单词 | terrestrious |
释义 | † terrestriousadj. Obsolete. 1. Having the nature of earth; earthy. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [adjective] > relating to terrestrious1600 terreous1646 terrestrial1658 pedologic1900 pedological1924 the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being solid rather than fluid > [adjective] > having earth-like qualities terrestrial1594 terrestrious1600 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xlix. 539 [The] terrestrious and earthie temperature which all sorts of peares doe much consist of. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 322 Beside the fixed and terrestrious Salt, there is in naturall bodies a Sal niter referring unto Sulphur. View more context for this quotation 1741 A. Monro Anat. Nerves 25 in Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) Saline and terrestrious Particles. 2. Of or consisting of the land surface of the earth. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > [adjective] terrestrial1628 terrestrious1650 land-like1804 1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) ii. ii. 49 This variation proceedeth not only from terrestrious eminencies, and magneticall veins of earth, laterally respecting the needle. 1862 G. P. Marsh Lect. Eng. Lang. (new ed.) 24 The geographical centre of the terrestrious portion of the globe. 3. Of, pertaining to, or inhabiting the land; = terrestrial adj. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > [adjective] > occurring on terrestrian1608 terrestrial1638 terrestrious1646 terrene1661 shore-going1833 onshore1896 land-based1933 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxiv. 169 Some [animals] in the Sea..hold those shapes which terrestrious formes approach not. View more context for this quotation 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxiv. 170 That nomenclature of Adam, which unto terrestrious animalls assigned a name appropriate unto their natures. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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