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Webster 1913 Edition


Tertiate

Ter′ti-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
tertiatus
, p. p. of
tertiare
to do for the third time, fr.
tertius
the third.]
1.
To do or perform for the third time.
[Obs. & R.]
Johnson.
2.
(Gun.)
To examine, as the thickness of the metal at the muzzle of a gun; or, in general, to examine the thickness of, as ordnance, in order to ascertain its strength.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tertiate

TER'TIATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. tertius, third; tertio, to do every third day.]
1.
To do any thing the third time.
2.
To examine the thickness of the metal at the muzzle of a gun; or in general, to examine the thickness to ascertain the strength of ordnance.