Terins, s. pl. tarins, siskins, R. 665. F. tarin.
Terme, s. set time, appointed time, T. v. 696, 1090; HF. 392; L. 2499, 2510; period, space of time, 3. 79; end, goal, B 3. m 9. 35; 'term,' a portion of the zodiac (see note), F 1288; (during the) term, A 1029, D 1331; terme of his lyve, while he lives, G 1479; in terme, in set phrases, C 311; Termes, pl. set expressions, pedantic phrases, A 323, 639, B 1189, G 1398; legal jargon, R. 199; bounds, limits, B 3. m 12. 40; borders, B 2. m 8. 8; periods, A 3028; terms, T. ii. 1037; HF. 857; C 51, F 1266.
Terme-day, s. appointed day, 3. 730.
Termyne, v. determine, express in 'good set terms,' 5. 530.
Terrestre, adj. earthly, E 1332.
Terslet, s. male hawk, 5. 393 n. See Tercelet.
Terve, pr. s. subj. flay, G 1274 n; Terved (not Terned), pp. skinned, G 1171 n. (This is certainly the right word; in G 1171, read terved [not torned], and in G 1274, read terve [not torne]. See my letter in the Athenaeum, Mar. 24, 1894. So in Havelok, 603, for tirneden read tirueden = tirveden, i.e. rolled back. In Allit. Poems, B. 630, for tyrne read tyrue = tirve, flay. In Gawain and the Grene Knight, 1921, for tyrnen read tyruen = tyruen; so again in the Wars of Alexander, ed. Skeat, 4114. Cf. Over-tyrvyn, subverto; Prompt. Parv.; A.S. tearflian; Low G. tarven, um tarven, up tarven, den Rand von einem Kleidungsstücke umschlagen, das innerste auswärts kehren.')
Tery, adj. tearful, T. iv. 821.
Tescape, for To escape, 18. 50; F 1357.
Tespye, for To espye, to spy out, espy, L. 966, B 1989, 4478, D 398; Tespyen, for To espyen, to see, to look about, E 1257, 1410.