Tertiate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tertiate \Ter"ti*ate\, v. t. [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.
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     2. (Gun.) 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.
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