Hypertext Webster Gateway: "terrene"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Terrene \Ter*rene"\, n. [L. terrenum land, ground: cf. F.
terrain.]
1. The earth's surface; the earth. [Poetic]

Tenfold the length of this terrene. --Milton.

2. (Surv.) The surface of the ground.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Terrene \Ter*rene"\, n.
A tureen. [Obs.] --Walpole.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Terrene \Ter*rene"\, a. [L. terrenus, fr. terra the earth. See
{Terrace}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene
substance. --Holland.

2. 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

terrene
adj 1: of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the
sea or air [syn: {tellurian}, {telluric}, {terrestrial}]
2: 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}]

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