Crossword clues for terrene
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Terrene \Ter*rene"\, n.
A tureen. [Obs.]
--Walpole.
Terrene \Ter*rene"\, a. [L. terrenus, fr. terra the earth. See Terrace.]
Of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene substance.
--Holland.-
Earthy; terrestrial.
God set before him a mortal and immortal life, a nature celestial and terrene.
--Sir W. Raleigh.Be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb, and terrene honor.
--O. Eng. Oath of Allegiance, quoted by Blackstone.Common conceptions of the matters which lie at the basis of our terrene experience.
--Hickok.
Terrene \Ter*rene"\, n. [L. terrenum land, ground: cf. F. terrain.]
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The earth's surface; the earth. [Poetic]
Tenfold the length of this terrene.
--Milton. (Surv.) The surface of the ground.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"earthly, terrestrial, of or pertaining to the earth," c.1300, from Anglo-French terreine, Old French terrien, from Latin terrenus "on the earth, earthly," from terra "earth" (see terrain).
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. Pertaining to the earth; earthly, terrestrial, worldly, as opposed to heavenly, marine. n. (context poetic English) The Earth's surface; the earth; the ground. Etymology 2
n. (dated form of tureen English)
WordNet
adj. of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air [syn: tellurian, telluric, terrestrial]
belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; "not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind"; "so terrene a being as himself" [syn: mundane]
Usage examples of "terrene".
Taken in substance it would have starved our species out of existence as soon as it had conceived the theory: our intelligence, whether anthropocentric or otherwise, advises us that we have ensured the survival of terrene species by our actions.
This sudden change and alteration of celestiall honour, did greatly inflame and kindle the love of very Venus, who unable to temper her selfe from indignation, shaking her head in raging sort, reasoned with her selfe in this manner, Behold the originall parent of all these elements, behold the Lady Venus renowned throughout all the world, with whome a mortall maiden is joyned now partaker of honour : my name registred in the city of heaven is prophaned and made vile by terrene absurdities.
The women had their haire annointed and their heads covered with linnen : but the men had their crownes shaven, which were the terrene stars of the goddesse, holding in their hand instruments of brasse, silver and gold, which rendered a pleasant sound.
At night this City of Trees Turns to a tryst of vague and strange And monstrous Majesties, Let loose from some dim underworld to range These terrene vistas till their twilight sets: When, dispossessed of wonderfulness, they stand Beggared and common, plain to all the land For stooks of leaves!
They are terrene humans, the stocky, long-armed aboriginals that Exu derides as monkeys.
Terraforming, while wreaking havoc on many native species, has provided a unique opportunity to study interface zones and compare adaptive changes in Terrene and indigenous species, advancing our understanding of catastrophic changes which have impacted Terrene species over geologic time, and of the degree of change facing the human species in its radical changes of habitat.
To the terrenes, the three-meter-tall martians with their backward-bending heron legs and furry, kangaroo like features do not look human.
She turns to face the terrenes and says in a precise aboriginal dialect, "In the spirit of Solis, our highest service of course is to leave you free to express your own lives.
He had the Major Terrenes hands were on the releases for his shoulder altitude lever pulled up as high as it would go and could straps when his pilot's instincts took over one last time.