Trāit, n.

(trāt) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. trait, Pr. trait, trag, trah, It. tratto, Lat. tractus, from trahere, to draw. Cf. TRACT.] 1. A stroke; a touch. By this single trait Homer makes an essential difference between the Iliad and Odyssey. Broome. 2. A distinguishing or marked feature or peculiarity; as, a trait of character. ☞— This word was formerly pronounced tra, as in French, and it is still so pronounced, to some extent, in England; but in the United States the final t is always sounded.