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.
Used in or taken through the mouth: an oral thermometer; an oral vaccine. 3. Psychology Of or relating to the first stage of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory, from birth to about 18 months, during which the mouth is the chief focus of exploration and pleasure.