Ter"mi*nus (?), n.;
pl. Termini (#). [L. See Term.]
1. Literally, a boundary; a
border; a limit.
2. (Myth.) The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman,
satyr, or the like, but
often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground
on a boundary line.
3. Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a
term. See Term, 8.
4. Either end of
a railroad line; also, the station house, or the
town or city, at that
place.
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