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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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Tra·gē′di·an, n. p. 1400A writer of tragedy. [Obs. or rare.] Thence what the lofty, grave tragedians taught In chorus or iambic, teachers best Of moral prudence. Milton. 2. A tragic actor or actress.Tra-gēd'i-ēnne, n. p. 1400A female actor of tragedy.Tra-gē'di-oŭs, a. p. 1400Like tragedy; tragical. [Obs.] “Tragedious history.” Fabyan.Trăg'ē-dy, n. p. 1400A dramatic poem representing some signal action performed by illustrious persons, and generally having a fatal issue. All our tragedies are of kings and princes. Bp. Taylor. Tragedy is poetry in its…Trāg'ic or Trāg'ic-al, a. p. 1400Pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation. 2. Fatal to life; mournful; sorrowful; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the…Trāg'ĭe, n. p. 1400A writer of tragedy. 2. A tragedy; a tragic drama.Träg'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1400In a tragical manner; mournfully; sorrowfully.Träg'ic-al-ness, n. p. 1400The quality of being tragical; mournfulness; sadness. We moralize the fable in the tragicalness of the event. Decay of Piety.Träg'i-cōm'e-dy, n. p. 1400A kind of dramatic piece representing some action passed among eminent persons, the event of which is not unhappy, in which serious and comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the nature…Träg'i-cōm'ie or Träg'i-cōm'ie-al, a. p. 1400Of, or pertaining to, tragicomedy; partaking of a mixture of grave and comic scenes. Julian felt toward him that tragic-comic sensation which makes us pity the object which excites it not the less…Träg'i-cōm'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1400In a tragi-comical manner.Träg'i-cōm'i-păs'to-ral, a. p. 1400Partaking of the nature of, or combining, tragedy, comedy, and pastorals. [Rare.] Gray.Trāil, v. t. p. 1400To hunt by the track. Halliwell. 2. To draw along the ground, “And hung his head, and trailed his legs along.” Dryden. They shall not trail me through the streets Like a wild beast. Milton. Long…Trāil, v. i. p. 1400To be drawn out in length. “When his brother saw the red blood trail.” Spencer. 2. To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.Trailing arbutus p. 1400a creeping or trailing plant of the genus Epigæa (E. repens), having white or usually rose-colored flowers with a delicate fragrance, growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in the…Trāil, n. p. 1400Track followed by the hunter; scent left on the ground by the animal pursued. How cheerfully on the false trail they cry! Shak. 2. Any thing drawn to length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of…Trail-boards p. 1400the carved work between the cheeks of the head, at the heel of the figure.Trāil'ing-sprīng, n. p. 1400A spring fixed in the axle-box of the trailing-wheels of a locomotive engine, and so placed as to assist in deadening any shock which may occur. Wade.Trāil'ing-wheel, n. p. 1400A hind wheel of a locomotive when it is not a driving-wheel; also, the hind wheel of a carriage.Trāil'-nĕt, n. p. 1400A net trailed or drawn behind a boat. Wright.Train, v. t. p. 1400To draw along; to trail. In hollow cube Training his devilish enginery. Milton. 2. To draw by persuasion, artifice, and the like; to entice; to allure. If but twelve French Were there in arms, they…Trāin, v. i. p. 1401To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company. [Collog.]Trāin, n. p. 1401That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement. Now to my charms, And to my wily trains. Milton. 2. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an…Trāin'a-ble, a. p. 1401Capable of being trained or educated.Trāin'-bānd, n. p. 1401A band or company of militia. He felt that, without some better protection than that of the train-bands and Beef-eaters, his palace and person would hardly be secure. Macaulay.Trāin'-beā'rer, n. p. 1401One who holds up a train, as of a robe.Trāin'el, n. p. 1401A drag-net. [Obs.] Holland.Trāin'er, n. p. 1401One who trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains or prepares men, horses, &c., for athletic exercises. 2. A militia-man when called out for exercise or discipline. [U. S.] Bartlett.Trāin'ing-dāy, n. p. 1401A day on which a military company assembles for drill, especially in public. [U. S.] Bartlett.Trāin'-mīle, n. p. 1401See MILE-RUN.Trāin'-oil, n. p. 1401The oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales by boiling.Trāin'-rōad, n. p. 1401(Mining.) A slight railway for small wagons.Trāin'-tăck/le, n. p. 1401(Naut.) A tackle hooked to the train of a gun, to hold it to its place.Trāin'y, a. p. 1401Belonging to train-oil. [Obs.] Gay.Trāipse, v. i. p. 1401To walk or run about sluttishly or thoughtlessly. [Colloq. and low.] Pope.Trāit, n. p. 1401A 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. ☞—…Traiteur, n. p. 1401The keeper of an eating-house, or restaurant; a restaurateur. Simmonds.Trāi'tor, n. p. 1401One who violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to its enemy, or any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or who…Trāi'tor, v. t. p. 1401To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive. [Obs.] Drummond. But time, it traitors me. Lithgow.Trāi'tor, a. p. 1401Like a traitor; treacherous; traitorous. [Rare.] Pope.Trāi'tor-ess, n. p. 1401A female who betrays.Trāi'tor-ly, a. p. 1401Like a traitor; treacherous; traitorous. [Obs.] Shak.Trāi'tor-ōŭs, a. p. 1401Guilty of treason; treacherous; perfidious; faithless; as, a traitorous officer or subject. 2. Consisting in treason; partaking of treason; implying breach of allegiance; as, a traitorous scheme or…Trai'tor-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 1401In a traitorous manner; treacherously; perfidiously. They had traitorously endeavored to subvert the fundamental laws. Clarendon.Trāi'tor-oŭs-ness, n. p. 1401The quality of being traitorous or treacherous; treachery.Trāi'tress, n. p. 1401A female traitor; she who betrays her trust; a traitoress. Dryden.Tra-jēct’, v. t. p. 1401To throw or cast through; as, to traject the sun’s light through three or more cross prisms. [Rare.] Newton.Trāj'ect, n. p. 1401A place for passing across; a passage. [Obs.] 2. The curve or course of a heavenly body in its orbit; a trajectory. [Rare.] “The traject of comets.” I. Taylor.Tra-jec'tion, n. p. 1401The act of trajecting; a throwing or casting through or across; also, emission. 2. Transposition. [Rare.] Knatchbull.Tra-jĕct'o-ry, n. p. 1401The curve which a body describes in space, as a planet or comet in its orbit, or a stone thrown upward obliquely in the air. Brande.Trā'jet, n. p. 1401Passage over or across. [Obs.] Chaucer.Trā'jet-or, n. p. 1401One who cozens or deceives, as a juggler by the rapidity of the changes he makes; a conjurer; a juggler. [Obs.] “With sleights of a trajetor.” Gower.Trā'jet-ry, n. p. 1401The art or practices of a trajetor; jugglery. [Obs.] Chaucer.Tra-lā'tion, n. p. 1401A change in the use of a word, or the use of a word in a less proper but more significant sense. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Trā'la-ti'tion, n. p. 1401A change, as in the use of words; a metaphor.Trăl'a-tī'tioŭs, a. p. 1401Metaphorical; figurative; not literal.Trăl/a-tī'tiŏus-ly, adv. p. 1401In a tralatitious manner; metaphorically; figuratively; not in a literal sense. Holder.Tra-līn'e-āte, v. t. p. 1401To deviate from any direction. [Obs.] Dryden.Tra-lū'cen-cy, n. p. 1401Translucency; clearness. [Obs.]Tra-lū'çent, a. p. 1401Transparent; clear; translucent. [Obs.] Davies.