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▪ I. terebrate, a. Ent.|ˈtɛrɪbrət|
[f. L. terebra borer + -ate2 2.]
Furnished with, or formed as, a terebra (terebra 2).
1902in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. Supp.
▪ II. terebrate, v. Now rare.|ˈtɛrɪbreɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of L. terebrāre to bore.]
trans. To bore, pierce, perforate; to penetrate by boring. Also absol. In quot. 1774, to form by boring. In quots. 1855, 1869 humorously for bore v.2
1623Cockeram, Terebrate, to pierce with a Wimble. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. vi. 100 If wee consider the threefold effect of Jupiters Trisulke, to burne, discusse and terebrate. 1683–4Robinson in Phil. Trans. XXIX. 475 The Insects suck and terebrate the Tree. 1758J. Clubbe Misc. Tracts (1770) 100 An incrustated surface..too hard for my finer sort of gimblets to terebrate. 1774G. White Selborne 26 Feb., The bank-martin terebrates a round and regular hole in the sand or earth. 1855O. W. Holmes Poems 250 O for a world where..blunted dulness terebrates in vain! 1869Sat. Rev. 14 May 582 They [women] succeed by dint of perseverance; their terebrating powers are, in the long run, irresistible. |