Train-oil, trān′-oil,n.whale-oil extracted from the blubber by boiling. [Old Dut.traen, whale-oil.]
Traipse. SeeTrape.
Trait, trā, or trāt,n.a drawing: a touch: a feature. [Fr.,—L.tractus,trahĕre, to draw.]
Traitor, trā′tur,n.one who, being trusted, betrays: one guilty of treason: a deceiver:—fem.Trait′ress.—n.Trait′orism.—adv.Trait′orly(Shak.).—adj.Trait′orous, like a traitor: perfidious: treasonable.—adv.Trait′orously.—n.Trait′orousness. [Fr.traître—L.traditor—tradĕre, to give up.]
Trajectory, tra-jek′tō-ri,n.the curve described by a body (as a planet or a projectile) under the action of given forces.—v.t.Traject′, to throw across.—ns.Traj′ect, a ferry: transmission;Trajec′tion, a crossing. [From L.trajicĕre,-jectum—trans, across,jacĕre, to throw.]
Tram, tram,n.a tramway or tramway-line: a four-wheeled coal-wagon in pits: a beam, bar, the shaft of a cart, barrow, &c.—ns.Tram′-car, a tramway-car;Tram′pot, the socket in which an upright spindle is stepped;Tram′-road,Tram′way, a road or way for carriages or wagons to run along easily;Tram′way-car, a carriage for conveying passengers along the public streets, running on rails, drawn by horses or impelled by cable traction, electrical power, or steam. [Prov. Eng.tram, a beam, is prob. cog. with Sw. dial.tromm, a log, Low Ger.traam, a beam, &c.]
Trammel, tram′el,n.a net used in fowling and fishing: shackles for making a horse amble: anything that confines.—v.t.to shackle: to confine:—pr.p.tramm′elling;pa.t.andpa.p.tramm′elled.—n.Tramm′eller. [O. Fr.tramail, a net—Low L.tramacula, from L.tres, three,macula, a mesh.]
Tramontane, tra-mon′tān,adj.lying beyond the mountains (originally the Alps), from Rome: foreign: uncivilised.—n.Tramontä′na, the north wind. [L.trans, beyond,mons,montis, a mountain.]
Tramp, tramp,v.t.to tread, to travel over on foot: (Scot.) to tread clothes in a tub of water so as to cleanse them.—v.i.to walk, to go on foot: to wander about as a vagrant.—n.a foot-journey: a vagrant: a plate of iron worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe.—n.Tramp′er.—vs.i.Tram′pous,Tram′poose, to tramp about.—n.Tramp′-pick, an iron pick forced by the foot into the ground. [M. E.trampen; an extension oftrap,trip; cf. Ger.trampen.]
Trample, tramp′l,v.t.to tread under foot: to tread with pride, to insult.—v.i.to tread in contempt: to tread forcibly and rapidly.—n.a trampling.—n.Tramp′ler. [A freq. oftramp.]
Trance, trans,n.a morbid sleep, differing from natural repose in duration, in profound insensibility, &c.—the concomitant or symptom of diseases of the nervous system, particularly hysteria: catalepsy.—adv.Tranced(Shak.), lying in a trance or ecstasy.—adv.Tranc′edly. [Fr.transe—L.transitum—trans-īre, to go across, in Late L. to die.]
Tranect, tra-nekt′,n.(Shak.) a ferry. [L.trans, across,nectĕre, to join.]
Trangle, trang′gl,n.(her.) one of the diminutives of the fesse.
Trangram, trang′gram,n.a trumpery gimcrack.—AlsoTrank′um.
Trank, trangk,n.an oblong piece of skin from which the pieces for a glove are cut.
Tranka, trang′kä,n.a long cylindrical box balanced on their feet by jugglers.
Tranquil, trang′kwil,adj.quiet: peaceful.—n.Tranquillisā′tion.—v.t.Tran′quilise, to make tranquil.—n.Tranquillī′ser.—adv.Tran′quillisingly.—n.Tranquill′ity.—adv.Tran′quilly.—n.Tran′quilness, state of being tranquil: quietness. [Fr.,—L.tranquillus.]
Transact, trans-akt′,v.t.to manage: to perform.—v.i.to manage anything.—ns.Transac′tion, act of transacting: management of any affair: an affair: (pl.) the reports or publications of certain learned societies;Transac′tor. [L.transactum, pa.p. oftransigĕre—trans, through,agĕre, carry on.]
Transalpine, trans-al′pin,adj.beyond theAlps(in regard to Rome). [L.transalpinus—trans, beyond,Alpinus, pertaining to the Alps.]
Transatlantic, trans-at-lan′tik,adj.beyond the Atlantic Ocean: crossing the Atlantic.
Transcend, tran-send′,v.t.to rise above: to surmount: to surpass: to exceed.—ns.Transcen′dence,Transcen′dency.—adjs.Transcen′dent, transcending: superior or supreme in excellence: surpassing others: as applicable tobeing, relating to the absolute, transcending all limitation—as applicable toknowledge, pertaining to what transcends experience, being givenà priori: beyond human knowledge: abstrusely speculative, fantastic;Transcenden′tal, transcending: supereminent, surpassing others: concerned with what is independent of experience: vague.—v.t.Transcenden′talise.—ns.Transcenden′talism, the investigation of what isà prioriin human knowledge, or independent of experience: that which is vague and illusive in philosophy: the American reaction against Puritan prejudices, humdrum orthodoxy, old-fashioned metaphysics, materialistic philistinism, and materialism—best associated with the name of R. W. Emerson (1803-82);Transcenden′talist.—advs.Transcenden′tally;Transcen′dently.—n.Transcen′dentness. [L.trans, beyond,scandĕre, to climb.]
Transcribe, tran-skrīb′,v.t.to write over from one book into another: to copy.—ns.Transcrib′er;Trans′cript, that which is transcribed: a copy;Transcrip′tion, the act of copying: a transcript: a copy.—adjs.Transcrip′tional;Transcrip′tive.—adv.Transcrip′tively. [L.transcribĕre,-scriptum—trans, over,scribĕre, to write.]
Transcurrent, trans-kur′ent,adj.passing transversely, as the postfrena of a beetle.
Transductor, trans-duk′tor,n.that which draws across, esp. a muscle of the great-toe.—n.Transduc′tion, the act of carrying over.
Transenna, tran-sen′a,n.a lattice-grating for enclosing shrines, as those of martyrs, while yet allowing the coffer to be seen.
Transept, tran′sept,n.one of the wings or cross-aisles of a church, at right angles to the nave. [L.trans, across,septum, an enclosure—sepes, a hedge.]
Transfard, trans-fard′,p.adj.(Spens.) transferred.
Transfer, trans-fėr′,v.t.to carry or bring over: to convey to another place: to remove: to transport:—pr.p.transfer′ring;pa.t.andpa.p.transferred′.—ns.Trans′fer, the act of transferring: the conveyance of anything from one person or place to another: that which is transferred;Transferabil′ity,Transferribil′ity.—adjs.Transfer′able,Transfer′rible, that may be transferred or conveyed from one place or person to another.—ns.Trans′fer-book, a register of the transfer of property, shares, &c.;Trans′fer-day, one of certain regular days for registering transfer of bank-stock and government funds at the Bank of England;Transferēē′, the person to whom a thing is transferred;Trans′ference, the act of transferring or conveying from one person or place to another: passage from one place to another;Trans′fer-pā′per, a kind of prepared paper used for transferring impressions with copying-presses, &c.;Transfer′rer. [L.trans, across,ferre, to carry.]
Transfiguration, trans-fig-ūr-ā′shun,n.a change of form.—v.t.Transfig′ure(rare), to change the figure or form of: to change the appearance of—alsoTransfig′ūrāte.—n.Transfig′urement.—The Transfiguration, the supernatural change in the appearance of Christ, described in Matt. xvii.: a festival on 6th August, in commemoration of it.
Transfix, trans-fiks′,v.t.to pierce through.—n.Transfis′sion, cross-section.—adj.Transfixed′.—n.Transfix′ion.
Transfluent, trans′flōō-ent,adj.flowing through.—n.Transflux′, a flowing through.
Transforate, trans′fō-rāt,v.t.to bore through.—n.Transforā′tion.
Transform, trans-form′,v.t.to change the shape of: to change into another substance: to change the disposition.—v.i.to be changed in form or substance.—adj.Transfor′mable.—ns.Transformā′tion, change of form or substance, metamorphosis: the change of one metal into another: (path.) any morbid change in a part;Transformā′tion-scene, any scene on the stage which changes in presence of the audience.—adj.Transfor′mative.—ns.Transfor′mātor,Transfor′mer.—p.adj.Transfor′ming, effecting, or able to effect, a change of form or state.—ns.Transfor′mism, the theory of the development of one species from another;Transfor′mist.—adj.Transformis′tic.
Transfrontier, trans-fron′tēr,adj.beyond the frontier.
Transfuge, trans′fūj,n.a deserter.—AlsoTransfū′gitive. [L.transfuga, a deserter.]
Transfund, trans-fund′,v.t.to transfuse.
Transfuse, trans-fūz′,v.t.to pour out into another vessel: to cause to pass from one to another: to cause to be imbibed.—n.Transfū′ser.—adj.Transfū′sible, capable of being transfused.—ns.Transfū′sion, the act of transfusing, esp. blood from the veins of one animal into another;Transfū′sionist.—adj.Transfū′sive, tending or having power to transfuse.—adv.Transfū′sively. [L.trans, over,fundĕre,fusum, to pour.]
Transgress, trans-gres′,v.t.to pass beyond a limit: to break, as a law.—v.i.to offend by violating a law: to sin.—adj.Transgres′sible.—n.Transgres′sion, the act of transgressing: violation of a law or command: offence: fault: crime: sin.—adjs.Transgres′sional;Transgres′sive.—adv.Transgres′sively.—n.Transgres′sor, one who transgresses: one who violates a law or command: a sinner. [L.trans, across,gradi,gressus, to step.]
Tranship, tran-ship′,v.t.to convey from one ship into another, or from one conveyance to another.—ns.Tranship′ment;Tranship′per;Tranship′ping.
Transhuman, trans-hū′man,adj.more than human.—v.t.Transhū′manise, to elevate into a higher or heavenly nature.
Transient, tran′shent,adj.passing: of short duration: not lasting: momentary: (mus.) intermediate.—ns.Tran′sience,Tran′siency, transientness.—adv.Tran′siently.—n.Tran′sientness. [L.transiens—trans, across,īre,itum, to go.]
Transilient, tran-sil′i-ent,adj.leaping across.—n.Transil′iency. [L.transīlire, to leap across.]
Transillumination, trans-il-lū-mi-nā′shun,n.a shining through.
Transisthmian, trans-ist′mi-an,adj.extending across an isthmus.
Transit, tran′sit,n.a passing over: conveyance: (astron.) the passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place: the passage of a planet over the sun's disc: a transit circle, or instrument, for observing the transit of a heavenly body across the meridian.—ns.Trans′it-dū′ty, a duty chargeable on goods passing through a country;Trans′it-in′strument, an astronomical telescope mounted in the meridian and turning on a fixed east and west axis;Transi′tion, passage from one place or state to another: change: (mus.) a change of key.—adjs.Transi′tional,Transi′tionary, containing or denoting transition: of intermediate character between species or genera, transmutational: characteristic of one epoch or style in its transition to another.—adv.Transi′tionally.—adj.Trans′itive, passing over: having the power of passing: (gram.) denoting a verb which has a direct object.—adv.Trans′itively.—n.Trans′itiveness.—adv.Trans′itorily.—n.Trans′itoriness.—adj.Trans′itory, going or passing away: lasting for a short time: speedily vanishing.—n.Trans′it-trade, the trade of carrying foreign goods through a country.
Translate, trans-lāt′,v.t.to remove to another place: to render into another language: to explain: to transfer from one office to another: to transform.—adj.Translā′table, capable of being translated or rendered into another language.—n.Translā′tion, the act of translating: removal to another place: the rendering into another language: a version: (slang) the process of working up new things from old materials: motion free from rotation: the automatic retransmission of a telegraphic message.—adjs.Translā′tional,Trans′lātory.—n.Translā′tor:—fem.Translā′tress. [Fr.,—L.trans, over,ferre,latum, to carry.]
Transleithan, trans-lī′than,adj.beyond the Leitha, the boundary river between the archduchy of Austria and Hungary.
Transliterate, trans-lit′e-rāt,v.t.to express the words of one language in the alphabetic characters of another.—ns.Transliterā′tion;Translit′erātor.
Translucent, trans-lū′sent,adj.shining through: allowing light to pass, but not transparent: clear.—ns.Translū′cence,Translū′cency.—adv.Translū′cently.—adj.Translū′cid, translucent. [L.translucens—trans, across,lucēre, to shine—lux,lucis, light.]
Translunar, trans-lū′nar,adj.beyond the moon.—AlsoTrans′lūnary.
Transmarine, trans-ma-rēn′,adj.across or beyond the sea.
Transmeable, trans′mē-a-bl,adj.capable of being traversed.—v.t.Trans′mēate.—n.Transmeā′tion.
Transmew, trans-mū′,v.t.(Spens.) to transmute, to transpose.
Transmigrate, trans′mi-grāt,v.i.to migrate or remove across, esp. to another country: to pass into another country or state.—adj.Trans′migrant.—ns.Transmigrā′tion, the act of removing to another country: the passing into another state: the passage of the soul after death into another body;Trans′migrātor.—adj.Transmī′grātory, passing to another place, body, or state.
Transmit, trans-mit′,v.t.to send across to another person or place: to suffer to pass through:—pr.p.transmit′ting;pa.t.andpa.p.transmit′ted.—n.Transmissibil′ity.—adjs.Transmis′sible,Transmit′tible, that may be transmitted from one to another, or through any body or substance.—ns.Transmis′sion,Transmit′tal, act of transmitting: the sending from one place or person to another: passage through.—adj.Transmis′sive, transmitted: derived from one to another.—ns.Transmit′tance, transfer;Transmit′ter. [L.trans, across,mittĕre,missum, to send.]
Transmogrify, trans-mog′ri-fī,v.t.(coll.) to transform into something else, as by magic.—n.Transmogrificā′tion.
Transmontane, trans-mon-tān′,adj.across a mountain.
Transmorphism, trans-mor′fizm,n.the evolution of one thing from another. [L.trans, over, Gr.morphē, form.]
Transmove, trans-mōōv′,v.t.(Spens.) to transpose.
Transmute, trans-mūt′,v.t.to change to another form or substance.—adj.Transmū′table, that may be transmuted or changed into a different form, nature, or substance.—ns.Transmū′tableness,Transmūtabil′ity.—adv.Transmū′tably.—adj.Transmū′tant.—ns.Transmūtā′tion, a changing into a different form, nature, or substance;Transmūtā′tionist.—adj.Transmū′tative.—n.Transmū′ter. [L.trans, over,mutāre, to change.]
Transnormal, trans-nor′mal,adj.beyond what is normal.
Transoceanic, trans-ō-shē-an′ik,adj.crossing the ocean.
Transom, tran′sum,n.a thwart beam or lintel, esp. the horizontal mullion or crossbar of a window: in ships, the beam across the sternpost to strengthen the afterpart.—n.Trans′om-win′dow, a window divided into two parts by a transom. [L.transtrum, a cross-bank—trans, across.]
Transpadane, trans-pā′dān,adj.situated beyond the Po (L.Padanus), with reference to Rome.
Transparency, trans-pār′en-si,n.the quality of being transparent: clearness: that which is transparent: a picture on semi-transparent material seen by means of light shining through, a positive picture on glass, to be viewed by transmitted light: a humorous translation of the German titleDurchlaucht—alsoTranspār′ence.—adj.Transpār′ent, that may be distinctly seen through: clear.—adv.Transpār′ently.—n.Transpār′entness. [L.trans, through,parēre, to appear.]
Transpicuous, tran-spik′ū-us,adj.(Milt.) that can be seen through, transparent. [L.transpicĕre, to see through—trans, through,specĕre, to look.]
Transpierce, trans-pērs′,v.t.to pierce through: to permeate.
Transpire, tran-spīr′,v.t.to breathe or pass through the pores of the skin.—v.i.to exhale: to become public, to come to light: to occur (a bad use).—adj.Transpīr′able.—n.Transpirā′tion, act or process of transpiring; exhalation through the skin.—adj.Transpīr′atory.—n.Trans′piry, act of transpiring. [L.trans, through,spirāre, to breathe.]
Transplant, trans-plant′,v.t.to remove and plant in another place: to remove.—adj.Transplan′table.—ns.Transplantā′tion, act of transplanting, the removal of a living plant to another place, the removal of living tissue from one part of the body, or from one individual, to another;Transplan′ter, a machine for moving trees.
Transpontine, trans-pon′tin,adj.situated across a bridge, esp. belonging to the part of London on the Surrey side of the Thames, hence melodramatic from the tastes of the theatres there.
Transport, trans-pōrt′,v.t.to carry across or from one place to another: to banish: to carry away by violence of passion or pleasure.—ns.Trans′port, carriage from one place to another: a vessel for conveyance: the conveyance of troops and their necessaries by sea or land: ecstasy;Transportabil′ity.—adj.Transpor′table, that may be carried across.—ns.Transpor′tal, transportation;Transpor′tance(Shak.), conveyance, removal;Transportā′tion, removal: banishment.—p.adj.Transpor′ted, carried away with ecstatic emotion.—adv.Transpor′tedly.—ns.Transpor′tedness;Transpor′ter.—p.adj.Transpor′ting, carrying away with emotion: passionate: ravishing.—adv.Transpor′tingly.—ns.Trans′port-rid′er, a carrier;Trans′port-ship,-vess′el, a ship used for transporting, esp. for conveying troops, stores, &c. [L.trans, across,portāre, to carry.]
Transpose, trans-pōz′,v.t.to put each in the place of the other: to change, as the order of words, or the key in music.—adj.Transpō′sable.—ns.Transpō′sal, a change of place or order;Transpō′ser;Transposi′tion, act of putting one thing in place of another: state of being transposed; a change of the order of words: (mus.) a change of key into a higher or lower scale.—adjs.Transposi′tional;Transpos′itive.—adv.Transpos′itively.—n.Transpos′itor. [Fr.,—L.transponĕre—trans, across,ponĕre, to place.]
Transprint, trans-print′,v.t.to print out of place.
Trans-shape, trans-shāp′,v.t.(Shak.) to change into another shape, to transform.
Trans-ship. Same asTranship.
Transubstantiate, tran-sub-stan′shi-āt,v.t.to change to another substance.—ns.Transubstantiā′tion, a change into another substance: (R.C.) the conversion, in the consecration of the elements of the Eucharist, of the whole substance of the bread and wine into Christ's body and blood, only the appearances of bread and wine remaining;Transubstantiā′tionalist,Transubstan′tiātor. [L.trans, across,substantia, a substance.]
Transude, tran-sūd′,v.i.to ooze or pass through the pores or interstices of a membrane or substance.—pr.p.transūd′ing;pa.p.transūd′ed.—n.Transudā′tion.—adj.Transū′datory. [L.trans, through,sudāre, to sweat.]
Transumptive, tran-sump′tiv,adj.transferred from one to another.—ns.Transumpt′, a copy of a writing;Transump′tion, the act of taking from one place to another.
Transverberate, trans-vėr′be-rāt,v.t.to beat or strike through.
Transverse, trans-vėrs′,adj.turned or lying across.—adv.crosswise.—n.Transver′sal, a line drawn across several others so as to cut them all.—adv.Transver′sally.—adj.Trans′versary.—adv.Transverse′ly, in a transverse or cross direction.—n.Transver′sion. [L.trans, across,vertĕre,versum, to turn.]
Transylvanian, tran-sil-vā′ni-an,adj.belonging toTransylvania, in Austro-Hungary.
Trant, trant,v.i.(prov.) to go about.—n.Tran′ter, a peddler.
Trap, trap,n.an instrument for snaring animals: an ambush: a stratagem: a contrivance for hindering the passage of foul air from a waste-pipe, &c.: a trap-door: any rickety structure: a carriage, a vehicle: (slang) a policeman.—v.t.to catch in a trap:—pr.p.trap′ping;pa.t.andpa.p.trapped.—ns.Trap′-ball, an old game played with a ball or bat and trap;Trap′-door, a door in a floor shutting like the catch of a trap;Trap′-fall, a trap-door which gives way beneath the feet;Trap′per, one who traps animals for their fur, &c.;Trap′piness, the state of being trappy or unsafe;Trap′ping;Trap′-stair, a stair or kind of ladder surmounted by a trap-door.—adj.Trap′py, treacherous. [A.S.træppe; cog. with Old High Ger.trapa, a snare (whence Fr.trappe, by which the Eng. word has been modified).]
Trap, trap,n.a term loosely applied to many rocks of volcanic origin, so called because lying often in steps or terraces.—adjs.Trap′pēan,Trap′pous,Trap′py.—ns.Trap′-tū′fa,-tuff, a variety of tufa consisting of the detrital matter of trap-rock. [Sw.trapp—trappa, a stair.]
Trap, trap,v.t.to drape or adorn with gay clothes: to ornament:—pr.p.trap′ping;pa.t.andpa.p.trapped.—n.a horse-cloth: (pl.) one's personal belongings, luggage.—n.pl.Trap′pings, gay clothes: ornaments, esp. those put on horses. [Fr.drap—Low L.drappus, cloth; cf.Drab,Drape.]
Trapan, tra-pan′,v.t.to trap, to ensnare:—pr.p.trapan′ning;pa.t.andpa.p.trapanned′.—n.a snare: a stratagem: a trapanner.—n.Trapan′ner. [Fromtrap, instrument for snaring.]
Trape, trāp,v.i.to run about idly or like a slattern.—n.Trapes, a slattern: a tramp.—v.i.Trapes,Traipse, to gad about idly.
Trapezium, tra-pē′zi-um,n.a plane figure having four unequal sides, no two of which are parallel: one of the wrist-bones—alsoTrapēze′:—pl.Trapē′zia,Trapē′ziums.—n.Trapēze′, a swing of one or more cross-bars used in gymnastic exercises.—adjs.Trapē′zian, having opposed trapeziform faces;Trapē′ziform, having the form of a trapeze.—n.Trap′ezoid(alsoTrapē′zoid), a plane four-sided figure like a trapezium, having two of its opposite sides parallel.—adj.Trapezoid′al, having the form of a trapezoid. [Gr.trapeziondim. oftrapeza, a table; fromtetra, four,pous,podos, a foot.]
Trappist, trap′ist,n.a member of a monastic body, a branch of the Cistercians, noted for the extreme austerity of the rule—so named from the abbey of LaTrappein the French department of Orne.—n.Trap′pistine, a nun of this order of La Trappe.
Trash, trash,n.a clog fastened to a dog or other animal to restrain his movements.—v.t.to encumber, check.
Trash, trash,v.t.to crop: to strip off superfluous leaves.—n.refuse, matter unfit for food, rubbish good for nothing, a worthless person.—n.Trash′ery, trash, rubbish.—adv.Trash′ily.—ns.Trash′iness, the state or quality of being trashy;Trash′trie(Scot.), trash.—adj.Trash′y, like trash; worthless. [Prob. Scand., Ice.tros, fallen twigs.]
Trash, trash,v.t.to wear out, to harass.
Trass, tras,n.a volcanic earth used as a hydraulic cement. [Dut.tras.]
Trattoria, trat-tō-rē′a,n.a cook-shop. [It.]
Trauma, traw′ma,n.an abnormal condition of the body caused by external injury.—adj.Traumat′ic, produced by wounds.—adv.Traumat′ically.—n.Traum′atism, trauma. [Gr., a wound.]
Travail, trav′āl,n.excessive labour: toil: labour in childbirth.—v.i.to labour: to suffer the pains of childbirth.—p.adj.Trav′eiled(Spens.), toiled. [O. Fr.travail—Low L.travaculum, a shackle—L.trabs, a beam.]
Travail, tra-vā′ye,n.an appliance used among some North American Indians as a means of transporting sick persons, goods, &c.—a kind of litter attached by two poles on each side to a pack-saddle, the other ends trailing on the ground:—pl.Travaux(tra-vō′).[Fr.]
Trave, trāv,n.a beam: a wooden frame to confine unruly horses while being shod. [O. Fr.traf,tref—L.trabs,trabis, a beam.]
Travel, trav′el,v.i.to walk: to journey: to pass: to move.—v.t.to pass: to journey over:—pr.p.trav′elling;pa.t.andpa.p.trav′elled.—n.act of passing from place to place: journey: labour: (pl.) an account of a journey.—p.adj.Trav′elled, having made journeys: knowing.—ns.Trav′eller, one who travels: a wayfarer: one who travels for a mercantile house: a ring that slides along a rope or spar;Trav′eller's-joy, the virgin's-bower,Clematis Vitalba;Trav′eller's-tale, a story that cannot be accepted, a tall story, an astounding lie, a whopper;Trav′eller's-tree, a remarkable Madagascar tree, its stem resembling a plantain, but sending out leaves only on two opposite sides, like a great expanded fan.—adj.Trav′elling.—ns.Trav′elling-bag, a bag for carrying necessaries on a journey, toilet articles, &c.;Trav′elling-carr′iage, a heavy carriage, fitted up for travelling in before railways;Trav′elling-cou′vert, a set of table utensils, arranged to pack up easily for travelling;Trav′elling-crane, a crane fixed on a carriage which may be moved on rails;Trav′elling-dress, a plain and easy dress to wear when travelling.—p.adjs.Trav′el-soiled,-stained, showing the marks of travel;Trav′el-taint′ed(Shak.), fatigued with travel, harassed. [A form oftravail.]
Traverse, trav′ėrs,adj.turned or lying across: denoting a method of cross-sailing.—n.anything laid or built across: something that crosses or obstructs: a turn: (law) a plea containing a denial of some fact alleged by an opponent: a work for protection from the fire of an enemy: a gallery from one side of a large building to another.—v.t.to cross: to pass over: to survey: to plane across the grain of the wood: (law) to deny an opponent's allegation.—v.i.(fencing) to use the motions of opposition or counteraction: to direct a gun to the right or left of its position.—adv.athwart, crosswise—(obs.)Trav′ers.—adj.Trav′ersable, that may be traversed or denied.—ns.Trav′erser;Trav′erse-tā′ble, a table or platform for shifting carriages to other rails;Trav′ersing-plat′form, a platform to support a gun and carriage which can easily be turned round. [L.trans, across,vertĕre,versum, to turn.]
Travertin,-e, trav′er-tin,n.the Italian name for limestone formed by springs holding lime in solution. [It.travertino—L.tiburtinus(lapis), stone of Tibur.]
Travesty, trav′es-ti,adj.having on the vesture or appearance of another: disguised so as to be ridiculous.—n.a kind of burlesque in which the original characters are preserved, the situations parodied.—v.t.to turn into burlesque. [Fr.travestir, to disguise—L.trans, over,vestīre, to clothe.]
Trawl, trawl,v.i.to fish by dragging a trawl along the bottom.—v.t.to drag, to take with a trawl.—n.a wide-mouthed bag-net for trawling: a long line buoyed upon water, with baited hooks at intervals.—ns.Traw′ler, one who, or that which, trawls: a vessel engaged in trawling—a method adopted in deep-sea fishing;Traw′ling. [O. Fr.trauler, alsotroller, to go hither and thither.]
Tray, trā,n.a shallow trough-like vessel: a salver. [M. E.treye—A.S.treg.]
Tray,Trey, trā,n.the third branch of a deer's antler.
Trayled, trāld,p.adj.(Spens.) interwoven, adorned.
Tray-trip, trā′-trip,n.(Shak.) a game at dice.
Treachery, trech′ėr-i,n.faithlessness.—ns.Treach′er,Treach′etour,Treach′our(obs.), a traitor.—adj.Treach′erous, full of treachery: faithless.—adv.Treach′erously.—n.Treach′erousness. [O. Fr.tricherie—tricher—Teut., Mid. High Ger.trechen, to draw.Trickis a doublet.]
Treacle, trē′kl,n.the dark, viscous uncrystallisable syrup obtained in refining sugar, also the drainings of crude sugar, properly distinguished from treacle as molasses.—ns.Trea′cle-sleep, a sweet and refreshing sleep;Trea′cliness, viscosity.—adj.Trea′cly, composed of, or like, treacle. [Orig. 'an antidote against the bite of poisonous animals,' O. Fr.triacle—L.theriacum—Gr.thēriaka(pharmaka), antidotes against the bites of wild beasts—thērion, a wild beast.]
Tread, tred,v.i.to set the foot down: to walk or go: to copulate, as fowls.—v.t.to walk on: to press with the foot: to trample in contempt: to subdue:—pa.t.trod;pa.p.trod ortrod′den.—n.pressure with the foot: a step, way of stepping.—ns.Tread′er;Tread′ing;Tread′le,Tred′dle, the part of any machine which the foot moves.—vs.i.to work a treadle.—ns.Tread′ler;Tread′ling;Tread′-mill, a mill in which a rotary motion is produced by the weight of a person or persons treading or stepping from one to another of the steps of a cylindrical wheel, used chiefly as an instrument of prison discipline;Tread′-wheel, a form of tread-mill with steps on its exterior surface, by treading on which the wheel is turned.—Tread down, to trample to destruction;Tread in one's footsteps, orsteps, to follow one's example;Tread on, orupon, to trample with contempt: to come close after;Tread on one's toes, to give offence to one;Tread on, orupon,the heels of, to follow close after;Tread out, to press out with the feet: to extinguish;Tread underfoot, to treat with scorn: to destroy. [A.S.tredan; Ice.trodha, Ger.treten.]
Treague, trēg,n.(Spens.) a truce. [It.tregua—Low L.treuga—Goth.triggwa.]
Treason, trē′zn,n.betraying of the government or an attempt to overthrow it: treachery; disloyalty.—adj.Trea′sonable, pertaining to, consisting of, or involving treason.—n.Trea′sonableness.—adv.Trea′sonably.—adj.Trea′sonous.—Treason felony, the crime of desiring to depose the sovereign, intimidate parliament, stir up a foreign invasion, &c.—declared by statute in 1848.—Constructive treason, anything which may be interpreted as equivalent to actual treason by leading naturally to it;High treason, offences against the state;Misprision of treason, knowledge of the principal crime and concealment thereof;Petty treason, the murder of a husband by a wife, a master by a servant, &c. [O. Fr.traïson(Fr.trahison)—trahir—L.tradĕre, to betray.]
Treasure, trezh′ūr,n.wealth stored up: riches: a great quantity collected: great abundance: anything much valued: (obs.) a treasure-house.—v.t.to board up: to collect for future use: to value greatly: to enrich.—ns.Treas′ure-chest, a box for keeping articles of value;Treas′ure-cit′y, a city for stores, magazines, &c.;Treas′ure-house, a house for holding treasures;Treas′urer, one who has the care of a treasure or treasury: one who has charge of collected funds;Treas′urership;Treas′ury, a place where treasure is deposited: a department of a government which has charge of the finances: one of a class of subterranean structures, now believed to be merely sepulchral;Treas′ury-bench, the first row of seats on the Speaker's right hand in the House of Commons, occupied by the members of the government. [Fr.trésor—L.thesaurus—Gr.thēsauros.]
Treasure-trove, trezh′ūr-trōv,n.treasure or money found in the earth, the owner unknown. [Treasureandtrové, pa.p. of O. Fr.trover, to find.]
Treat, trēt,v.t.to handle in a particular manner: to discourse on: to entertain, as with food or drink, &c.: to manage in the application of remedies: to use.—v.i.to handle a subject in writing or speaking: to negotiate: to give an entertainment.—n.an entertainment, esp. if of anything unusual: one's turn to provide such.—adj.Treat′able, moderate.—ns.Treat′er;Treat′ing;Treat′ise, a written composition in which a subject is treated: a formal essay;Treat′ment, the act or manner of treating: management: behaviour to any one: way of applying remedies;Treat′y, the act of treating, negotiation: a formal agreement between states: (Shak., same asEntreaty). [O. Fr.traiter—L.tractāre, to manage—trahĕre,tractum, to draw.]
Treble, treb′l,adj.triple: threefold: (mus.) denoting the treble, that plays or sings the treble.—n.the highest of the four principal parts in the musical scale.—v.t.to make three times as much.—v.i.to become threefold:—pa.p.treb′led(-ld).—adj.Treb′le-dā′ted, living three times as long as man.—n.Treb′leness.—p.adj.Treb′le-sin′ewed(Shak.), having threefold sinews, very strong.—adv.Treb′ly. [O. Fr.,—L.triplus.]
Trebuchet, treb′ū-shet,n.a military engine like the ballista. [O. Fr.]
Trecento, trā-chen′tō,n.the 14th century in Italian art, &c.—n.Trecen′tist, an admirer of it. [It.]
Trechometer, tre-kom′e-tėr,n.an odometer. [Gr.trechein, to run,metron, measure.]
Treddle. SeeTread.
Treddle, tred′l,n.(prov.) dung: (slang) a strumpet.
Tredille, tre-dil′,n.a game at cards for three.—AlsoTredrille′.
Tree, trē,n.a plant having a single trunk, woody, branched, and of a large size: anything like a tree: wood, as in the compoundsaxle-tree,saddle-tree, &c.: a cudgel: (B.) a cross.—v.t.to drive into a tree, to corner: to form on a tree.—v.i.to take refuge in a tree.—ns.Tree′-cac′tus, the giant cactus or saguaro;Tree′-calf, a light-brown calf bookbinding, stained by acids into a conventional pattern, supposed to resemble the trunk of a tree and its branches;Tree′-dove, one of many arboricole Indian pigeons;Tree′-fern, a fern with a tree-like, woody stem, and a head of fronds resembling the leaves of palms, found only in tropical countries;Tree′-frog, a family of Amphibians, more closely related in structure to the toads than to frogs proper.—adjs.Tree′less, having no trees;Trēēn, wooden, made of wood: (Spens.) of trees.—ns.Tree′nail,Tre′nail, a long wooden pin or nail to fasten the planks of a ship to the timbers;Tree′-nymph, a hamadryad;Tree′-of-lib′erty, a tree dedicated to liberty, set up in some public place;Tree′-of-life, arbor vitæ: a tree in the garden of Eden, described in Gen. ii. 9;Tree′ship, existence as a tree;Tree′-top, the top of a tree;Tree′-wor′ship, dendrolatry. [A.S.treó,treów; Ice.tré, Gr.drus, Sans.dru.]
Treen, trēn,n.a territorial division in the Isle of Man.