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{ornl the b"rie" oC. mancge; Co that Ihe lower eroC. TERM, in gtner. l, fiCnilic. mueh I~C Cdme "·¡tb bou , dary
piece of wood m;¡y be raired or lowered, tU is found re~ or IImit .
quirite, to be 6xed al aoy hei~ht, by rueaos of- pios. T.EkM, io L1W, is r.ener~ l1y uken for a limitadlJn orrime af
L\long Ihl! crofs pieces, borh the upper and unclcr oile are c{la¡e .: as a lt:"ft: fú r tl!rrn o( lifc:, or yc:arl .
hooked nai1s, called tenter·hooks, driven in (rom fpace: T E R M, 10 grarnmar, d.:notes fome worJ or txprellion or a
to fpace. languagc
T ENTHREDO, • geou. of inrct1s belonging to the order TERM in Ih. arlt, Or TER" o; arl , i, a word whieh, be.
or hymenorlera . Thc: mouth is furm/hed with jdwS, IiJts tl~e literal and popuhr mt:anin~ whit:h il has, 01 m.l 'f
but has no probareis; the wings are plain an J tumiJ; {he ha\'e, In common IanguOIge. bc:ars a furthcr ~nd pc.cul;H
lling confias of two rerralcd lJminz , and lhc reute/Jum meaning in Come ;Ht or lcience.
of t\Yo gr>ins plaeed at ,di:!anc<. Th<re are 55 Cp.. TERMIN .~ LIA. in . nliqu iIY, {cans eelcbrated by the
des, princip~lly diHio~uifhed by theír colour, aod the 6. R omans, in hunour of the god "r c.rminus .
cure o{ ,he . ntenn"'. T E RMI N:\TION , in graooltlar, the endlng of ....ord, or
T ENURE, in la"" fi gnifies the m. nner whereby land. or hn fy ll.ble Ihelfof.
tenemenls· ;:¡re held . or Ihe fer 'Vicc tllal (he teD,¡nt owes T E RN/\T'E, the moo- nonherly of the Moluccaor Clove ..
fp his lord . 11 t.kcwife denotcs lhe in the I~nd. In Ifliirlds, In the poffeffion of tht DUlch-.
England, tenuru were anciently divided iutothe follo\V· T ERR:'\. Sec GEOGRAPHY, and ASTA.ONOMY .
inri e(eu;lge; lhat ¡s, land held by lhe ftr"ice of the fh idd , T ER RA FI RM". in geography, is fomelime-s ufed for a con.
and thereby the tenant Wtls. at his own expC'nce, oblig~\:f lInt:ot . in contraddlindion tO iflands.
to follow his lord iota the \Va rs. Knight\ favice and TEflRA DEL F OG O, an ofSouth· Amerc<J. from wbic:b
chivalry; when lanos \Vere held of lh~ king, or mefne:· il ii fep,Hal~d by the fir~i14hts of Magell .. n. .
lord. te pcrform fervicc iD war Burgage tenure ; land T I:: ¡ FI,L I U S . SON OF THE EARTH , a. n udent of the
hcld of the lord cf the burrow. at a certain tt.'l1t. Vil- unlverf'ity 01' Oxford, fo rmcrly appo;mcd , in pubJic aéb.
Jenagc, otherwire termed bafe·t enure; wherc:by the te- .to make j:Hing aAd f:uy(ical (pc:c.:hts againfi the mem-
nant was bound lO do all inferior Cen'ices, commanded by bers thereo', to fax them with any growing corruptitlns•
•he lord . Gr>nd Ccrje.nIY; I.nds heId by honoraey (:"'. . '
fervlces at lhe king's coron:uion. Pctit fe rjc;¡nty; I.lods TERRACE, a walk or baok of earth, r~ifed iD a gardeo
held oE the kiog, to conlribute. yearly fome Ima.1I ching or cou rc , to a due ckvation , (or a profpeél,
.owards !tis wars. Franblmoine; th. t teDure by whieh T ERRAQ.UEOUS, in geogr>phy, an appellalion given 'o
Jands were heId by eecJ,fi"eties, in free and papelDal alms. our globe , beeauCo eonlieting of land a.d waler.
S ocage tenu re; where lan&; ar~ hcld by te 03:ltS, 10 plo\Y TERRELLA, an appcJlatioD given lO a loadnone, WhCD
thcir lord's l~nds, and perforrn every office o( h ufban. turned'intoa fpberical figure, and is placcd Co, chat ils
d ry, al lheir own cxpeoce. But all thefe anrieOI tenures paJes and equator, Oc. conefpood to .the poles and equa·
and fervices are in general nkco away. and reduccd tor of the world; a.s bein¡ a jull reprefeola.tion of the
into common and free rocale. The urual tenures ·atpre.. gfea.t magnetical ~Iobe v,hich we inhabit.
feot are, fee r.mple ; whieh is an abColule tenure ofl and. TERRESTRIAL, Comcthiog·p.rtakinc of Ihe Dat ure of
fO aman and his he.irs ror ('t'er , Fe.e n il-; a Jimited earth. or belong'ng to the globe ofthe earth : thus we
{ee, to a perCoo .nd the hein of his body b. gotten Curo fa y, ,he terr.nrial globe, &c.
teCy unure ; where a mao having m.uricd a woman fei~ TERRIER, a book, or roll, whet"ein the feve ral Jands, ti-
red io fec, &c. has i{fue born alive by her, in which lh!!r or a prívate perfoD. or of i\ town, collcge, church,
caCe, af(er her death , the hulblnd is lenant by the cur· 6 c. are deCcribed . It fh ould conr;¡in (he numoer or acr~s.
lefy or England . Tenure in dower ; is where a widow and the fite, boandaries, teoaounamu, é:;~. ofeach pic:ce
h olds, for her life, a third pa<t of her hulband's ¡anrl, or pareel.
whereof he was feifed iD fee at any time duriog thecovc r· T ER fl I E1 is alCo ured ror a fmaJl hou lDd . Sec CAN I s.
tu re. There is ;\1(0 a. renure for life, or years, when T ERR ITORY, in gcogra.phy~ denotes ln exteot or cOla·
lan'ds are heJd for thoCe termson referved renU. C opy· paCs of J..nd, withi o the bounds, or bclonging tO lh:
h ol.v tenure, is a holding (or li\lcs. oc in fce, at the will jurifdiétion, of aay fi,ue, city, or other fubJlvdioo of a.
of ¡he lord. i\ccording 10 the cunom or Ihe maDor. For cooO,try .
the C.«ral kinds oC tenur. or holding iD Cce T ERROUEN,. town of A rtoi. , in 11" Freneh Nelhedand"
L/t. w. Tit xi . f'itultcd on rhe ri,'er Lis, f'ix miles fouth of St O,ners.
TE P JD , a tcrm uCed by writcrs on mineral w2tC'rs, 6c. TERTIAN. in mr:dic· nl! . S C'c ~f EDICJNG , P 6 1.
tO expreCs Cueh oCthem as h••• a lers fenr.ble eold Ih.n T ERTI A rE a greo.1 gun, in gunncry, is 10 eX3mineth.
co'n mon w:lter.
T E R CE, in Seo" law. Seo LAw, T i\. xvi 04'
T ERCERA, one oC ,he J.,,~en "C the Azores or \Ven.,n
iOln<h. (ituatcd in the Adant'c OCean : W . long. 2So,
and N. la\. 19· '
T EREfHNTH US, in botan y. Sce PISTAr' •.
T E R ES. in anHomy. See ANATOMV, p. ' 95.
T ERGOWISCO, the eap.tal oC ." hi" in F.u rope, n
TUI ky,. eighty miles fouíh~can o( H-:rmanfiat iD Tr..nfil·
..oia: E. long. 26° 30', N . 1.1·1 5° 55' ·
thicknefs of the metal at the! muz.zlc. wherel'y lo j "d¡e
of the fhen);'h of the pice., and ",h..her i. b. fuflie« "tly
fonified. This is u(u~Jl y done with" p"i r al cal:bt:r·
compafTes; and jf rhe piece be I¡ome borcd, Ihe di.tmcter
lefs by , he heiSh" dlvidcd by 2, i. ,he Ih,ek oeCs a' .oy
.
T ERVEL, a eity of Arragon, i~ SpaiD, filu.ted nn the
fI\'er GuadaI4'f'ira. {eventy. 6ve mil\!s fouth o( S.uragotr",:
W . Jong. JO 20' , N. J.u . 40° 35'.
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