Tēr'ra, n.

n. [Lat.] The earth; earth.

Terra cotta. [It.] Baked clay; a kind of pottery made from fine clay hardened by heat, and used for statues, architectural decorations, figures, vases, and the like. — Terra filius. [Lat., son of the earth.] Formerly one appointed to write a satirical Latin poem at the public acts in the University of Oxford; — not unlike the prevaricator at Cambridge, England. — Terra firma. [Lat.] Firm or solid earth. — Terra Japonica, the same as catechu, a substance obtained from the juice of a species of acacia. It was formerly supposed to be a kind of earth from Japan, — whence the name. — Terra lemnia, a species of red, bolary earth. — Terra ponderosa (Min.), barytes, or heavy spar. — Terra sienna. [It.] See SIENNA.