·- Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year;
— so called from the festival of St. Hilary, January 13th.
·noun The <<Menses>>. II. Term ·noun A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration. III. Term ·nou...
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·- A term used specifically by seamen; a nautical word or phrase. ...
·add. ·- A day which is a term (as for payment of rent), or is a day in a term, as of the sitting of...
·add. ·- Insurance for a specified term providing for no payment to the insured except upon losses d...
·add. ·- A policy of term insurance. ...
Pieces of carved work on each side of the taffrail upon the side stern-timber, and extending down as...
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