An Universal Dictionary of the Marine / Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With Separate Views of Their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. to Which Is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-terms and Phrases, Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c.

by William Falconer

TERRE de beurre, cape fly-away, a cant phrase applied to any illusive appearance of land in the horizontal clouds, after sun-set or before sun-rise.

Terre défigurée, land which cannot be easily distinguished at sea, on account of the clouds which rest upon it.

Terre fine, land which may be distinctly beheld from the sea.

Terre grosse, or grosse terre, high land on, or near, the sea-shore.

Terre hachée, a coast with an opening between two mountains.

Terre maritime, the sea-coast, or sea-shore.

Terre Méditerranée, an inland country.

Terre qui asseche. See Assecher.

Terre qui fuit, double-land, or land shut in behind a cape or promontory.

Terre qui se donne la main, land open to the sea, or accessible to shipping.