Tertial

ter's hal, n. (Ornith.) One of the quills or large feathers near the junction of the wing with the body. [L. tertius, third, because they are feathers of the 3d row; three, q. v.]—Ter'tian. -slian, o. Occurring every 3d day. n. (Med.) A disease or fever whose paroxysms return every od day. [F. tertiane, L. tertian a, a tertian fever, fern, of tertian us, tertius — Ter'tiary, -shY-a-rt, a. Of the 3d formation, order, or rank third. [L. tertiarius.] — Ter'tiate, -shT-at, To do or perform for the 3d time to examine the thickne of (ordnance) to ascertain strength. [L. tertiare, -at urn.] — Ter'za-ri'ma, tert'za-re 'ma, n. A complicated system of versification, copied bv the early Italian poets from the troubadours. [It., a 3d or triple rhyme.] Te ellate. tes's el-lat, v. To form into squares or checkers to lay with checkered work. [L. le eL lore, te ella, a little cube, dim. of te era, a square piece of stone, wood, etc. prob. not Gr. te eres, four peril, for tenser a, a thing shaken, die, and Vedic Sicr. tarns, to shake.] —Tes's ell a'- ted. p. a. Formed in little squares or mosaic work; checkered. (Bot.) Spotted like a che board. — Tes's ell a'tion, n. Mosaic work, or the operation of making