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

Terres basses, low flat lands on the sea coast.

Terres hautes, high land on the sea shore; a bold, or iron bound coast.

Aller Terre à terre. See Aller.

Dans la Terre, or Dans les Terres, in-land; up in the country.

Mangé par la Terre, land-locked; shut-in by the land.

Prendre Terre, to arrive at the land.

Tout à Terre, close in shore.

Terre-neuvier, a Newfoundland cod-fisher.

TERRIR, to come to anchor; to arrive at the land after a long cruise.

TERTRE, an hommock, or hillock, rising on a level shore, and seen from the sea.