Category:Tertiate

Ter"ti*ate, v. t. Etym: [l. tertiatus, p.p. of tertiare to do for the Third time, fr. tertius the third.]

1. To do or perform for the third time. [obs. & r.] Johnson.

2. (gun.)

Defn: to examine, as the thickness of the metal at the muzzle of a Gun; or, in general, to examine the thickness of, as ordnance, in Order to ascertain its strength.