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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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Trans-vā'sāte, v. t. p. 1406To pour or transfer, as a fluid, from one vessel to another; to transfuse. [Obs. and rare.]Trāns-va-sā'tion, n. p. 1406The act or process of pouring out of one vessel into another. [Obs. and rare.] Holland.Trans-vĕc'tion, n. p. 1406The act of conveying or carrying over.Trans-vĕr'ber-āte, v. t. p. 1406To beat or strike through. [Obs.]Trans-vēr'sal, a. p. 1406Running or lying across; as, a transversal line.Trans-vĕr'sal, n. p. 1406(Geom.) A straight or curved line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle.Trans-vēr'sal-ly, adv. p. 1406In a transversal direction; crosswise. Wilkins.Trans-vērse', a. p. 1406Lying or being across, or in a cross-wise direction. Transverse axis of an ellipse or hyperbola (Geom.), that axis which passes through the foci. — Transverse partition (Bot.), a partition, as of a…Trāns'verse, n. p. 1406(Geom.) The longer axis of an ellipse.Trans-vērse', v. t. p. 1406To overturn. [Rare.] Leslie.Trans-vērse'ly, adv. p. 1406In a transverse manner; as, to cut a thing transversely. At Stonehenge the stones lie transversely upon each other. Stillingsfleet.Trans-vĕrt’, v. t. p. 1406To cause to turn across; to transverse. [Obs.] Chaucer.Trans-vĕrt'i-ble, a. p. 1406Capable of being transverted. [Rare.] Browne.Trans'vo-lā'tion, n. p. 1406The act of flying beyond or across. Jesus had some extraordinary transvolations and acts of emigration beyond the lines of his even and ordinary conversation. Bp. Taylor.Trānt, v. i. p. 1406To traffic in an itinerant manner; to peddle. [Obs.] Hall.Trānt'er, n. p. 1406One who trants; a peddler; a carrier. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Trāp, n. p. 1406An engine or contrivance that shuts suddenly or with a spring, used for taking game; as, a trap for foxes. 2. An ambush; a stratagem; any device by which men or other animals may be caught unawares.…Trāp, a. p. 1406Of, or pertaining to, trap-rock; as, a trap dike.Trāp, n. p. 1406(Min.) A heavy, igneous rock, of a greenish-black or grayish color, consisting of an intimate mixture of feldspar and hornblende or pyroxene. When consisting of hornblende and albitic feldspar, it is…Trāp, v. t. p. 1406To catch in a trap; as, to trap foxes or beaver. 2. To insnare; to take by stratagem. “I trapped the foe.” Dryden. 3. [See ATTRAP.] To dress with ornaments; to adorn. [Rare.] “To deck his hearse, and…Trāp, v. i. p. 1406To set traps for game; as, to trap for beaver.Tra-pān', v. t. p. 1406To insnare; to catch by stratagem. “Having some of his people trapanned at Baldivia.” Anson.Tra-păn', n. p. 1406A snare; a stratagem.Tra-păn'ner, n. p. 1406One who trapans or insnares.Trăp'-ball, n. p. 1406A game played with a trap, a ball, and a bat. See TRAP, 3. Halliwell.Trăp'-dōor, n. p. 1406A door, as in a floor or roof, which shuts close, like a valve. Ray. Trap-door spider (Zoöl.), a spider of the genus Cteniza;—so called from its forming a habitation in the ground, consisting of a…Trāpe, v. i. p. 1406To walk or run about idly and sluttishly; to traipse. [Obs.]Trāpes, n. p. 1406A slattern; an idle, sluttish woman.Trāp'e-zate, a. p. 1406Having four unequal sides, no two of which are parallel; having the form of a trapezium.Tra-pēze', n. p. 1406A trapezium.Tra-pē'zi-an, a. p. 1406(Crystallog.) Having the lateral planes composed of trapeziums situated in two ranges between two bases.Tra-pē'zi-fōrm, a. p. 1406Having the form of a trapezium.Tra-pē′zi-ūm, n. p. 1406A. [N. Lat., fr. Gr. τραπέζιον, a little table, an irregular four-sided figure, diminutive of τραπέζα, a table; It. trapezio, Sp. trapecio, Fr. trapéze.] 1. (Geom.) A plane figure contained under…Trāp'e-zo-hē'dral, a. p. 1406(Crystallog.) Pertaining to, or in the form of, a trapezohedron;—said of a solid bounded by twenty-four equal and similar trapeziums. Jones.Trāp'e-zo-hē'dron, n. p. 1406(Geom.) A solid bounded by twenty-four equal and similar trapeziums;—a common crystalline form of garnet. Dana.Trăp'e-zoid, n. p. 1406(Geom.) A plane, four-sided figure, having two of the opposite sides parallel to each other.Trāp/e-zoid'al, a. p. 1406Having the form of a trapezoid. 2. Having the surface composed of twenty-four trapeziums, all equal and similar. Cleaveland.Trāp'-hōle, n. p. 1406See TROUS-DE-LOUP.Trāp'pe-an, a. p. 1406Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, trap, or trap-rock.Trāp'per, n. p. 1406One who sets traps to catch animals, usually for furs. Irving.Trāp'pings, n. pl. p. 1406That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; external and superficial decorations. “Trappings of life, for ornament, not use.” Dryden. These but the trappings and the suits of woe. Shak.…Trāp'pist, n. p. 1407(Rom. Cath. Church.) One of an order of monks founded in 1098, and confirmed in 1119. They were originally Cistercians, and received their name from La Trappe, in Normandy, where a community of them…Trāp'poüs, a. p. 1407Pertaining to trap; resembling trap, or partaking of its form or qualities; trappy.Trăp'py, a. p. 1407Pertaining to, resembling, or composed of, trap-rock. Wright.Trăp'-rŏck, n. p. 1407(Min.) The same as TRAP, q. v.Trăp'-stāirs, n. pl. p. 1407A staircase having a trap-door at the top.Trăp'-stick, n. p. 1407A stick used in playing the game of trap-ball; hence, a slender leg. Addison.Trāp'-tree, n. p. 1407(Bot.) A tree of the genus Artocarpus, which furnishes a glutinous gum, used as bird-lime. Simmonds.Trāp'-tū'fā or Trāp'-tūff, n. p. 1407(Min.) A kind of fragmental rock made up of fragments and earthy materials from trap-rocks. Dana.Trāsh, n. p. 1407That which is worthless; stuff which is bad, or good for nothing. Who steals my purse steals trash. Shak. A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin. Landor. 2. Especially, loppings of trees…Trāsh, v. t. p. 1407To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop; as, to trash trees; to trash the ratoons of sugar-cane. Edwards. 2. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn…Trāsh, v. i. p. 1407To follow with violence and trampling. [Rare.] Todd.Trăsh'-īçe, n. p. 1407Crumbled ice mixed with water.Trăsh'i-ly, adv. p. 1407In a trashy manner.Trăsh'i-ness, n. p. 1407The state or quality of being trashy.Trăsh'y, a. p. 1407Like trash; waste; rejected; worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel.Trāss, n. p. 1407(Min.) A volcanic earth or sand-rock resembling puzzolana, used as a cement; or a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water. ☞— The…Trau'lism, n. p. 1407A stammering. [Obs.]Trāwl'-nĕt, n. p. 1407The same as TRAWL-NET, q. v.Trau-mat'ic, a. p. 1407(Med.) (a.) Of, pertaining or applied to, wounds. Coze. (b.) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary. Wiseman. (c.) Produced by wounds; as, traumatic tetanus.