Do we say ternary or turnery

ternary 10 occurrences

To do Mr. justice, he had painted a laudable orchard, with fitting seclusion, and a veritable dragon (of which a Polypheme by Poussin is somehow a fac-simile for the situation), looking over into the world shut out backwards, so that none but a "still-climbing Hercules" could hope to catch a peep at the admired Ternary of Recluses.

It was printed in 12mo, 1662, with two others, "Thorny Abby; or, The London Maid," and "The Marriage Broker," in a volume entitled "Gratiae Theatrales; or, A Choice Ternary of English Plays.

Adj. three; triform^, trinal^, trinomial; tertiary; ternary; triune; triarch, triadie^; triple &c 93. tri-

Adj. treble, triple; tern, ternary; triplicate, threefold, trilogistic^; third; trinal^, trine.

[This curious imitation of the ternary metre of Dante was written at the age of seventy-seven.]

MASING, G. Ternary systems; introduction to the theory of three component systems.

ROGERS, B. A. Ternary systems.

MASING, G. Ternary systems; introduction to the theory of three component systems.

ROGERS, B. A. Ternary systems.

The principle of sub-division is thus ternary; "common" time or 2/4 time is a later modification.

turnery 2 occurrences

Mark the exquisite medley of humdrum, matter-of-fact details, jotted down as if by some unconscious piece of mechanism:"Florence manufactures excellent silks, woollen cloths, elegant carriages, bronze articles, earthenware, straw hats, perfumes, essences, and candied fruits; also, all kinds of turnery and inlaid work, piano-fortes, philosophical and mathematical instruments, &c.

BIRCH-TREE.Is in great use and of considerable value on some estates for making brooms, and the timber for all purposes of turnery-ware and carving.

Do we say   ternary   or  turnery