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Of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene substance. Holland.

Earthiness; worldliness. [Obs.] "A dull and low terrenity." Feltham.

A current, as of electricity, developed, or set in motion, by the action of heat.

Telepathy.

The state of being threadbare.

Lamentation; threnody; a dirge. Shak. The threns . . . of the prophet Jeremiah. Jer. Taylor.

Pertaining to a threne; sorrowful; mournful.

A threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song.

One who composes, delivers, or utters, a threnode, or threnody.

A song of lamentation; a threnode. Sir T. Herbert.

To rend in pieces. [Obs.] The wolf hath many a sheep and lamb to-rent. Chaucer.

t from registration of deeds) introduced into South Australia by the Real Property (or Torrens) Act (act 15 of 1857-58), drafted by Sir Robert Torrens (1814-84). Its essential feature is the guaranty by the government of properly registered titles. The system has been generally adopted in Australia and British Columbia…

e like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice. The roaring torrent is deep and wide. Longfellow.

Of or pertaining to a torrent; having the character of a torrent; caused by a torrent . [R.]

A roving hither and thither.

The act of transferring; conveyance; passage; transfer.

See Transference.

The quality or state of being transparent; transparency.

The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence.

odies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond; -- opposed to Ant: opaque. "Transparent elemental air." Milton.