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TERNOE, a small island in the Baltic, on the coast of 
Rlekingen, in Sweden, near Carlshafen. 
TERNOIS, a small river in the north-east of France, de¬ 
partment of the north. It joins the Canche at Hesdin, and 
the adjacent district is called the Ternois. 
TERNOVA, an inland town in the north of European 
Turkey, in Bulgaria, the see of a Greek archbishop; 50 miles 
south-east of Nicopolis, and 110 north-north-west of Adrian- 
ople. Lat. 43. 20. N. long. 25. 24. E. 
TERNSTROEMIA [so named by Mutis, in memory of 
one Ternstroem,], in Botany, a genus of the class poly- 
andria, order monogynia, natural order of columniferse, 
aurantia ( -Jiiss .)—Generic Character. Calyx: perianth one- 
leafed, five-parted, upon which two smaller scales are 
incumbent: all the segments are orbicular, concave, and 
permanent. Corolla one-petilled, bell shaped; tube none; 
border five-parted; segments orbicular, concave, emarginate, 
longer than the calyx. Stamina: filaments numerous, fili¬ 
form, inserted in a double row into the base of the corolla, 
and shorter than it. Anthers linear, erect, length of the fila¬ 
ments. Pistil: germ superior, roundish. Style cylindric, 
length of the stamens. Stigma capitate. Pericarp • berry 
juiceless, ovate, even, two-celled. Seeds about eight, con¬ 
vex on one side, flat on the other.— Essential Character. 
Calyx five-parted. Corolla one-petalled, wheel-shaped, 
with the border bell-shaped, five or six-parted. Anthers 
thick at the tip. Berry juiceless, two-celled. 
1. Ternstroemia meridionalis.—Leaves obovate, emarginate 
quite entire; peduncles axillary. This is a tree with deter¬ 
minate branches, and more simple stiffish branchlets, with an 
ash-coloured bark. Berry dry, falling when ripe without 
splitting. The flowers are whitish below, but yellow above, 
and the seeds scarlet.—Found in New Granada, and Jamaica, 
Nevis and Dominica. 
2. Ternstroemia elliptica.—Leaves elliptic, quite entire. 
The branches have a smooth wrinkled bark. Peduncles to¬ 
wards the top, a little above the leaves, scattered, an inch 
long, one-flowered, purplish.—Native of the West Indies, 
Guadaloupe, St. Vincent’s, &c. 
3. Ternstroemia punctata.—Leaves oblong, quite entire, 
subemarginate, dotted at the edge; peduncles axillary. This 
is a tree of about twenty-five feet in height, and branching in 
a scattered manner at the top.—Native of Guiana, in the 
woods of Serpent mountain. 
4. Ternstroemia Japonica.—Leaves ovate-lanceolate serru¬ 
late at the tip. Stem arboreous, branched, smooth all over. 
Flowers axillary, one, two, or three together, on drooping, 
one-flowered peduncles, half an inch long.—Native of 
Japan. 
5. Ternstroemia dentata.—Leaves oblong, acuminate, 
tooth-serrate; peduncles axillary and lateral. A tree, of the 
height of about twenty feet.—Native of the woods of Guiana, 
flowering in August and September. 
TERODANT, or Tarudant, a city of Morocco, capital 
of the province of Sus. The population is reckoned at 
25,000; 110 miles south-south-west of Morocco. 
TERR A, Capo di, a cape on the north coast of Naples, 
between Sorento and Massa. 
TERRA AUSTRALIS, the ancient name of New Holland, 
revived by Flinders, who applies it to the whole continent, 
in contradistinction to New Holland and New South Wales, 
which he applies to different divisions of this extensive 
island. 
TERRA AUSTRALIS, DEL ESPIRITU SANTO, an 
island in the South Pacific ocean, and the most westerly, as 
well as the largest, of those called New Hebrides; discovered 
by Quiros, and visited by Captain Cook, in the year 1774 ; 
60 miles in length, and 30 in breadth. The land of it, espe¬ 
cially the west side, is exceedingly high and mountainous; 
and in many places the hills rise directly from the sea. Be¬ 
sides the bays of St. Philip and St. Jago, the isles which lie 
along the south and east coast cannot, in the opinion of Cap¬ 
tain Cook, fail of forming some good bays or harbours. Lat. 
14. 40. to 15. 40. S. long. 166. 45. to 167. 32. E. > 
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TERRABY, a township of England, in Cumberland; 
2 miles north-east of Carlisle. 
TE'RRACE, s. [terraccia, Ital.] A mount of earth co¬ 
vered with grass, or gravel.—He made her gardens not only 
within the palaces, but upon terrasses raised with earth over 
the arched roofs, planted with all sorts of fruits. Temple. 
—A balcony; an open gallery. 
Fear broke my slumbers, I no longer stay. 
But mount the terrace, then the town survey. Dryden. 
To TE'RRACE, v. a. To open to the air or light.—The 
reception of light into the body of the building must now 
be supplied, by terracing any story which is in danger of 
darkness. Wotton. —Clermont’s terraced height and Esher’s 
groves. Thomson. 
TERRACINA, a town of Italy, in the State of the Church, 
situated at the southern extremity of the Pontine marshes. 
The present population of Terracina is about 9000. It is the 
see of a bishop, and is 50 miles south-east of Rome, and 
55 north-west of Naples. Lat. 41. 18. 14. N. long. 13. 13. 
22. E. 
TE'RRyE-FILIUS, s. [Latin.] Formerly a satirical 
orator at the public acts in the university of Oxford, not un¬ 
like the prevaricator at Cambridge.—The gay part of the 
university have great expectation of a terrce-Jilius, who is to 
lash and sting all the world in a satirical speech. Guar¬ 
dian.. 
TERRA FIRMA, an extensive track of country in South 
America, which comprehended the three provinces of Darien, 
Veragua, and Panama or Terra Firma proper. Its length 
from east to west is about 150 leagues, but if measured along 
the coast it is above 200. It is 90 leagues wide in the broad¬ 
est part; and at the isthmus of Darien, where it is narrowest, 
its breadth is only eight leagues. Rivers, the most consider¬ 
able of which are the Chagre, Bayano, Atrato, and Tiura, 
intersect it, and it consists for the most part of craggy 
and mountainous territory, with some fertile valleys inter¬ 
spersed. 
TERRA FIRMA of MINGAN, a seigniory partly in 
Lower Canada, which extends from Cape Cormorant along 
the northern shore of the Labrador channel, to Goynish 
river. 
TERRA DEL FUEGO, a large island, separated from 
the southern extremity of America, by a narrow sea called 
the straits of Magellan; so called from the volcanoes ob¬ 
served on it. The aspect of the country is represented as 
dreary and uncomfortable, consisting of a chain of stupen¬ 
dous rocks, and continually covered with snow. The inha¬ 
bitants are said to be naturally as fair as Europeans, but they 
go naked, and paint their bodies with the most gorgeous 
colours. Those on the south side are said to be uncivilized, 
treacherous, and barbarous; while those on the opposite side 
are simple, affable, and perfectly harmless. The skins of 
wild animals are sometimes used to cover their bodies, upon 
occasions of extraordinary pomp ; and their tents are made of 
poles, disposed in a conical form, covered with skins, or the 
bark or leaves of trees. Lat. 52. 30. to 55. 35. S. long. 51. 
20. to 58. W. 
TERRA NIEVA, a bay in Hudson’s bay. Lat. 62. 4. 
N. long. 67. W. 
TERRA NOVA, a small town on the east coast of the 
island of Sardinia, situated on a fine bay to which it gives 
name. It has a good harbour; 50 miles east-by-north of 
Sassari. 
TERRA NOUVA, a considerable sea-port on the south 
coast of Sicily, in the Val di Noto, situated at the mouth of 
a river to which it gives name. Its population is about 
9000. Wine, corn, and fruits of various kinds, form articles 
of export; 19 miles east of Licata, and 50 west of Syracuse. 
Lat. 37. N. long. 14. 10. E. 
TERRA NOUVA, a small town of Italy, in Tuscany, 
province of Florence, situated in the valley of the Arno; 15 
miles west-north-west of Arezzo, and 25 south-east of Flo¬ 
rence. 
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