term 
This joy. when God speaks peace to the soul, is inef- 
fabile gaudlum. ... It gives end to all jars, doubts, and 
difference*, . . . and makes a man keep Hilary-term all 
his life. Ilee. T. Adams, Works, I. 68. 
To make terms, to come to an agreement. To speak 
in termt, to speak in precise language, or in set terms. 
See def. 11. 
Seyde I nat wel ? I can not speke in terme. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Pardoner's Tale, 1. 25. 
To stand upon one's terms) , to insist upon conditions : 
followed by iritJt. 
I had rather be the most easy, tame, and resigned be- 
liever in tjie most gross and imposing church in the world 
. . . than one of those great and philosophical minds who 
stand upon their terms with God. 
Dp. Atterbury, Sermons, II. viii. 
Total term. See partial term, above. Transcendent 
term, a term which signifies something not included un- 
der any of the ten predicaments, especially everything and 
nothing. Trinity term. See def. 6 (a) and (6). Vague 
term, a word or phrase sometimes used as a term, out 
without fixed meaning. = Syn. 11. Word, Ten 
expression are specific : every term is a ward; a phrase is 
a combination of wards generally less than a sentence ; an 
expression is generally either a word or a phrase, but may 
be a sentence. A term is, in this connection, especially a 
word of exact meaning : as, "phlebitis " is a medical term. 
See diction. 
term (term), v. t. [Early mod. E. also tearm; 
< term, n.] To name; call; denominate; des- 
ignate. 
A certeine pamphlet which he termed a cooling carde 
for Fhilautus, yet generally to be applyed to all louers. 
Lyly, Euphues, Anat. of Wit, p. 105. 
Britan hath bin anciently term'A Albion, both by the 
Greeks and Romans. Milton, Hist. Eng., i. 
terma (ter'ma), w. ; pi.- termata (-ma-ta). [NL. 
(B. G. Wilder, 1881), < Gr. rtpua, a limit, termi- 
nus.] The lamina terminalis, or terminal lam- 
ina, of the brain; a thin lamina between the 
pruecommissura and the chiasma, constituting 
a part of the boundary of the aula. See cut 
under sulcus. 
termagancjr (ter'ma-gan-si), . [< termagan(t) 
+ -cy.] The state of being termagant; turbu- 
lence; tumultuousness. 
termagant (ter'ma -gant), n. and a. [Early 
mod. E. also Termagaunt, also Turmagant, also 
Ternagaunt; < ME. Termagant, Termagaunt, < 
OF. Tervagant, Tervagan, "Tarvagant, also *Tri- 
vagant, Trijmgant, < It. Trivigante, Trivagante, 
Tervagante, etc.; prob. a name of AT. origin 
brought over by the Crusaders. Of the vari- 
ous theories invented to explain the name, one 
refers it, in the It. form Trivagante, to lunar 
mythology, < L. tres (tri-), three, + vagan(t-)s, 
ppr. of vagare, wander ; i. e. the moon wander- 
ing under the three names of Selene (or Luna) 
in heaven, Artemis (or Diana) on the earth, and 
Persephone (Proserpine) in the lower world.] 
I. n. 1. [cop.] An imaginary deity, supposed 
to have been worshiped by the Mohammedans, 
and introduced into the moralities and other 
shows, in which he figured as a most violent 
and turbulent personage. 
Child, by Termagaunt, 
Hut-It thou prike out of myn haunt, 
Anon I sle thy stede. 
Chaucer, Sir Thopas, 1. 99. 
I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Ter- 
magant; it out-herods Herod. Shak., Hamlet, ill. 2. 15. 
6242 
termata, . Plural of terma. 
termatic fter-mat'li), a. and . [< termd(t-) 
+ -/(,'.] I. a. Pertaining to the terma, or lam- 
ina terminalis of the brain. 
II. n. The termatic artery, a small vessel 
arising from the junction of the precerebral ar- 
teries, or from the precommunicant when that 
vessel exists, and distributed to the terma. the 
adjacent cerebral cortex, and the genu. New 
York Med. Jour., March 21, 1885, p. 325. 
term-day (term'da), n. [< ME. terme-day; < 
term + drty/ 1 .] 1. A fixed or appointed day. 
He had broke his terme-day 
To come to her. 
Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 730. 
2. Same as term, 7 (a) or (6). 3. Specifi- 
cally, one of a series of days appointed for 
taking special and generally very frequent ob- 
servations of magnetic or meteorological ele- 
ments at different stations, in accordance with 
a uniform system. 
termer (ter'mer), n. [< term + -eel.] i. One 
who travels to attend a court term ; formerly, 
one who resorted to London in term time for 
dishonest practices or for intrigues the court 
terms being times of great resort to London 
both for business and for pleasure. 
Salewood. Why, he was here three days before the Ex- 
chequer gaped. 
Rear. Fie, such an early termer' 
Middleton, Michaelmas Term, 1. 1. 
2. In law, same as termor. 
Termes (ter'mez), n. [NL. (Linnams, 1748), < 
LL. termes, a wood-worm: see termite.'] 1. An 
important genus of pseudoneuropterous in- 
sects, typical of the family Termitidee. it in- 
cludes those termites or white ants which have the head 
large, rounded, and with two ocelli, the prothorax small 
and heart-shaped, the costal area free, and the plantula 
w 
a, larva ; 
absent. 
flampes 
bores in 
latitude 
. 
Beywood, Royal King (Worki ed. Pearson, 1874, VI. 23). 
White Ant (Termes ftavipcs). 
t>, winged male ; <:. worker ; rf, soldier ; e, large female ; 
f, nymph. (Lines show natural sizes.) 
It is a wide spread genus of many species. T. 
of North America is a well-known example which 
the timbers of dwellings, particularly south of the 
of Washington, and often causes great annoyance, 
.._, Imp. Diet. 
2f. A turbulent, brawling person, male or fe'- tena-fee (term'fe), re. In law, a fee or certain 
male. sum allowed to an attorney as costs for each 
This terrible termagant this Nero this Pharaoh tem his clien t's cause is in court. 
Bp. Bale, Yet a Course at the Eo'myshe Foxe, f'ol. 39 b terminable (ter'mi-na-bl), a. [= It. termina- 
[(1543). (Latham.) bile, < L. as if *terminabilis, < terminare, termi- 
Wealth may do us good service, but if it get the mas- na te : see terminate.'] Capable of being termi- 
dTmn oZel^toour'own'gXs 111 ' tfrmayant; we con - ? a . ted 5 Stable ; coming to an end after a cer- 
tain term: as, a terminable annuity. 
i-bl-nes), n. The 
If she [woman] be passionate, want of manners makes 
her a termagant and a scold, which is much at one with 
Lunatic. Defoe (Arber's Eng. Garner, II. 267). 
II. a. Violent; turbulent; boisterous; quar- 
relsome; scolding; of women, shrewish. 
Jwas time to counterfeit, or that hot termagant Scot 
Had paid me scot and lot too. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., v. 4. 114. 
Yet it is oftentimes too late with some of you young 
termagant, flashy sinners you have all the guilt of the 
intention, and none of the pleasure of the practice. 
Hath any man a termagant wife? 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 136. 
termagantly (ter'ma-gant-li), adv. In a ter- 
magant, boisterous, or scolding manner; like a 
termagant; outrageously; scandalously. Tom 
Brown, Works, II. 148. (I)aries.) 
-******** y VVJM. iJ.-|_icjll.yj w, (I III! /t, [_\ J? . ttM'fH 1 1i f 1 1 
= Pr. termenal = S'p. Pg. terminal = It. termi- 
nate, < LL. terminalis, pertaining to a boundary 
or to the end, terminal, final, < L. terminus, a 
bound, boundary, limit, end: see term, termi- 
nus."] I. a. 1. Of, pertaining to, or forming 
the terminus or termination of something; 
forming a boundary or extreme limit; pertain- 
ing to a term (see term, 1 and 2): as, a terminal 
pillar; the terminal edge of a polyhedron; the 
terminal facilities of a railway. 2. In bot., 
growing at the end of a branch or stem ; ter- 
minating: as, a terminal peduncle, flower, or 
spike. 3. In logic, constituted by or relating 
to a term. 4. Occurring in every term ; repre- 
senting a term. 
If he joins his College Boat Club ... he will be called 
upon for a terminal subscription of 1 at least. 
Dickem's Diet. Oxford, p. 52. 
Terminalia 
5. In anat. and zofil., ending a set or series 
of like parts; apical: as, the middle sacral ar- 
tery is the terminal branch of the abdominal 
aorta ; the last coccygeal bone is the terminal 
one of the coccyx ; a terminal mark or spine ; 
the terminal joint of an antenna. See cuts un- 
der Colaspis and Erotylus Terminal alveolus, 
an air-sac,or pulmonary alveolus. Terminal dementia, 
dementia forming the final and permanent stage of many 
cases of acute insanity, such as mania, melancholia, or 
other psychoneurosis. Terminal figure. Same as ter- 
minus, 3. Terminal margin of the wing, in entom., a 
portion of the wing-margin 
furthest removed from the 
base, between the costal or 
anterior and the posterior 
margin. Terminal mo- 
raine. See moraine. 
Terminal mouth, in en- 
tom., a mouth situated at 
the end of the head, as 
in most Coleoptera. Ter- 
minal pedestal, a name 
often given to a pedestal 
which tapers toward the 
bottom. The name is in- 
:x:irt, as such a pedestal 
is of gaine shape and not 
terminal shape. Termi- 
nal quantity, the quan- 
tity of a term, as universal 
or particular. The phrase 
implies that the quanti- 
ties of a proposition attach 
to the terms; but this is 
incorrect. The quantities 
really belong to the sub- 
jects, or purely designated 
elements, and not to the 
terms, or conceptual ele- 
ments. Thus, in the prop- 
osition "Everyman is son 
of a woman" there are 
three terms but only two Terminal Pedestal, 
quantities, because only 
two subjects. Terminal stigma. See stigma, 6. Ter- 
minal value, terminal form, in math., the last and 
most complete value or form given to an expression. 
Terminal velocity, in the theory of projectiles, the 
greatest velocity which a body can acquire by falling free- 
ly through the air, the limit being arrived at when the re- 
tardation due to the resistance of the air becomes equal 
to the acceleration of gravity. 
II. n. 1. That which terminates ; the extrem- 
ity; the end: especially, in dec*., the clamping- 
screw at each end of a voltaic battery, used for 
connecting it with the wires which complete the 
circuit. 
For convenience we shall express this fact by calling the 
positive terminal the air-spark terminal. 
J. E. H. Gordon, Elect, and Mag., II. 95. 
2. In crystal., the plane or planes which form 
the extremity of a crystal. 3. A charge made 
by a railway for the use of its termini or stations, 
or for the handling of freight at stations. 
The cost of collection, loading, covering, unloading, and 
delivering, which are the chief items included under the 
determination of terminals, falls upon the railways for most 
descriptions of freight. Contemporary Kev., LI. 82. 
Terminalia 1 (ter-mi-na'li-a), n. pi. [L., neut. 
pi. of (LL.) terminalis, pertaining to boundaries 
or to Terminus : see terminal.] In Horn, antiq., 
a festival celebrated annually in honor of Ter- 
minus, the god of boundaries. It was held on 
the 23d of February, its essential feature being 
a survey or perambulation of boundaries. 
ref. to the crowd- 
ing of the leaves at the ends of the twigs ; < LL. 
terminalis, pertaining to the end, terminal : see 
terminal.'} A genus of plants, of the order Com- 
bretaceee and suborder Combreteae. It is character- 
ized by apetalous flowers consisting mainly of a cylindri- 
cal calyx-tube consolidated with the one-celled ovary, five 
calyx-teeth surmounting a somewhat bell-shaped border, 
and ten exserted stamens in two series. The ovary contains 
two or rarely three pendulous ovules, and ripens into an 
ovoid angled compressed or two- to five-winged fruit which 
is very variable in size and shape and contains a hard one- 
seeded stone. There are about SKI species, nativesof thetrop- 
ics, less frequent in America than in the Old World. They 
are trees or shrubs, usually 
with alternate entire and 
petioled leaves crowded at 
the ends of the branches. 
The small sessile flowers 
are green, white, or rarely 
of other colors, usually 
forming loose elongated 
spikes often produced from 
scaly buds before the 
leaves. They are often tall 
forest-trees, as T. lattfolia, 
the broadleaf, a common 
species in Jamaica, which 
reaches 100 feet. A sweet 
conserve, known as chebu- 
la, is made from the fruit 
in India. For several spe- 
cies of the wingless sec- 
tion Myrobalanus, see my- 
robalan. T. Catappa, the 
(Malabar) almond, in the 
West Indies also c&untry 
