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Plural of term a. termatic (ter-mat'ik), a. and n. [ II. n. The termatic artery, a small ve el arising from the junction of the pre cerebral arteries, or from the pre communicant when that ve el exists, and distributed to the term a, the adjacent cerebral cortex, and the genu. New York Med . Jour ., March 21, 1885, p. 325. term-day (term'dā), n. [ term + day1 .] 1. A fixed or appointed day. He had broke his terme -day To come to her. Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 730. Terminal i a 5. In an at. and zoöl., ending a set or series of like parts; apical: as, the middle sacral artery is the terminal branch of the abdominal aorta; the last coccygeal bone is the terminal one of the coccyx; a terminal mark or spine; the terminal joint of an antenna. See cuts under Colaspis and Erotylus. - Terminal alveolus, an air-sac, or pulmonary alveolus. - Terminal dementia, dementia forming the final and permanent stage of many cases of acute insanity, such as mania, melancholia, or other psychoneurosis. - Terminal figure. Same as ter minus, 3. - Terminal margin of the wing, in entom., a portion of the wing-margin furthest removed from the base, between the costal or anterior and the posterior margin.-Terminal moraine. See moraine. Terminal mouth, indent mouth situated at the end of the head, as in most Coleoptera. - Terminal pedestal, a name often given to a pedestal which tapers toward the bottom. The name is inexact, as such a pedestal is of gaine shape and not terminal shape. - Terminal quantity, the quan IMG:content-0119.png:[graphic] 2. Same as term, 7 (a) or ( b ).-3. Specifi- cally, one of a series of days appointed for taking special and generally very frequent ob- servations of magnetic or meteorological ele- ments at different stations, in accordance with a uniform system. termer (ter'mer), n. [ Sale wood . Why, he was here three days before the Ex- chequer gaped. Middle ton, Michael mas Term, i. 1. 2. In law, same as termor. Termes (ter'mēz), n. [NL. (Linnæus, 1748), larges rounded, and with two ocelli, the prothorax small and heart-shaped, the costal area free, and the plantula IMG:content-0120.png:[blocks in formation] a, larva; d, winged male; c, worker; d, soldier; e, large female; nymph. (Lines show natural sizes.) absent. It is a wide-spread genus of many species. T. flavipes of North America is a well-known example which bores in the timbers of dwellings, particularly south of the latitude of Washington, and often causes great annoyance, not only from destruction of property, but from the swarming of the winged individuals at certain seasons of the year. 2. [ l. c.] A termite. Imp. Dict. Heywood , Royal King (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, VI. 23). term-fee (term'fē), n. In law , a fee or certain 21. A turbulent, brawling person, male or fe- male. This terrible termagant, this Nero, this Pharaoh. Bp. Bale, Yet a Course at the Romyshe Foxe, fol. 39 b [(1543). (Latham.) Wealth may do us good service, but if it get the mastery of our trust it will turn tyrant, termagant; we condemn ourselves to our own galleys. Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 149. 3. A boisterous, brawling, or turbulent woman; a shrew; a virago; a scold. She threw his periwig into the fire. Well, said he, thou art a brave termagant . Tatler . If she [woman] be pa ionate, want of manners makes her a termagant and a scold, which is much at one with Lunatic. Defoe (Arber's Eng. Garner, II. 267). II. a. Violent; turbulent; boisterous; quarrelsome; scolding; of women, shrewish. 'Twas time to counterfeit, or that hot termagant Scot had paid me scot and lot too. Shak ., 1 Hen. IV., v. 4. 114. Yet it is oftentimes too late with some of you young, termagant , flashy sinners you have all the guilt of the intention, and none of the pleasure of the practice. Congreve, Old Bachelor, i. 4. Hath any man a termagant wife? Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 136. termagantly (ter'ma-gant-li), adv . In a termagant, boisterous, terous or scolding manner; like a termagant; outrageously; scandalously. Tom Brown, Works, II. 148. ( Davies .) sum allowed to an attorney as costs for each term his client's cause is in court. The