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. One of a breed of small silky-haired terriers related to, but smaller than, the Skye terrier, having smaller and perfectly erect ears. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. ex&unr_; + territorial. ] Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction. -- Ex*ter`ri*to"ri*al*lypos>adv. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. The state of being beyond the limits of a country. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being free from the jurisdiction of a country when within its territorial limits. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial. -- Ex`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al*lyadv. [1913 Webster]

n. The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory; esp. (Internat. Law), A fiction by which a public minister, though actually in a foreign country, is supposed still to remain within the territory of his own sovereign or nation. Wheaton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Infra + territorial. ] Within the territory of a state. Story. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Within the territory or a territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A breed of short-haired black-and-tan terrier developed in Manchester England.
Syn. -- black-and-tan terrier. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Biology) not displaying territoriality; -- of animals; as, a nonterritorial species. Opposite of territorial. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. (Zool.) One of a breed of small terriers with long, rough hair. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Zool.) Same as Scotch terrier. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Zool.) See Terrier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The crab-eating seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) of the Antarctic Ocean. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., fr. L. terribilis, fr. terrere to frighten. See Terror. ] 1. Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prudent in peace, and terrible in war. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible. Deut. vii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Excessive; extreme; severe. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The terrible coldness of the season. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Terrific; fearful; frightful; formidable; dreadful; horrible; shocking; awful. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Ter"ri*ble*ness, n. -- Ter"ri*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. terra + colere to inhabit. ] (Zool.) A division of annelids including the common earthworms and allied species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The arctic fox. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ CF. L. terere to rub, to rub away, terebra a borer. ] An auger or borer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. [ F. terrier, chien terrier, from terre the earth, L. terra; cf. F. terrier a burrow, LL. terrarium a hillock (hence the sense, a mound thrown up in making a burrow, a burrow). See Terrace, and cf. Terrier, 2. ] (Zool.) One of a breed of small dogs, which includes several distinct subbreeds, some of which, such as the Skye terrier and Yorkshire terrier, have long hair and drooping ears, while others, at the English and the black-and-tan terriers, have short, close, smooth hair and upright ears. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Most kinds of terriers are noted for their courage, the acuteness of their sense of smell, their propensity to hunt burrowing animals, and their activity in destroying rats, etc. See Fox terrier, under Fox. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ F. terrier, papier terrier, LL. terrarius liber, i.e., a book belonging or pertaining to land or landed estates. See Terrier, 1, and cf. Terrar. ] (Law) (a) Formerly, a collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, and the like. (b) In modern usage, a book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, or the like. [ Written also terrar. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. terrificus; fr. terrere to frighten + facere to make. See Terror, and Fact. ] Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread; terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Terrific. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a terrific manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Terrified p. pr. & vb. n. Terrifying ] [ L. terrere to frighten + -fy: cf. F. terrifier, L. terrificare. See Terrific, and -fy. ] 1. To make terrible. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If the law, instead of aggravating and terrifying sin, shall give out license, it foils itself. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten. [ 1913 Webster ]

When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not terrified. Luke xxi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. terrigena, terrigenus; terra the earth + genere, gignere, to bring forth. ] Earthborn; produced by the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Tureen. ] 1. A dish or pan, originally of earthenware, such as those in which various dishes are cooked and served; esp., an earthenware jar containing some table delicacy and sold with its contents. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Cookery) A kind of ragout formerly cooked and served in the same dish; also, a dish consisting of several meats braised together and served in a terrine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. A soup tureen. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. territorialis: cf. F. territorial. ] 1. Of or pertaining to territory or land; as, territorial limits; territorial jurisdiction. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Limited to a certain district; as, right may be personal or territorial. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of or pertaining to all or any of the Territories of the United States, or to any district similarly organized elsewhere; as, Territorial governments. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) exhibiting territoriality; -- of individual animals or species. [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) a pattern of behavior characterized by the marking and defense of a home territory, exhibited by certain male animals. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Territorialized p. pr. & vb. n. Territorializing ] 1. To enlarge by extension of territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reduce to the condition of a territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In regard to territory; by means of territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Internat. Law) The waters under the territorial jurisdiction of a state; specif., the belt (often called the
marine belt or
territorial sea) of sea subject to such jurisdiction, and subject only to the right of innocent passage by the vessels of other states.

Perhaps it may be said without impropriety that a state has theoretically the right to extend its territorial waters from time to time at its will with the increased range of guns. Whether it would in practice be judicious to do so . . . is a widely different matter . . . . In any case the custom of regulating a line three miles from land as defining the boundary of marginal territorial waters is so far fixed that a state must be supposed to accept it in absence of express notice. W. E. Hall. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Possessed of territory. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Territories [ L. territorium, from terra the earth: cf. F. territoire. See Terrace. ] 1. A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district. [ 1913 Webster ]

He looked, and saw wide territory spread
Before him -- towns, and rural works between. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East India Company. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province. [ 1913 Webster ]