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Webster 1913 Edition
Tertiate
Ter′ti-ate
,Verb.
T.
[L.
tertiatus
, p. p. of tertiare
to do for the third time, fr. tertius
the third.] 1.
To do or perform for the third time.
[Obs. & R.]
Johnson.
2.
(Gun.)
To examine, as the thickness of the metal at the muzzle of a gun; or, in general, to examine the thickness of, as ordnance, in order to ascertain its strength.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tertiate
TER'TIATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To do any thing the third time.2.
To examine the thickness of the metal at the muzzle of a gun; or in general, to examine the thickness to ascertain the strength of ordnance.