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† teˈrreity Obs. rare.
[ad. med.L. terreitās (c 1250 in Vincent of Beauvais, Spec. Doctr. xii. 109): see -ity. So obs. It. terreità (Florio 1598).]
The essential quality of earth; earthiness.
1610B. Jonson Alch. ii. v, The Aqueitie, Terreitie and Sulphureitie Shall runne together againe, and all be annull'd. 1757tr. Henckel's Pyritol. 114 Such a body as returns not to its universal terreity, but is arrived to a more heightened degree of metalliety. |