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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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Tree'-mōss, n. p. 1409A species of lichen.Treen, a. p. 1409Made of wood; wooden. “Treen cups.” Camden. 2. Relating to, or drawn from, trees. “Treen liquors, especially that of the date.” Evelyn.Treen, n. p. 1409pl. of tree. See TREE. “Among the shady treen.” [Obs.] Fairfax.Tree’nail, n. p. 1409(Naut.) A long, wooden pin, used in fastening the planks of a ship to the timbers. [Written also trunnel.]Tree'-ôn'ion, n. p. 1409(Bot.) A species of garlic (Allium proliferum), which produces bulbs in place of flowers, or among its flowers.Tree'-prīm'rōse, n. p. 1409(Bot.) A certain plant.Tree'ship, n. p. 1409The state or condition of being a tree; treehood. Cowper.Tree'-sŏr'rel, n. p. 1409(Bot.) A plant of the genus Rumex (R. lunaria); a species of sorrel or dock.Tree'-tōad, n. p. 1409The same as TREE-FROG, q. v.Tré'fle, n. p. 1409(Fort.) A species of mine;—so called from its resemblance in form to a trefoil.Trē'foil, n. p. 1409(Bot.) A plant of many species of the genus Trifolium, which includes the white clover, red clover, &c.; — applied also to the Medicago lupulina, or nonesuch, cultivated for fodder. 2. (Arch.) An…Trĕil'lage, n. p. 1409(Hort.) A sort of rail-work, consisting of light posts and rails for supporting espaliers, and sometimes for wall-trees. I shall plant the roses against my treillage to-morrow. H. Walpole.Trēl'lis, n. p. 1409A structure or frame of cross-barred work, or lattice-work, used for various purposes, as for screens for supporting plants.Trĕl'lised, a. p. 1409Having a trellis or trellises. “Cottages trellised over with exotic plants.” Jeffrey.Tre-mūn'do, a. p. 1409Trembling; — applied, in music, to a general shaking of the whole chord.Trēm'a-tōde, n. p. 1409(Zöol.) An intestinal worm of the tribe Trematoda, having organs of imbibition and adhesion in the form of suckers. Dana.Trēm'ble, v. i. p. 1409To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; — said of a person. I tremble still with fear. Shak. Frighted Turnus trembled as he spoke. Dryden.…Trĕm'ble, n. p. 1409An involuntary shaking or quivering; as, to be all in a tremble. Dickens.Trēm'bler, n. p. 1409One who trembles.Trēm'bling-ly, adv. p. 1409In a trembling manner; shakingly. “Tremblingly she stood.” Shak.Trēm'bling-pōp'lar, n. p. 1409(Bot.) The aspen-tree; Populus tremula.Tre-mel'la, n. p. 1409(Bot.) A species of fungus of a gelatinous consistence found in moist grounds.Tre-mèn'dous, a. p. 1409Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall; a…Tre-mĕn'doŭs-ly, adv. p. 1409In a tremendous manner; terribly; awfully.Tre-mĕn'dŏŭs-ness, n. p. 1409The state or quality of being tremendous, terrible, or violent.Trēm'o-lite, n. p. 1409(Min.) A white variety of hornblende, in long, blade-like crystals, and coarsely fibrous masses. Dana.Trĕm'o-lo, n. p. 1409(Mus.) (a.) The rapid reiteration of tones without any apparent cessation, so as to produce a tremulous effect. (b.) A certain contrivance in an organ, which causes the notes to sound with rapid…Trē'mor or Trēm'or, n. p. 1409An involuntary trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or old. He fell into a universal tremor of all his joints. Harvey.Trēm'ū-lant, a. p. 1409Tremulous. [Rare.]Trēm'ū-lōus, a. p. 1409Affected with fear or timidity; trembling. [Rare.] “The tender, tremulous Christian.” Decay of Piety. 2. Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the…Trēm'ū-loŭs-ly, adv. p. 1409In a tremulous manner; tremblingly.Trĕm'ū-lōŭs-ness, n. p. 1409The state of being tremulous or quivering; as, the tremulousness of an aspen leaf.Trēn, n. p. 1409A fish-spear. [Obs.] Ainsworth.Trĕnch, v. t. p. 1409To cut or dig, as a ditch, a channel for water, or a long hollow in the earth; as, we trench land for draining. 2. To fortify by cutting a ditch and raising a rampart or breastwork of earth thrown…Trĕnch, v. i. p. 1410To encroach. See INTRENCH. Does it not seem as if for a creature to challenge to itself a boundless attribute, were to trench upon the prerogative of the divine nature? I. Taylor. 2. To have…Trēnch, n. p. 1410A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land. 2. (Fort.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged…Trēnch'and, a. p. 1410Trenchant. [Obs.]Trēnch'ant, a. p. 1410Fitted to trench or cut; cutting; sharp. “And fiercely took his trenchant blade in hand.” Spenser. 2. Unsparing; severe; as, trenchant wit.Trĕnch′-cāv′-a-liēr′, n. p. 1410(Fort.) An elevation constructed, by a besieger, of gabions, fascines, earth, and the like, about half way up the glacis, in order to discover and enfilade the covered way.Trēnch'er, n. p. 1410One who trenches, or digs ditches. 2. A large wooden plate or platter. 3. The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food. Shak. It would be no ordinary declension that would bring some men to…Trĕnch'er-fly, n. p. 1410One that haunts the tables of others; a parasite. [Rare.] L'Estrange.Trĕnch'er-friend, n. p. 1410One who frequents the tables of others; a sponger.Trĕnch'er-man, n. p. 1410A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer. 2. A cook. [Obs.] Palladius assuring him that he had already been more fed to his liking than he could be by the skillfullest trencher-men of Media. Sidney.Trĕnch'er-māte, n. p. 1410A table companion; a parasite; a trencher-fly. Hooker.Trĕnch'mōre, n. p. 1410A kind of lively dance in triple time, performed in a rude, boisterous manner. [Obs.] All the windows in the town dance a new trenchmore. Beau. & Fl.Trĕnch'mōre, v. i. p. 1410To perform the dance so called. [Obs.] Marston.Trĕnch'-plow or Trĕnch'-plough, n. p. 1410A kind of plow for opening land to a greater depth than that of common furrows.Trĕnch'-plow or Trĕnch'-plough, v. t. p. 1410To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.Trĕnd, v. i. p. 1410To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the south-west.Trĕnd, v. t. p. 1410To cause to turn; to bend. [Rare.] Not far beneath i' the valley as she trends Her silver stream. Browne.Trĕnd, n. p. 1410Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; direction; as, the trend of a coast. Trend of an anchor. (Naut.) (a.) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank…Trĕnd, v. t. p. 1410To cleanse, as wool. [Prov. Eng.]Trĕnd, n. p. 1410Clean wool. [Prov. Eng.] Simmonds.Trĕn'del, n. p. 1410A weight, or post, in a mill. Crabb.Trĕnd'er, n. p. 1410One whose business it is to free wool from its filth. [Prov. Eng.]Trĕn'dle, n. p. 1410Any thing round used in turning or rolling; a little wheel; the hoop of a wheel; a trundle. The shaft the wheel, the wheel the trindle turns. Sylvester.Trēn′tal, n. p. 1410An office for the dead in the Roman Catholic service, consisting of thirty masses rehearsed for thirty days successively after the party’s death. 2. Hence, a dirge; an elegy.Tre-păn', n. p. 1410(Surg.) A crown or cylindrical saw for perforating the skull, turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet.Tre-pān', v. t. p. 1410To perforate the skull with a trepan, and take out a piece; — a surgical operation for relieving the brain from pressure or irritation.Tre-pān′, v. t. p. 1410To insnare; to trap; to trapan. Guards even of a dozen men were silently trepanned from their stations. De Quincey.