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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Toy'ing-ly, adv. p. 1398In a playful or toying manner.Toy'ish, a. p. 1398Trifling; wanton. [Obs.] Crowley.Toy'ish-ly, adv. p. 1398In a toyish manner. Baxter.Toy'ish-ness, n. p. 1398Quality or state of being toyish.Toy'man, n. p. 1398One who deals in toys.Toy'-shōp, n. p. 1398A shop where toys are sold.Toy'sōme, a. p. 1398Disposed to toy; trifling; wanton. [Rare.] Ford.Tōze, v. t. p. 1398To pull by violence. See TOUSE.Tō'zi-ness, n. p. 1398The state or quality of being tozy.Tō'zy, a. p. 1398Soft, like wool that has been teased.Trā'bē-ā, n. p. 1398(Rom. Antiq.) A toga ornamented with purple horizontal stripes, worn by kings, consuls, and augurs. W. Smith.Trā'be-ā'ted, a. p. 1398Furnished with an entablature.Trā'be-ā'tion, n. p. 1398(Arch.) The same as ENTABLATURE.Trāçe, n. p. 1398A mark left by any thing passing; a footprint; a track; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a man or of a deer. 2. A mark, impression, or visible appearance of any thing left…Trāçe, n. p. 1398One of the two straps, chains, or ropes, by which a carriage or sleigh is drawn by horses.Trāçe, v. t. p. 1398To walk over; to pass through. We do trace this alley up and down. Shak. 2. To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and…Trāçe, v. i. p. 1398To walk; to go; to travel. [Obs.]Trāçe'a-ble, a. p. 1398Capable of being traced.Trāçe'a-ble-ness, n. p. 1398The state of being traceable.Trāçe'a-bly, adv. p. 1398In a traceable manner.Trā'çer, n. p. 1398One who, or that which, traces.Trā'cer-y, n. p. 1398(Goth. Arch.) (a.) An ornamental divergency of the mullions, in the head of a window, into arches, curves, and flowing lines, enriched with foliations. (b.) The subdivisions of groined vaults, and…Trā'che-ā, n. p. 1398(Anat.) The windpipe, or canal conveying air to the lungs in vertebrates; the weasand. 2. Hence, the air-tubes of the body in insects, and similar animals. 3. (Bot.) A hollow cell, or spiral vessel…Trā'che-al, a. p. 1398Of, or pertaining to, the trachea, or windpipe; as, the tracheal artery. Coxe.Tra-chēl'i-dan, n. p. 1398(Entom.) One of a family of coleopterous insects, including those which have the head supported on a kind of pedicle, or neck. Brande.Tra-chēl'i-pŏd, n. p. 1399(Zoöl.) A univalve mollusk with a spiral shell, having the foot attached to the head.Trā'che-lĭp'o-dōus, a. p. 1399(Zoöl.) Having the foot united with the neck; having the characters of a trachelipod.Trā’che-o-cēle, n. p. 1399(Med.) An enlargement of the thyroid gland; bronchocele, or goiter.Trā'che-ōt'o-my, n. p. 1399(Surg.) The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.Tra-chĕ'tis, n. p. 1399(Med.) Inflammation of the trachea or windpipe. Dunglison.Trā'chȳte, n. p. 1399A nearly compact, feldspathic, volcanic rock, breaking with a rough surface, and often containing crystals of glassy feldspar, with sometimes hornblende and mica. Dana.Tra-chyt'ic, a. p. 1399Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, trachyte.Trā'cing, n. p. 1399The act of one who traces; especially, the act of copying by marking on thin paper the lines of a pattern, and the like, placed beneath. 2. A regular path or track; a course. 3. A mechanical copy of…Trā'cing-pā'per, n. p. 1399A transparent paper, which enables a drawing or print to be clearly seen through it when laid over the drawing, and so allows the use of a pen or pencil to produce a fac-simile by following the lines…Trăck, n. p. 1399A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track of a ship, a wake; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or sleigh. “The bright track of his fiery car.” Shak. 2. A mark or…Trăck, v. t. p. 1399To follow when guided by a trace, or by the footsteps, or marks of the feet; as, to track a deer in the snow. Even with such auxiliaries it was found impossible to track the robbers to their retreats…Trăck'age, n. p. 1399A drawing or towing, as of a boat.Track'er, n. p. 1399One who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a dog that follows game. And of the trackers of the deer Scarce half the lessening pack were near. W. Scott.Track'less, a. p. 1399Having no track; marked by no footsteps; untrodden; as, a trackless desert. “To climb the trackless mountain all unseen.” Byron.Träck'less-ly, adv. p. 1399In a trackless manner; so as to leave no track.Track'less-ness, n. p. 1399The state of being trackless, or without a track.Trăck'-rōad, n. p. 1399A towing-path.Trăck'-scout, n. p. 1399A boat or vessel employed on the canals in Holland, usually drawn by a horse. See TRECK-SCHUYT.Trāct, n. p. 1399Something drawn out or extended. 2. A region, or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent. “A high mountain joined to the main land by a narrow tract of earth.” Addison. 3. Traits; features…Trăct,, v. t. p. 1399To trace out; to track; to draw out; also, to protract. [Obs.]Trāct'a-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 1399The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.Trăct'a-ble, a. p. 1399Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner. I shall find them tractable enough. Shak. 2. Capable of being handled…Trāct'a-ble-ness, n. p. 1399The state or quality of being tractable or manageable; docility; as, the tractable-ness of children.Trăct'a-bly, adv. p. 1399In a tractable manner; with ready compliance.Tract-ā'ri-an, n. p. 1399One of the writers of the Oxford tracts, called “Tracts for the Times” [1833-1835], in favor of Puseyism. See PUSEYISM.Tract-ā'ri-an-īsm, n. p. 1399The principles of the Tractarians, or Puseyites.Trāct'ate, n. p. 1399A treatise; a tract. [Obs.] “Agreeing in substance with Augustin’s, from whose fourteenth Tractate on St. John the words are translated.” Hare.Trac-tā'tion, n. p. 1399Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Trac-tā'tor, n. p. 1399One who writes tracts. [Obs.]Tract-ā'trix, n. p. 1399(Geom.) The same as TRACTORY.Trăc'tile, a. p. 1399Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile. Bodies are tractile or intractile. Bacon.Trac-tĭl'i-ty, n. p. 1399The quality of being tractile; ductility.Trā'c̆tion, n. p. 1399The act of drawing, or state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle. 2. Attraction; a drawing toward. Angle of traction (Mech.), the angle made with a given plane by the line of direction in…Trac-ti'tiōüs, a. p. 1399Treating of; handling. [Rare.]Trăct'ite, n. p. 1399The same as TRACTARIAN, q. v.