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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Trăct'ive, a. p. 1399Serving to draw; pulling; attracting; as, tractive power.Trac'tor, n. p. 1399That which draws, or is used for drawing. 2. (pl.) (Med.) Two small, pointed bars of brass and steel, which, being drawn over diseased parts of the body, were, at one time, supposed to give relief…Trac/to-rā'tion, n. p. 1399The act or process of employing metallic tractors for the cure of diseases.Trāct'o-ry or Trāct'rix, n. p. 1399(Geom.) The curve described on a plane by a heavy point attached to a string, and drawn along by moving the other end of the string.Trāde, n. p. 1399The act or business of exchanging commodities by barter; the business of buying and selling for money; commerce; traffic; barter. Trade comprehends every species of exchange or dealing, either in the…Trāde, v. i. p. 1399To barter, or to buy and sell; to deal in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods, wares, and merchandise, or any thing else; to traffic; to bargain; to carry on commerce as a business. “A free…Trāde, v. t. p. 1399To sell or exchange in commerce. They traded the persons of men. Ezek. xxvii. 13. 2. To barter; to exchange. “Ready to dicker and to swap, to trade rifles and watches.” Cooper.Trād'ed, a. p. 1399Versed; practiced. [Obs.] Shak.Trāde'ful, a. p. 1399Commercial; busy in traffic. Spenser.Trāde'less, a. p. 1399Having no trade or traffic.Trāde'-märk, n. p. 1399A distinguishing mark or device used by a manufacturer on his goods or labels, the legal right in which is recognized by law. Simmonds.Trāde'-prīce, n. p. 1399A lower price allowed to members of the same trade, or by wholesale dealers to retailers. Simmonds.Trād'er, n. p. 1399One engaged in trade or commerce; a dealer in buying and selling, or barter; as, a trader to the East Indies; a trader to Canada; a country trader.Trāde'-sāle, n. p. 1399An auction by and for the trade, especially that of the booksellers.Trādes'-folk, n. p. 1399People employed in trade; tradesmen. [Rare.] Swift.Trādes'man, n. p. 1399One who trades; a shopkeeper. 2. Any mechanic or artificer whose livelihood depends upon the labor of his hands. Burrill. 3. A handicraftsman in a borough. [Scot.]Trādes'-ūn'ion, n. p. 1399A combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights and privileges, with respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, and the like. Simmonds.Trādes'wom-an, n. p. 1399A woman who trades, or is skilled in trade.Trāde'-wind, n. p. 1399A wind in the torrid zone, and often a little beyond it, which blows from the same quarter throughout the year, unless when affected by local causes; — so called because of great advantage to…Tra-dĭ'tion, n. p. 1399The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery. A deed takes effect only from the tradition or delivery. Blackstone. 2. The unwritten or oral delivery of opinions, doctrines, practices…Tra-dĭ'tion, v. t. p. 1400To transmit by way of tradition. [Obs. and rare.] The following story is traditioned with very much credit amongst our English Catholics. Fuller.Tra-dĭ'tion-al, a. p. 1400Of, pertaining to, or derived from, tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional evidence…Tra-dĭ'tion-al-ism, n. p. 1400A system of faith founded on tradition. 2. The doctrine that all religious faith is to be based solely upon what is delivered from competent authority, exclusive of rational processes.Tra-dĭ'tion-al-ist, n. p. 1400An advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a traditionist.Tra-dĭ'tion-al-ly, adv. p. 1400In a traditional manner; by tradition; as, an opinion or doctrine traditionally derived from the apostles is of no authority.Tra-dĭ'tion-a-ri-ly, adv. p. 1400In a traditional manner; by tradition. Dwight.Tra-dĭ'tion-a-ry, a. p. 1400Of, pertaining to, or derived from, tradition; traditional. The reveries of the Talmud, a collection of Jewish traditionary interpolations, are unrivaled in the regions of absurdity. Buckminster.Tra-dĭ'tion-a-ry, n. p. 1400One, among the Jews, who acknowledges the authority of traditions, and explains the Scriptures by them.Tra-dĭ'tion-er or Tra-dĭ'tion-ist, n. p. 1400One who adheres to tradition.Tra-dĭ'tion-ĭsm, n. p. 1400Traditionalism.Trād'ĭ-tive, a. p. 1400Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from age to age, by oral communication. Suppose we on things traditive divide. Dryden.Trād'-i-tor, n. p. 1400(Eccl. Hist.) A deliverer;—a name of infamy given to Christians who delivered the Scriptures or the goods of the church to their persecutors to save their lives. Milner.Tra-dūçe', v. t. p. 1400To represent; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to make an example of. [Obs.] 2. To represent as blamable; to calumniate; to vilify; to defame; willfully to misrepresent; to expose to contempt. The…Tra-dūçe'ment, n. p. 1400The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny. [Rare.] Shak.Tra-dū'çent, a. p. 1400Slanderous. Entick.Tra-dū'çer, n. p. 1400One who traduces; a slanderer; a calumniator. 2. One who derives or deduces. [Obs.] Fuller.Tra-dū'cian, n. p. 1400A believer in Traducianism.Tra-dū'cian-ism, n. p. 1400(Theol.) The doctrine that human souls are produced by the act of generation.Tra-dū'çi-ble, a. p. 1400Capable of being traduced. [R.]Tra-dū'cing-ly, adv. p. 1400In a traducing manner.Tra-dūct', v. t. p. 1400To derive or deduce; also, to transfer. [Obs.] Fotherby.Tra-dūct’, n. p. 1400That which is traducted; that which is transferred; a translation. [Obs.]Tra-dūc'tion, n. p. 1400Derivation from one of the same kind; propagation. If by traduction came thy mind, Our wonder is the less to find A soul so charming from a stock so good. Dryden. 2. Transmission from one to another…