[ Terne], sb. a tarn, small lake, S2; tarne, Manip.—Icel. tjörn (tjarn-).
[ Terre], sb. tar, Prompt.; tarre, PP; teer, HD; ter, B.—AS. teoru (Voc.).
[ Terre], v. to provoke, W, W2; see [Terien].
[ Terryng], sb. a provoking, W2.
[ Teruagant], sb. one of the seven gods of Hengest, S; Termagant, a supposed god of the Saracens, ND; one of the characters in the old moralities, ND, Sh., TG; Trivigant, ND.—OF. Tervagant, also Tervagan, one of the three gods of the Saracens (Roland); cp. It. Trivigante (Ariosto).
[ Teste], sb. a pot in which metals are tried, HD, SkD, C3; teest, HD. Phr.: to bring to the test, lit. to bring to the refiner’s vessel, Sh.—OF. teste, a refiner’s vessel; Lat. testa, a vessel used in alchemy, orig. a piece of baked earthenware, also shell of fish, skull, head. Cp. OF. test (F. têt), a test in chemistry, orig. a potsherd, see Bartsch.
[ Testere], sb. a head-piece, helmet, tester for a bed, SkD, HD; teester, Prompt.; tester, C; testar, Palsg.—OF. testiere, head-piece (Cotg.).
[ Testif], adj. headstrong, testy, CM; testie, S3.—OF. testif (Palsg.).
[ Te-tealte], adj. quite unstable, in jeopardy, S2. ([To- 2].)