The American's bravely resisted them, and only 30 of Washington's men were killed. At length, Gen. De Villiers offered up terms of surrender to the American's. Washington accepted the honorable terms, and he and his army were allowed to leave with all their equiptment, and provisions.
oral thermometer a clinical thermometer that is placed under the tongue. recording thermometer a temperature-sensitive instrument by which the temperature to which it is exposed is continuously recorded. rectal thermometer a clinical thermometer that is inserted into the rectum.
Varying designs of the thermometer allow the temperature to be taken in the oral cavity, rectum, or externally at the axillary or groin areas. thermometer, external, n a reading from a thermometer taken at an external location (the armpit or groin) instead of by an internal method (the oral cavity or rectum).