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terra - L., It. ‘earth’, as in terracotta unglazed pottery. XVII;. — It. ‘baked earth’ (cotta :- L. cocta, fem. pp. of coquere COOK); t. firma †mainland; dry land. XVII. — L., ‘firm land’ (fem. of firmus FIRM); t. incognita unexplored territory. XVII. — L., ‘unknown land’. terrae filius person of obscure parentage XVI; (Univ. of Oxford) formerly orator privileged to make humorous comments at a public act XVII. — L., ‘son of the earth’.

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