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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Terrace \Ter"race\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Terraced}; p. pr & vb
n. {Terracing}.]
To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace
or terraces, as to terrace a garden, or a building. --Sir H.
Wotton.
Clermont's terraced height, and Esher's groves.
--Thomson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Terrace \Ter"race\, n. [F. terrasse (cf. Sp terraza It
terrazza), fr L. terra the earth, probably for tersa,
originally meaning, dry land, and akin to torrere to parch,
E. torrid, and thirst. See {Thirst}, and cf {Fumitory},
{Inter}, v., {Patterre}, {Terrier}, {Trass}, {Tureen},
{Turmeric}.]
1. A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth,
supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft,
or the like whether designed for use or pleasure.
2. A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one
3. A flat roof to a house; as the buildings of the Oriental
nations are covered with terraces.
4. A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a
hill; hence any street, or row of houses.
5. (Geol.) A level plain, usually with a steep front,
bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.
Note: Many rivers are bordered by a series of terraces at
different levels, indicating the flood plains at
successive periods in their history.
{Terrace epoch}. (Geol.) See {Drift epoch}, under {Drift}, a.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
terrace
n 1: usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence [syn: {patio}]
2: a shelf of rock with steep slopes above and below [syn: {bench}]
v 1: provide with a terrace, as of a house [syn: {terrasse}]
2: make into terraces as for cultivation; "The Incas terraced
their mountainous land"
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