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Terne Moderate

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Definitions
Noun
1

An alloy coating made of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin), often with some antimony, used to cover iron or steel.

2

Obsolete spelling of tern (“any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sternidae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail”)

Adjective
1

Colourless, drab, dull.

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Rhyming Words
rne arne orne lrne erne byrne burne torne morne lorne horne forne dorne borne verne perne kerne herne derne carne
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