Tertian

Definitions

1. A tertian fever.
2. A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity (one-third of a tun's).
3. A Jesuit going through tertianship.

Equivalents

Examples

“And although we feele it not, it is not to bee doubted, if a continuall ague may in the end⟳ suppresse our mind⟳, a tertian will also (according to her measure⟳ and proportion) breed⟳ some alteration in it.”

“He died of the slow fever call'd the tertian, / And left his widow to her own⟳ aversion.”

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