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Webster 1913 Edition


Terra


Ter′ra

,
Noun.
[It. & L. See
Terrace
.]
The earth; earth.
Terra alba
[L., white earth]
(Com.)
,
a white amorphous earthy substance consisting of burnt gypsum, aluminium silicate (kaolin), or some similar ingredient, as magnesia. It is sometimes used to adulterate certain foods, spices, candies, paints, etc.
Terra cotta
.
[It., fr.
terra
earth +
cotta
, fem. of
cotto
cooked, L.
coctus
, p. p. of
coquere
to cook. See
Cook
,
Noun.
]
Baked clay; a kind of hard pottery used for statues, architectural decorations, figures, vases, and the like.
Terrae filius
[L., son of the earth]
,
formerly, one appointed to write a satirical Latin poem at the public acts in the University of Oxford; – not unlike the prevaricator at Cambridge, England.
Terra firma
[L.]
,
firm or solid earth, as opposed to
water
.
Terra Japonica
.
[NL.]
Same as
Gambier
. It was formerly supposed to be a kind of earth from Japan.
Terra Lemnia
[L., Lemnian earth]
,
Lemnian earth. See under
Lemnian
.
Terra ponderosa
[L., ponderous earth]
(Min.)
,
barite, or heavy spar.
Terra di Sienna
.
See
Sienna
.

Definition 2024


terrà

terrà

See also: terra, Terra, tèrra, and Tèrra

Italian

Verb

terrà

  1. third-person singular future tense of tenere