Terre

Earth. Land. Ground. Soil (in this sense usually pl.). Earth (electr.) Earth plate. (electr.). Earthenware. Terres de labour (terres labourées). Ploughed fields. Terre vierge. Unbroken ground, virgin ground. — Terre herbue. Gra -land.—Terre forte. Clay soil—Terre gra e. Loam soil—Terre végétale (terre franc he), terre de bruyére. Leaf-mould.—Terre damée. Rammed earth.— Remuer de la terre. To dig, to entrench vigorously. A terres coulantes. Gently-sloping, not banked (of parapets, etc.). A terre de. Inshore of.—A terre. On land, ashore.— Mettre a terre. To disembark, put ashore.—Terre fer me. Terra firm a.—Perdue la terre. To lose sight of land. To get out of one’s depth.—Terre cuite. Terra cotta.—Terre glaise (a potier). Potter’s clay.—Terre de pipe. Porous earthenware. —tTerre a briques. Brick clay.—Terre 4 foul on. Fuller’s earth.—Terre d’infusoires. Kieselguhr, infusorial earth. —Terre réfractaire. Fireclay.—Ventre 4 terre. At full gallop.—Terre sainte. Holy Land. Consecrated ground. [p.573]