choros, dancing.]
TERRA, ter'a, _n._ earth.--_ns._ TERR'A-COT'TA, a composition of clay and
sand used for statues, hardened like bricks by fire; TERR'ACULTURE,
agriculture; TERR'Æ-FIL'IUS, a person of humble origin: formerly the title
of a scholar at Oxford who composed annually a satirical lampoon in which
considerable license was allowed; TERR'A-FIR'MA, a term frequently employed
to denote continental land as distinguished from islands: (_coll._) land as
distinguished from water; TERR'A-JAPON'ICA, pale catechu or gambier;
TERR'A-MARA (-mä'ra), an earthy deposit containing fertilising organic or
mineral matter, any deposit containing prehistoric remains.--_adjs._
TERR[=A]'N[=E]AN, being in the earth; TERR[=A]'N[=E]OUS, growing on
land.--_ns._ TERR[=A]'RIUM, a vivarium for land animals; TERR'A-ROS'SA, a
name given to a ferruginous red earth extensively developed in the
limestone districts of south-eastern Europe, esp. in Istria and Dalmatia.
[L. _terra_, earth; L. _cocta_, pa.p. of _coqu[)e]re_, to cook; L.
_firmus_, firm; It. _amara_, bitter; _rosso_, red.]
TERRACE, ter'[=a]s, _n._ a raised level bank of earth: any raised flat
place: the flat roof of a house:--_pl._ (_geol._) comparatively level
strips of land near the sea, lakes, or rivers, with a sharp descent at the
edge towards the water, showing an ancient water-level.--_v.t._ to form
into a terrace. [Fr. _terrasse_--It. _terrazza_--L. _terra_, the earth.]
TERRAIN, ter'[=a]n, _n._ (_geol._) any series of rocks continuously
related: any tract considered in relation to its fitness for some purpose.
[Fr.,--L. _terrenum_.]
TERRAPIN, ter'a-pin, _n._ the popular name of many species of fresh-water
and tidal tortoises of the family _Emydidæ_, natives of tropical and the
warmer temperate countries. [Supposed to be Amer. Ind. in origin.]
TERRAQUEOUS, ter-[=a]'kw[=e]-us, _adj._ consisting of land and water.--Also
TERR[=A]'QU[=E]AN. [Coined from L. _terra_, earth, _aqua_, water.]
TERREEN, ter-[=e]n', _n._ less common form of _tureen_.
TERREMOTIVE, ter-e-m[=o]'tiv, _adj._ seismic.
TERRENE, te-r[=e]n', _adj._ pertaining to the earth: earthy:
earthly.--_adv._ TERRENE'LY.--_n._ TERREN'ITY. [L. _terrenus_--_terra_, the
earth.]
TERRESTRIAL, te-res'tri-al, _adj._ pertaining to, or existing on, the
earth: earthly: living on the ground: representing the earth.--_adv._
TERRES'TRIALLY.--_n._ TERRES'TRIALNESS.--_adj._ TERRES'TRIOUS, terrestrial.
[L. _terrestris_--_terra_, the earth.]
TERRET, ter'et, _n._ one of the two round loops or rings on a pad-tree,
through which the driving reins pass.--Also TERR'IT.
TERRIBLE, ter'i-bl, _adj._ fitted to excite terror or awe: awful:
dreadful.--_ns._ TERR'IBLE-IN'FANT, an inconveniently outspoken child--the
Fr. _enfant terrible_; TERR'IBLENESS, state of being terrible: terror,
dread.--_adv._ TERR'IBLY. [L. _terribilis_--_terr[=e]re_, to frighten.]
TERRICOLOUS, te-rik'[=o]-lus, _adj._ terrestrial.--Also TER'RICOLE,
TERRIC'OLINE. [L. _terra_, earth, _col[)e]re_, to inhabit.]
TERRIER, ter'i-[.e]r, _n._ a name originally applied to any breed of dog
used to burrow underground, but now applied to any small dog--varieties are
the _Fox terrier_, _Scotch terrier_ (sometimes _Skye terrier_), _Dandie
Dinmont_ (from the stout Borderer in Scott's 'Guy Mannering'), the _Irish
terrier_, _Bedlington_, &c.: a hole or burrow where foxes, rabbits, &c.
secure themselves. [Fr. _terrier_--_terre_, the earth--L. _terra_.]
TERRIER, ter'i-[.e]r, _n._ a register or roll of a landed estate. [O.
Fr.,--L. _terrarius_--_terra_, land.]
TERRIFY, ter'i-f[=i], _v.t._ to cause terror in: to frighten greatly: to
alarm:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ terr'if[=i]ed.--_adj._ TERRIF'IC, creating or
causing terror: fitted to terrify: dreadful.--_adv._ TERRIF'ICALLY. [L.
_terr[=e]re_, to terrify, _fac[)e]re_, to make.]
TERRIGENOUS, te-rij'e-nus, _adj._ produced by the earth.
TERRINE, te-r[=e]n', _n._ an earthenware vessel for containing some dainty:
a tureen for soup. [Fr.,--L. _terra_, earth.]
TERRITORY, ter'i-t[=o]-ri, _n._ the extent of land around or belonging to a
city or state: domain: (_U.S._) a portion of the country not yet admitted
as a State into the Union, and still under a provisional
government.--_adj._ TERRIT[=O]'RIAL, pertaining to territory: limited to a
district.--_v.t._ TERRIT[=O]'RIALISE, to enlarge by addition of territory:
to reduce to the state of a territory.--_ns._ TERRIT[=O]'RIALISM, a theory
of church government according to which the ruler of a country has the
natural right to rule also over the ecclesiastical affairs of his people;
TERRITORIAL'ITY, the possession of territory.--_adv._
TERRIT[=O]'RIALLY.--_adj._ TERR'ITORIED, possessed of territory. [L.
_territorium_--_terra_, the earth.]
TERROR, ter'or, _n._ extreme fear: an object of fear or dread--(_Milt._)
TERR'OUR.--_adj._ TERR'OR-HAUNT'ED, haunted with terror.--_n._
TERRORIS[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ TERR'ORISE, to terrify: to govern by
terror.--_ns._ TERR'ORISER, one who terrorises; TERR'ORISM, a state of
terror: a state which impresses terror: an organised system of
intimidation; TERR'ORIST, one who rules by terror.--_adjs._ TERR'ORLESS,
free from terror: harmless; TERR'OR-SMIT'TEN, -STRICK'EN, -STRUCK, seized
with terror, terrified.--_v.t._ TERR'OR-STRIKE, to smite with terror.--KING
OF TERRORS, death; REIGN OF TERROR, or THE TERROR, the period of fever in
the first French Revolution, during which the king, the queen, thousands of
victims--the innocent and the guilty--the Girondists, Danton, Madame
Roland, and at last Robespierre, were hurried to the guillotine. [L.
_terror_--_terr[=e]re_, to frighten.]
TERRY, ter'i, _n._ a pile fabric with uncut loops.
TERSANCTUS. See TRISAGION.
TERSE, t[.e]rs, _adj._ compact or concise, with smoothness or elegance:
neat.--_adv._ TERSE'LY.--_ns._ TERSE'NESS, conciseness, brevity; TER'SION,
act of wiping. [L. _tersus_--_terg[=e]re_, _tersum_, to rub clean.]
TERTIAL, ter'shal, _adj._ of the third rank among the flight-feathers of a
bird's wing.--_n._ a tertiary flight-feather.
TERTIAN, t[.e]r'shi-an, _adj._ occurring every third day.--_n._ an ague or
fever with paroxysms every third day. [L. _tertianus_--_tertius_,
third--_tres_, three.]
TERTIARY, t[.e]r'shi-ar-i, _adj._ of the third degree, order, or formation:
pertaining to the series of sedimentary rocks or strata lying above the
chalk and other secondary strata, and abounding in organic remains--the
_Cainozoic_: (_ornith._) tertial.--_n._ one who, or that which, is
tertiary.--_n.pl._ TER'TIARIES, a class in the R.C. Church, who, without
entering into the seclusion of a monastery, aspire to practise in ordinary
life all the substantial obligations of the scheme of virtue laid down in
the Gospel. [L. _tertiarius_--_tertius_.]
TERUNCIUS, te-run'shi-us, _n._ an ancient Roman coin, ¼ as, weighing 3 oz.
TERU-TERO, ter'[=oo]-ter'[=o], _n._ the Cayenne lapwing.
TERVY, ter'vi, _v.i._ (_prov._) to struggle.
TERZA-RIMA, ter'tsa-r[=e]'ma, _n._ a form of Italian triplet in iambic
decasyllables, in which the middle line of the first triplet rhymes with
the first and third lines of the next triplet, as in Dante's _Divina
Commedia_ and Longfellow's translation of it.--_n._ TERZET'TO, a musical
composition for three voices. [It., _terza_, fem. of _terzo_, third,
_rima_, rhyme.]
TESHO-LAMA. See LAMA.
TESSERA, tes'e-ra, _n._ one of the small square tiles or cut stones used in
forming tessellated pavements:--_pl._ TESS'ERÆ--also TESSEL'LA:--_pl._
TESSEL'LÆ.--_adjs._ TESS'ELLAR, composed of, or like, tessellæ; TESS'ELLAR,
TESSER[=A]'IC, TESS'ERAL, made up of tesseræ.--_v.t._ TESS'ELLATE, to form
into squares or lay with chequered work.--_adj._ TESS'ELLATED.--_n._
TESSELL[=A]'TION, tessellated or mosaic work: the operation of making it.
[L. _tessella_, dim. of _tessera_, a square piece.]
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TEST, test, _n._ a pot in which metals are tried and refined: any critical
trial: means of trial: (_chem._) anything used to distinguish substances or
detect their presence, a reagent: standard: proof: distinction: a witness,
testimony: the hard covering of certain animals, shield, lorica.--_v.t._ to
put to proof: to examine critically.--_ns._ TEST'-P[=A]'PER, a bibulous
paper saturated with some chemical compound that readily changes colour
when exposed to certain other chemicals; TEST'-PLATE, a white plate or tile
on which to try vitrifiable colours by heat: a glass plate with a series of
finely ruled lines used in testing the resolving power of microscopic
objectives; TEST'-TUBE, a cylinder of thin glass closed at one end, used in
testing liquids.--_n.pl._ TEST'-TYPES, letters or words in type of
different sizes for testing the sight.--TEST ACTS, acts meant to secure
that none but rightly affected persons and members of the established
religion shall hold office--especially those of 1673 and 1685. [O. Fr.
_test_--L. _testa_, an earthen pot.]
TEST, test, _v.t._ to attest legally and date.--_v.i._ to make a
will.--_adj._ TES'TABLE, capable of being given by will, capable of
witnessing. [Fr. _tester_--L. _test[=a]ri_, to testify.]
TESTA, tes'ta, _n._ the outer integument of a seed.
TESTACEA, tes-t[=a]'s[=e]-a, _n.pl._ shelled or crustaceous
animals.--_adjs._ TEST[=A]'CEAN (also _n._), TEST[=A]'CEOUS, consisting of,
or having, a hard shell.--_ns._ TESTACELL'A, a genus of molluscs belonging
to the _Pulmonifera_, and represented in Britain by three species;
TESTACEOG'RAPHY, descriptive testaceology; TESTACEOL'OGY, conchology. [L.
_testaceus_--_testa_, a shell.]
TESTAMENT, tes'ta-ment, _n._ that which testifies, or in which an
attestation is made: the solemn declaration in writing of one's will: a
will: a dispensation, as of the Mosaic or old and the Christian or new, one
of the two great divisions of the Bible.--_n._ TES'TACY, state of being
testate.--_adjs._ TESTAMEN'TAL, TESTAMEN'TARY, pertaining to a testament or
will: bequeathed or done by will.--_adv._ TESTAMEN'TARILY.--_adj._
TES'T[=A]TE, having made and left a will.--_ns._ TEST[=A]'TION, a
witnessing, a giving by will; TEST[=A]'TOR, one who leaves a will;--_fem._
TEST[=A]'TRIX; TEST[=A]'TUM, one of the clauses of an English deed,
enumerating the operative words of transfer, statement of consideration,
money, &c. [L. _testamentum_--_test[=a]ri_, to be a witness--_testis_, a
witness.]
TESTAMUR, tes-t[=a]'mur, _n._ a certificate that one has passed an
examination at an English university--from the opening word. [L., 'we
testify.']
TESTER, tes't[.e]r, _n._ a flat canopy, esp. over the head of a bed. [O.
Fr. _teste_ (Fr. _tête_), the head--L. _testa_, an earthen pot, the skull.]
TESTER, tes't[.e]r, _n._ a sixpence--also TES'TERN.--_v.t._ TES'TERN
(_Shak._), to present or reward with a sixpence. [O. Fr. _teston_--_teste_
(Fr. _tête_), the head, from that of Louis XII. on it.]
TESTICLE, tes'ti-kl, _n._ a gland which secretes the seminal fluid in
males, a testis, one of the stones.--_adjs._ TES'TICOND, having the testes
concealed; TESTIC'ULAR, pertaining to a testicle; TESTIC'ULATE, -D, shaped
like a testicle.--_n._ TES'TIS, a testicle, a rounded body resembling
it:--_pl._ TES'TES. [L. _testiculus_, dim. of _testis_, a testicle.]