terbium

[From Ytterby in Sweden.] Chem.: A metal, supposed by Mosander in 1843 to exist, together with erbium and yttrium, in gadolinite. Subsequent investigations have thrown considerable doubt on its existence, and it is now believed to be yttria contaminated with the oxides of the cerium metals. IMG:content-0915.png:[blocks in formation] *2. Measures , .: A cask whose contents are forty-two gallons, the third of a pipe or butt. "For I search'd every piece of wine; yes sure, sir, And every little terce , that could but testifie." Beaum. & Flet.: The Pilgrim , ii. 1. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; terebellidæ *3. Eccles.: The same as TIERCE, II.2. 4. Scots Law : A real right, whereby a widow who has not accepted any special provision is entitled to a life-rent of one-third of the heritage in which her husband died infeft, provided the marriage has endured for a year and a day, or has produced a living child. No widow is entitled to her terce until she is regularly kenned to it. [KΕΝ, υ ., Α. ΙΙ.] terce-major, s . Cards: A sequence of the three best cards in some games.