terrier (2), terrar

[Fr. ( papier ) terrier= the court-roll, or list of the names of a lord's tenants, from Low Lat. terrarius ( liber )=(a book) in which landed property is described; Lat. terra = earth.] English Law: *1. A collection of acknowledgments of the va als or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, . 2. A book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, . "We ordain that the archbishops and all bishops within their several dioceses shall procure that a true note and terrier of all the glebes, lands, meadows, gardens, orchards, houses, ., be taken." -Canon the Eighty Seventh. těr-ri-er (3), s. [O. Fr. terriere.] An auger, wimble, or borer. těr-rif-ic, *ter-rif-Ick, adj. [Lat. terrific us, from terreo =to frighten, and facio =to make.] Caus IMG:content-0933.png:[blocks in formation]