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The earth; earth. Terra alba Etym: [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. Etym: [It., fr. terra earth +…

An unknown land; unexplored country.

A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces.

Cultivation on the earth; agriculture. [R.] -- Ter`ra*cul"tur*al, a. [R.]

A group of rocks having a common age or origin; -- nearly equivalent to formation, but used somewhat less comprehensively.

ng in fresh and brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written also terapin, terrapen, terrapene, and turapen.]

Consisting of land and water; as, the earth is a terraqueous globe. Cudworth. The grand terraqueous spectacle From center to circumference unveiled. Wordsworth.

See 2d Terrier, 2.

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To fill up with alluvial earth. [Obs.] Ray.

The act of filling up with earth, or of forming land with alluvial earth. [Obs.]

Being or dwelling around the earth. "Circumterraneous demouns." H. Hallywell.

Of or belonging to the same country. Howell.

The uncovering of anything buried or covered with earth; a taking out of the earth or ground. Woodward.

Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad.

en the radii, or rays; -- in zoölogy, said of certain parts of radiate animals; as, the interradial plates of a starfish.

Between rami or branches; esp., between the mandibles, or rami of the lower jaw; intermandibular.

Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa.

A two-winged fly (Ceratitis capitata) with black and white markings, native of the Mediterranean countries, but now widely distributed. Its larva lives in ripening oranges, peaches, and other fruits, causing them to decay and fall.

Inland. Sir T. Browne.