terrace, terass

t. [TERRACE, 8.] To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish or construct with a terrace. "The reception of light into the body of the building must now be supplied, by terracing any story which is in danger of darkne ." - Wotton: Architecture , p. 42. terræ filius ( pl. těr-ræ fil-1-1), s. [Lat. =son of the earth or soil.] 1. A humorous description of a person of obscure birth or low origin. *2. A scholar at the university of Oxford, appointed formerly to make jesting, satirical speeches, and who often indulged in considerable license in his treatment of the authorities of the university. *ter-rā-ně-ous, a. [Lat. terra =the earth.] Bot.: Growing on land.