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TERRA NUOVA, a small town in the south of the 
kingdom of Naples, in Calabria Citra; 50 miles south-east 
of Policastro. 
TERRA'QUEOUS, adj. [terra and aqua, Lat.] Com¬ 
posed of land and water.—The terraqueous globe is, to this 
day, nearly in the same condition that the universal deluge 
left it. Woodward. 
TE'RRAR, s. {terrarium, low Lat., from terra, land.] 
A terrier or register of lands.—In the Exchequer there is a 
terror of all the glebe-lands in England, made about 11 
Edw. III. Cowel. 
TERRASON, a small town in the south of France, de¬ 
partment of the Dordogne, situated on a hill, watered by the 
small river Vezere. Population 2400; 20 miles north of 
Sarlat, and 27 east of Perigueux. 
TERRAUBE, a small town in the south-west of France, 
department of the Gers. Population 1200 ; 4 miles south¬ 
west of Lectoure, and 16 north of Auch. 
To TERRE, v. a. To provoke. See To Tar. But 
terre is the old and more correct word.—Fadris, nyle ye 
terra your sonnes wrathe. Wicliffe. 
TERREBONE, a village in Lower Canada. It is situ¬ 
ated on a point of land projecting into the St. Lawrence, 
having several islands in front, remarkable for their romantic 
scenery. It is about 16 miles north of Montreal. 
TERREBORNE, a seigniory of Lower Canada, in the 
district of Montreal. 
TERREGLES, a parish of Scotland, in the stewartry of 
Kirkcudbright, about 5 miles long, and 3 broad. Popula¬ 
tion 534. 
TERRE HAUTE, a village of the United States, in Sul¬ 
livan county, Indiana, on the Wabash; 2 miles below Fort 
Harrison. 
TE'RREMOTE, s. \teremuet, old Fr.; terree motus, 
Lat.] An earthquake. Obsolete. 
All the halle quoke. 
As it a terrernote were. Gower. 
TERRE NAPOLEON, a track of coast on the south 
shore of New Holland, first explored by the French naviga¬ 
tor, Captain Baudin, in Le Geographe. According to Cap¬ 
tain Flinders, it is comprised betwen lat. 37. 36. and 33. 40. 
S. and between long. 140. 10. and 138. 58. E. 
TE'RRE-BLUE, s. [terre and bleu, Fr.] A sort of 
earth.— Terre-blue is a light, loose, friable kind of lapis ar- 
menus. Woodward. 
TERRE-VERTE, s. A sort of earth.— Terre-verte 
owes its colour to a slight admixture of copper. Woodward. 
TERRE'NE, adj. {terrenus, Latin.] Earthly; terres¬ 
trial. 
Our terrene moon is now eclips’d. 
And it portends alone the fall of Antony. Shakspeare. 
TERRE'NE, 5. The surface of the whole earth. 
Over manya tract 
Of heav’n they march’d, and may a province wide, 
Tenfold the length of this terrene. Milton. 
TE'RREOUS, adj. [terreus, Lat.] Earthly ; consisting 
of earth.—There is but little similitude betwixt a terreous hu¬ 
midity and plantal germinations. Glanville. 
TERRE'STRIAL, adj. [terrestris, Lat.] Earthly ; not 
celestial. 
Terrestrial heaven! danc’d round by other heavens 
That shine, yet bear their bright officious lamps, 
Light above light. Milton. 
Consisting of earth; terreous. Improper. —I did not 
confine these observations to land or terrestial parts of the 
globe, but extended them to the fluids. Woodward. 
TERRESTRIALLY, adv. After an earthly manner.— 
They fancying it as terrestrially modified, though called a 
celestial or spiritual body in Scriptures, as that body is which 
we put into the grave. More. 
To TERRE'STRIFY, v. a. [terrestris and facio, Latin.] 
Jo reduce to the state of earth.—Though we should affirm. 
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that heaven were but earth celestified, and earth but heaven 
terrestrified; or, that each part above had an influence on 
its divided affinity below ; yet to single out these relations 
is a work to be effected by revelation. Brown. 
TERRE'STRIOUS, adj. [terrestris , Lat.; terrestre, Fr.] 
Terreous; earthy; consisting of earth.—This variation pro¬ 
ceeded! from terrestrious eminences of earth respecting the 
needle. Brown. 
TERRIA, or Tellia Gurhy, a small town of Hindos- 
tan. It is situated in the pass which divides the provinces of 
Bengal and Bahar, formed by a range of hills composed of 
rock, approaching very near the Ganges. Lat. 25. 15. N. 
long. 87. 37. E. 
TERRIANI, a considerable district of Hindostan, which 
divides the province of Bengal from Nepaul, part of which 
belongs to the British, part to the nabob of Oude, and the 
remainder to Nepaul. 
TE'RRIBLE, adj. [from terribi/is, Lat.] Dreadful; 
formidable; causing fear. 
Was this a face to be expos’d 
In the most terrible and nimble stroke 
Of quick, cross lightning ? Skahspeare. 
Great so as to offend: a colloquial hyperbole. —Being in¬ 
disposed by the terrible coldness of the season, he reposed 
himself till the weather should mend. Clarendon. 
TERRIBLE, Mont, a chain of mountains in what was 
once the bishopric of Bale (now in the Swiss canton of Bern), 
which brings the Jura mountains into connection with the 
Vosges. 
TERRIBLENESS, s. Formidableness; the quality of 
being terrible; dreadfulness.—Having quite lost the way of 
nobleness, he strove to climb to the height of terribleness. 
Sidney. 
TERRIBLY, adv. Dreadfully; formidably; so as to 
raise fear. 
The polish’d steel gleams terribly from far, 
And every moment nearer shows the war. Dry den. 
Violently; very much. The poor man squalled terribly. 
Swift. 
TERRIER, s. {terra, Lat., earth j A dog that follows 
his game under-ground.—The fox is earthed, but I shall 
send my two terriers in after him. Dryden. — {Terrier, 
Fr.] A survey or register of lands.—King James’s canons 
require that the bishops procure a terrier to be taken of such 
lands. Aylijfe.—{Tcrebro, Lat.] A wimble; auger or 
borer. Ainsworth. 
TERRI'FIC, adj. {terrificus, Lat.] Dreadful; causing 
terror. 
The serpent, subtlest beast of all the field, 
Of huge extent sometimes, with brazen eyes 
And hairy mane terrific. Milton. 
The British navy through ocean vast 
Shall wave her double cross, t’ extremest climes 
Terrific. Philips. 
To TE'RRIFY, v. a. {terror and facio, Lat.] To fright; 
to shock with fear; to make afraid.—Thou scarest me with 
dreams, and terrifiest me through visions. Job. 
TERRINGTON, a parish of England, North Riding of 
Yorkshire; 8 miles west-by-south of New Malton. Popula¬ 
tion 641. 
TERRINGTON, St. Clement’s, a parish of England, 
in Norfolk; 5 miles west-by-north of Lynn Regis. Popula¬ 
tion 1211 . 
TERRINGTON, St. John’s, another parish in the 
above county, adjoining the foregoing. Population 483. 
TERRIORE, a town and fortress of the south of India, 
province of the Carnatic. Lat. 11. 12. N. long. 78.48. E. 
TERRITORIAL, adj. Belonging to a territory.—The 
church universal in general causes; each particular and pri¬ 
vate church for special, and particular, and territorial 
questions. Montagu. 
TERRITORY, s. {territorium, low Latin; territoire, 
Fr.] 
