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Webster 1913 Edition
Terra
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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
.