Tē'rin, n.

noun

n. [Fr. tarin, Prov. Fr. tairin, tirin, tërin; probably from the Picard tère, tender. Cf. Ger. zeisig, greenfinch, from M. H. Ger. zeiz, tender.] A small singing-bird of a yellow color, with the head of an ash-color. Chaucer.