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terne
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terne
/ tɜːn /
noun
- Also calledterne metal an alloy of lead containing tin (10–20 per cent) and antimony (1.5–2 per cent)
- Also calledterne plate steel plate coated with this alloy
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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.
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Terne, tėrn, n. an inferior tin-plate for roofs and the inside of packing-cases.
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At the second drawing a terne of forty thousand francs obliged me to borrow money.
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Only the simple drawing, the ambe and the terne to be retained; the quarterne and the quine to be abolished.
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Darwin et Wallace, d'expliquer la couleur terne de certaines espces par slection sexuelle?
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