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liarJening into a valuable van.ifli, dclliuitc of acrimony, and 

 much ufed in the Moluccas. A noxious vapour is faid to 

 proceed from this tree, fo tliat the natives of the countries 

 where it Rrows avoid fleepina:, or even fitting for any length 

 of time, under its fliade. ^Vhcthcr this be the moft famous 

 varni(h-trcc of the Cliincfe, as Runiphuis indicates, may 

 perhaps admit of doubt. 



n. T. Tanibouau Guiana Terminaha. (Tanibouca 

 guiauenfis; Aubh Gnian. 448. t. 178.)— Leaves fcattered, 

 obovate, pointed, entire, fmooth. Clullers terminal and axil- 

 lary. Native of marfliy places in Guiana. For an account 

 of this fpecies, fee Taniboita. Its genus muft be very 

 doubtful, unlcfs the fruit were known, but the fugc;eftion 

 of our learned friend Mr. Brown, Prodr. Nov. HolL v. I. 

 351, induces us, for the prefcnt at leaft, to refer the plant 

 hitlier. 



TERMINANDO et Audicmlo. See Audiendo. 



TERMINANS, Pu.vctim. See Puxctum. 



TERMINATION, Termixatio, in Grammar,, the 

 ending of a word, or the lafl fyllable of it. 



Tiiey are the different terminations of one and the fame 

 words on different occafions, that conftitute the diiTerent 

 cafes, numbers, tenfes, moods, &c. 



Termination IJland, in Geography, an ifland in the 

 South Pacific ocean, fo named by captain Vancouver, as 

 being the termination of his refearches on the S.W. coaft of 

 New Holland, near which it lies. S. lat. 34° 32'. E. long. 

 122° 8'. 



TERMINATOR, in Ajlronomy, a name fometimes 

 jjiven to the c'lrck of illuminaUou, from its property of ter- 

 minating the boundaries of light and darknefs. 



TERMINE, in Commerce, a weight for gold, filver, and 

 pearls at Tunis ; 8 termini being equal to an ounce ; and 

 80 ounces of Tunis being equal to 81 ounces Englifli 

 troy. 



Terming, in Geography, a town of Naples, in Prin- 

 cipato Ultra ; lo miles S.E. of Avellino. 



TERMINER, in Law. See Over. 



TERMINI, m ArchlteBure. See Terms. 



Termini, in Geography, a town of Sicily, in the valley 

 of Mazai-a, fituated on the north coaft, celebrated for the 

 warm baths near it, from which it received its name ; 1 8 miles 

 E. of Palermo. N. lat. 38° 5'. E. long. 13° 45'.— Alfo, 

 a river of Sicily, which runs into the Mediterranean, a little 

 to the W. of Termini. 



Termini. See Termoli. 



TERMINISTS, Terminist/e, in Eeclefwfical Hijory, 

 a left or party among the Calviniils, whofe particular tenets 

 are reducible to five points : 



1. That there are feveral perfons, both in and out of the 

 church, to whom God has fixed a certain term before their 

 death, after which lie no longer wills their falvation, how 

 long'foever they live afterwards. 2. That God has fixed 

 this fatal term of grace by a fecret decree. 3. That this 

 term once elapfed, he makes them no farther offer of re- 

 pentance or falvation, but takes away from his word all the 

 power it might have to convert them. 4. That Pharaoh, 

 Saul, Judas, moft of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles, 

 were of this number. 5. That God ftill bears with feveral 

 of this fort of people, and even confers benefits on them 

 after the term is expired ; but that he does not do it with 

 any intention they fhould be converted. 



All the other Proteftants, and particularly the Lutherans, 

 look on thefe articles with abhorrence, as repugnant to the 

 goodnefs of God, and deftruftive to all Chriftian virtue ; 

 and as contrary to Scripture, particularly the following 

 texts, Ezek. xviii. 23. 30, 31, 32. xxxiii. ji. i Tim. iv. 



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I. 16. 2 Pet. iii. 9. Adis, xvii. 30, 31. Matt. xi. 28. 

 Ifa. Ixvi. 2. Heb. iii. 7. 13. Rom. ii. 5, &c. 



TERMINOS, in Geography, a lake or bay on the coaft 

 of Tabafco, in the bay of Campeachy. N. lat. 18° 12'. 

 W. long. Q2° 46'. 



TERMINTHUS, from T!p|U..e«/, a />/»(■-««/, in Surgery, 

 a large painful tumour, or puftule on the fkin, thought to 

 refemble a pine-nut. 



TERMINUM, ad qui praieriii. See Ad Terminum. 



Terminum, Infra, quare ejecit. See QuARE. 



TERMINUS, t'ijjLc, fignifies a bound or limit. 



Terminus, a quo, in Metaphyftcs, denotes the place 

 from whence any motion commences : in contradiilinftion 

 from the other extreme, which is called the terminus ad 

 quern. 



The fchoolmen call privation a terminus a quo, in fpeak- 

 ing of generation, which they confider as a fpecies of 

 motion. 



Terminus, in Mythology, the god of fields and land- 

 marks. M. de Boze, in a learned differtation on this fub- 

 jeft (Mem. de I'Acad. t. i.), obferves, that the Egyptians 

 received from the Hebrews the cuftom of bounding the fields. 

 In procefs of time, as the laws eftabhfhed for the fecurity of 

 the land-marks were not a fufficient reftraint on avarice, 

 Numa perfuaded the people that there was a god who pro- 

 teftcd land-marks and avenged incroacliments. He built a 

 temple to him upon the Tarpeian mount, and regulated the 

 ceremonies of his worfhip. He caufed this god to be repre- 

 fented under the form of a ftock or ftone, as we learn from 

 Tibullus and Ovid : but afterwards this god was reprefented 

 with a human body placed upon a, pyramidical land-mark. 

 It is faid that this god acquired peculiar honour by main- 

 taining his ftation when the olher gods were removed by 

 Tarquin the Proud, for the purpofe of building the temple 

 which Tarquin the elder had vowed to ereft to Jupiter. 



TERMIOVA, in Geography, a town of Iftria ; 18 

 miles N.E. of Pedena. 



TERMISSUS, or Telmissus, in Ancient Geography, a 

 town of Afia, in the fouthern part of Pifidia. 



TERMITES, \n Entomology. See Termes. 



TERMOLI, or Termini, in Geography, a town of Na- 

 ples, in the province of Capitanata ; the fee of a bifhop, 

 fuffragan of Benevento ; 57 miles W. of Viefte. N. lat. 

 42° 2'. E. long. 15° 5'. • 



TERMOR, Tenens ex termino, in Lain, he that holds 

 lands or tenem.ents for a term of years, or life. 



TERMUS, in Ancient Geography, a river in the ifle of 

 Sardinia. 



TERN, in Geography, a river of England, which rifes 

 in Staffordfhire, 5 miles N.E. of Drayton, and runs into 

 the Severn, 7 miles below Shrewfbury. 



Tern. See Tyran. 



Tern, in Ornithology. See Sterna. 



Tern, Brown, or Sterna ohfcura of Linnajus, is by 

 fome authors called the irozvn gull. Mr. Ray defcribes it as 

 having the whole under fide white, the upper brown ; the 

 wings partly brown, partly afh-colour ; the head black ; 

 and the tail not forked : but Mr. Pennant conjeftures, 

 that this bird is the young of the greater tern. See 

 Sterna. 



Tern, Great, or Sea-ftuallow, Sterna hirundo of Linnasus, 

 has the bill and feet of a fine crimfon, the former tipt with 

 black, ftraight, (lender, and iliarp-pointed ; the crowTi and 

 hind part of the head black ; the throat and whole under 

 fide of the body white ; the upper part, and coverts of the 

 wings, a pale grey ; the tail confifting of twelve feathers, the 

 outer edges of the three outmoft grey, the reft white, and 



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