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Literature, de Jurifprudcnce, de Critique, &c." 1768 ; and 

 of other works. Morcri. Nouv. Dift. Hift. Gen. Biog. 



Terkas.sON, in Geography, a town of I'Vance, and feat of 

 a tribunal, in the department of tlie Dordogne ; 1 8 miles 

 N.E. of Montignac. N. lat. 45° 7'. E. long. 1° 23'. 



TERRAUBE, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Gers ; 4 miles S.W. of Leftoure. 



TERREBONNE, a town of Canada ; 1 2 miles N.N.W. 

 of Montreal. 



TERREGLES, a town of Scotland, in the county of 

 Dumfries ; z miles W. of Dumfries. 



TERREL, a town of North Carolina ; 30 miles N. of 

 Greeneville. 



TERRELLA, ^v.^^yr,, Uttle earth, is a magnet turned 

 of a juft fpherical figure, and placed fo as that its poles, 

 equator, &c. do exatlly eorrcfpond with thofe of the world. 



It was thus firll called by Gilbert, as being a juft repre- 

 feutation of the great magnetic globe we inhabit. 



Such a tenella, if nicely poifed, and placed in a meridian 

 like a globe, it was fuppoled, would be turned round like the 

 earth in twoaity-four hours by the magnetic particles per- 

 vading it ; but experience has fhewn this to be a miftake. 



TERRE-PLEIN, in Fortif ration, the top, platform, or 

 horizontal furface of the rampart, on which, the canno.i are 

 placed, and the defenders perform tlieir office. 



It is thus called as lying level, having only a litth (lope 

 outwardly to bear the recoil of the cannon. 



It Is terminated by the parapet on that fide Cowards the 

 champaign ; and by the inner talus on that fide towards the 

 place. Its breadth is from 24 to 30 feet. 



TERRESCHOW, in Geography, a town of Bohemia, 

 in the circle of Pilfen ; 16 miles N.E. of Pilfen. 



TERRESSA, one of the Nicobar iflands, about fifteen 

 miles long, and from two to five broad, of an oval form. 

 N. lat. 8° 20'. E. long. 93° 36'. 



TERRESTRIAL Birds. See Birbs. 



Terrestrial Gloie. See Globe. 



Terrestrial Line. See Line, Terrejlrial. 



Terrestrial Paradije. See Paradise. 



Terrestrial Roads. See Road. ^ 



TERRE-TENANT, is he who has the adtual pof- 

 fcflion of the land, othcrwife called the occupant. See 

 Tenant and Occupant. 



Thus a lord of a manor having a freeholder, who letteth 

 out his freehold to another to be occupied , this occupier 

 who has the aftual pofFefiion is called the terre-tenant. 



TERRE-VERTE, in the Colour-Trade, the name of a 

 green earth much ufed by painters, botli fingly for a good 

 Standing green, and in mixture with other colours. 



The name is French, and fignifies green earth. 



It is an indurated clay, of a deep blueifh-green colour, 

 and is found in the earth, not in continued ftrata or beds, as 

 moft of the other earths are, but in large flat malfes of dif- 

 ferent fizes, imbedded in other ftrata ; thcfe break irre- 

 gularly in the cutting, and the earth is generally brought 

 out 01 the pit in lumps of different fizes. It is of a fine, 

 regular, and even ftrufture, and very hard. It is of an even 

 and glofly furface, very fmooth to the touch, and in fomc 

 degree refembling the moroclithus, or French chalk, but 

 adhering firmly to the tongue. It does not ftain the hands 

 in touching it ; but being drawn along a rough furface, it 

 leaves an even white line, with a greenifti caft. 



It does not ferment with acids, and is burnt to a dufky 

 brown colour. 



It is dug in the idand of Cyprus, and io many parts of 

 France and Italy. That from the neighbourhood of Ve- 

 rona has been ufed to be eftecnaed the beft in the world ; but 



of late there has been fome dug in France that equals it 

 There is alio an earth dug on the Mendip hills, in the finking 

 for coals, which, though wholly unobferved, is neaily, if not 

 wholly, of equal value. 



When fcraped, and the finer parts feparatcd, it is ready to 

 be made up with oil for the ufe of the painters, .ind make,'! 

 the moft true and lafting green of any fimple body tliey ufe. 

 Hill and Da Cofta. See BERG-Grudn and Verditer. 



TERRIAGULLY, in Geography, a town of Bengal; 

 20 miles N.W. of Rajcmal. 



TERRIAH, a town of Hindooftan, in Rohilcund ; 

 7 miles S. of Bcrvjilly. 



TERRIER, or Tekrar, in our jlncienl Cujloms, a col- 

 leftion of acknowledgments of the vafTals or tenants of a 

 lordfhip, containing the rents, fcrviccs, &c. they owe their 

 lord, and ferving as a title or chiim for demanding and exe- 

 cuting the payment of them. 



At profent, by terrier we mean no more than a book or 

 roll, in which the feveral lands, either of a private perfon, or 

 of a town, college, church. See. are defcribed. The terrier 

 ftioiJd contain the number of acres, and the fite, boundaries, 

 tenants' names, &c. of each piece or parcel. See Domes- 

 Day. 



Terrier alfo denotes the lodge or hole which foxes, 

 badgers, rabbits, &c. dig themfelves under groutid, and 

 in which they fave themfelves from the purfuit of the 

 hunters. Hence, 



Terrier, Terrarius, is alfo ufed for a kind of little hound 

 to hunt thofe animals, which, like a ferret, creeps into the 

 ground, and by that means affrights and bites them ; either 

 tearing them with his teeth, or elfe haling them by force out 

 of their holes. See Dog and Hound. 



Terrier, in Geography, a town of Africa, on the 

 Senegal ; 25 miles S. of Cayar. 



Terrier Rouge, a town of the ifland of St, Domingo ; 

 15 miles E.S.E. of Cape Frangais. 



TERRIFICATIO, a word ufed by fome chemical 

 writers to exprefs the coalition of the earthy particles of 

 fome bodies after fermentation, or during the time of it. 



TERRILS or Tyrrells Pa/s, in Geography, a poft- 

 town of tlie county of Weftmeath, Ireland ; 40 miles W. 

 from Dublin. 



TERRIMUNGALUM. a town of Hindooftan, in the 

 Carnatic ; 25 miles N. of Tritchinopoh. 



TERRIORE, a town and fortrefs of Hindooftan, in the 

 Carnatic; 24 miles N. of Tritchinopoh. N. lat. 11° 12'. 

 E. long. 78- 45'. 



TEKRIS Boniset CataUis, Reliabendis pqfi Purgationem,\\\ 

 Laif, 2v/i\t for a perfon to recover his l.-mds, goods, or chattels 

 formerly feized, after having cleared liimfelf of a felony, 

 upon fufpicion of which he was conviAed, and delivered to 

 his ordmary to be purged. 



Terris rt CalaUis Trii/is ultra debitum levatum, a writ 

 judicial for the reftoring lands or goods to a debtor, who is 

 diftraincd beyond the quantity of the debt. See Distress. 



Terris Liberandis, a writ lying for a man convifted by 

 attaint, to bring the record .nnd procefs before the king, and 

 take a fine for his imprifonmeut, and deUver him his lands 

 and tenements again, and releafe him of the ftrip and 

 wafte. 



It is alfo a writ for the dehvery of lands to the heir after 

 homage and relief performed ; or upon fcciunty taken that 

 he fliall perform them. 



TERRITORY, District, the extent or compafs of land 

 within the bounds, or belonging to the jurifdiAion of any 

 ftate, city, or other divifion. See District. 



It is a maxim, that the church has no territory, ;. e, it has 

 3B 2 no 



