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terne

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terne

/ tɜːn /

noun

  1. Also calledterne metal an alloy of lead containing tin (10–20 per cent) and antimony (1.5–2 per cent)
  2. Also calledterne plate steel plate coated with this alloy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of terne1

C16: perhaps from French terne dull, from Old French ternir to tarnish
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Example Sentences

I had to stay and nurse him, the closing time passed and I forgot my dry terne while I was giving him injections.

Terne, tėrn, n. an inferior tin-plate for roofs and the inside of packing-cases.

At the second drawing a terne of forty thousand francs obliged me to borrow money.

Only the simple drawing, the ambe and the terne to be retained; the quarterne and the quine to be abolished.

Darwin et Wallace, d'expliquer la couleur terne de certaines espces par slection sexuelle?

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