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Historical. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Beneath the sky; in the open air; specifically (Geol.), taking place on the earth's surface, as opposed to subaqueous.

Subterranean.

Adapted for sucking; living by sucking; as, the humming birds are suctorial birds.

Being above, or superior to, matter.

Being above the earth, or above what belongs to the earth. Buckminster.

Of or pertaining to covering; -- applied to a membrane immediately over the organ of Corti in the internal ear.

Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals. "Bodies terrestrial." 1 Cor. xv. 40.

Of or pertaining to territory or land; as, territorial limits; territorial jurisdiction.

The waters under the territorial jurisdiction of a state; specif., the belt (often called the marine belt or territorial sea) of sea subject to such jurisdiction, and subject only to the right of innocent passage by the vessels of other states.

To enlarge by extension of territory.

In regard to territory; by means of territory.

Of or pertaining to weaving. T. Warton.

Theriac. [R.] Holland.

Of or relating to color or colors; imparting a color; as, tinctorial matter. Ure.

Of or pertaining to a barber, or shaving.

Disposal of the dead by placing the corpse among the branches of a tree or in a hollow trunk, a practice among many primitive peoples.

ength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected. [I] defy thee to the trial of mortal fight. Milton.

The testing of a ledger to discover whether the debits and credits balance, by finding whether the sum of the personal credits increased by the difference between the debit and credit sums in the merchandise and other impersonal accounts equals the sum of personal debits. The equality would not show that the items were…

Three united; state of being three. [R.] H. Wharton.