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The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

The quality or state of being termagant; turbulence; tumultuousness; as, a violent termagancy of temper.

nd puppet shows as extremely vociferous and tumultous. [Obs.] Chaucer. "And oftentimes by Termagant and Mahound [Mahomet] swore." Spenser. The lesser part on Christ believed well, On Termagant the more, and on Mahound. Fairfax.

Any nest or dwelling of termes, or white ants.

Same as Termatarium.

A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen. Holland.

A man who makes or sells butter.

A man who attends at the counter of a shop to sell goods. [Eng.]

nd); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.

Capable of being countermanded; revocable. Bacon.

To march back, or to march in reversed order. The two armies marched and countermarched, drew near and receded. Macaulay.

To apply a countenmark to; as, to countermark silverware; to countermark a horse's teeth.

Between the mandibles; interramal; as, the intermandibular space.

Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, castes, or nations.

h century from the building of Rome, it was declared lawful for nobles and plebeians to intermarry. Swift.

See Premaxilla.

An intermaxilla.

The latter, or second, mowing; the aftermath.

A person employed on, or who manages, a lighter.

A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter. [An obs. local term in Eng.] Chapman.