Terra alba[L., white earth](Com.), a white amorphous earthy substance consisting of burnt gypsum, aluminium silicate (kaolin), or some similar ingredient, as magnesia. It is sometimes used to adulterate certain foods, spices, candies, paints, etc. --
Terra cotta. [It., fr. terra earth + cotta, fem. of cotto cooked, L. coctus, p. p. of coquere to cook. See Cook, n.]Baked clay; a kind of hard pottery used for statues, architectural decorations, figures, vases, and the like. --
Terræ filius[L., son of the earth], formerly, one appointed to write a satirical Latin poem at the public acts in the University of Oxford; -- not unlike the prevaricator at Cambridge, England. --
Terra firma[L.], firm or solid earth, as opposed to water. --
Terra Japonica. [NL.]Same as Gambier. It was formerly supposed to be a kind of earth from Japan. --
Terra Lemnia[L., Lemnian earth], Lemnian earth. See under Lemnian. --
Terra ponderosa[L., ponderous earth](Min.), barite, or heavy spar. --