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The tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of December with a part of January. Esther ii. 16.

The years of one's age having the termination -teen, beginning with thirteen and ending with nineteen; as, a girl in her teens.

A sheep in its second year; also, a doe in its second year. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

tate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2. Blount. Wharton.…

Including, or relating to, an interval of three hundred years. -- n.

The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life.

One who has an estate for a term of years or for life.

-- Ter"mi*na*ble*ness, n. Terminable annuity, an annuity for a stated, definite number of years; -- distinguished from life annuity, and perpetual annuity.

End in time or existence; as, the termination of the year, or of life; the termination of happiness.

The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July.

A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old. [Written also thave.] [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Of or pertaining to Thebes. Theban year (Anc. Chron.), the Egyptian year of 365 days and 6 hours. J. Bryant.

Applied to time: On the thither side of, older than; of more years than. See Hither, a. Huxley.

ion. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] He was taken a threap that he would have it finished before the year was done. Carlyle.

m the beginning to the end of; to the end or conclusion of; as, through life; through the year.

house. Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year. Milton.

e or notice. [Obs. or Local] He constantly read his lectures twice a week for above forty years, giving notice of the time to his auditors in a ticket on the school doors. Fuller.

A young mackerel about two years old.

The seventh month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of September with a part of October.

common toga. This was assumed by Roman boys about the time of completing their fourteenth year.