Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TER'MA-GANT, n.

A boisterous, brawling, turbulent woman. It seems in Shakspeare to have been used of men. In ancient farces and puppet-shows, termagant was a vociferous, tumultuous deity. She threw his periwig into the fire. Well, said he, thou art a brave termagant. Tatler. The sprites of fiery termagants in flame. Pope.

TER'MA-GANT-LY, adv.

In a turbulent or scolding manner.

TERM'ED, pp.

Called; denominated.

TERM'ER, n.

One who travels to attend a court term. Spenser.

TERM'ER, or TERM'OR, n.

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

TER'MES, n. [plur. Termites. Gr. τερμα, the end, because this insect destroys every thing it attacks.]

A neuropterous insect, commonly called white ant. It is mostly found within the tropics. It destroys every thing it attacks. It will reduce a house of wood to a mere shell, in a very short time.

TERM'-FEE, n.

Among lawyers, a fee or certain sum charged to a suitor for each term his cause is in court

TERM'IN-A-BLE, a. [from term.]

That may be bounded; limitable. Dict.

TERM'IN-A-BLE-NESS, n.

The state of being terminable.

TERM'IN-AL, a. [from L. terminus.]

1. In botany, growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal scape, flower or spike. Martyn.
2. Forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

TERM-IN-A'LI-A, n. [plur. L.]

Annual festivals held by the Romans in February in honor of Terminus, the god of boundaries. Brande.

TERM'IN-ATE, v.i.

1. To be limited; to end; to come to the furthest point in space; as, a line terminates at the equator; the torrid zone terminates at the tropics.
2. To end; to close; to come to a limit in time. The session of congress, every second year, must terminate on the third of March. The wisdom of this world, its designs and efficacy, terminate on this side heaven. South.

TERM'IN-ATE, v.t. [Fr. terminer; L. termino; Sp. terminar; It. terminare; from L. terminus, W. tervyn.]

1. To bound; to limit; to set the extreme point or side of a thing; as, to terminate a surface by a line.
2. To end; to put an end to; as, to terminate a controversy.

TERM'IN-A-TED, pp.

Limited; bounded; ended.

TERM'IN-A-TING, ppr.

Limiting; ending; concluding.

TERM-IN-A'TION, n.

1. The act of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding.
2. Bound; limit in space or extent; as, the termination of a line.
3. End in time or existence; as, the termination of the year or of life; the termination of happiness.
4. In grammar, the end or ending of a word; the syllable or letter that ends a word. Words have different terminations to express number, time and sex.
5. End; conclusion; result.
6. Last purpose. White.
7. Word; term. [Not in use.] Shak.

TERM-IN-A'TION-AL, a.

Forming the end or concluding syllable. Walker.

TERM'IN-A-TIVE, a.

Directing termination. Bp. Rust.

TERM'IN-A-TIVE-LY, adv.

Absolutely; so as not to respect anything else. Taylor.

TERM'IN-A-TOR, n.

In astronomy, a name sometimes given to the circle of illumination, from its property of terminating the boundaries of light and darkness. Cyc.

TERM'IN-ER, n.

A determining; as, in oyer and terminer.

TERM'ING, ppr.

Calling; denominating.

TERM'IN-IST, n.

In ecclesiastical history, a sect of Christians who maintain that God has fixed a certain term for the probation of particular persons, during which time they have the offer of grace, but after which God no longer wills their salvation. – Cyc.

TERM-IN-OL'O-GY, or TERM-ON-OL'O-GY, a. [Gr. τερμων and λογος.]

The doctrine of terms; a treatise on terms. 2 In natural history, that branch of the science which explains all the terms used in the description of natural objects. – Ed. Encyc.

TER-MIN'THUS, n. [Gr. τερμινθος, a pine nut.]

In medicine, a sort of carbuncle, spreading in the shape, and assuming the figure and blackish green color of the fruit of the pane, called pine-nut. Good.