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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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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.Tre-păn', n. p. 1410A snare; a trapan. “The snares and trepans that common life lays in its way.” South.Tre-păng', n. p. 1410(Zool.) A species of holothurian (Holothuria edulis), esteemed as a great delicacy by the Chinese; sea-cucumber; sea-slug; — called also bêche-de-mer. It is found along the shore in various parts of…Trēp'an īze, v. t. p. 1410To perforate with a trepan; to trepan. [Obs.] Holland.Tre-păn'ner, n. p. 1410One who trepans.Trĕp'e-ġĕt, n. p. 1410The same as TREBUCHET. [Obs.]Tre-phīne' or Tre-phïne', n. p. 1410(Surg.) An instrument for trepanning, more modern than the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center-pin.Tre-phīne' or Tre-phïne', v. t. p. 1410To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.Trĕp'id, a. p. 1410Trembling; quaking. [Obs.]Trĕp′i-dā′tion, n. p. 1410An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; hence, a state of terror; as, the men were in great trepidation. 2. (Anc. Astron.) A libration of the…Trēs'ayle, n. p. 1410(Law.) A grandfather's grandfather.Trēs'pass, v. i. p. 1410To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go. [Obs.] Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce . . . trespassed out of this uncertain world. Ld. Berners. 2. To pass over the boundary line…Trēs'pass, n. p. 1410Any injury or offense done to another. If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Matt. vi. 15. 2. Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any…Trĕs'pass-er, n. p. 1410One who commits a trespass; one who enters upon another's land, or violates his rights. 2. A transgressor of the moral law; an offender; a sinner.Trĕss, n. p. 1410A knot or curl of hair; a ringlet. Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare. Pope. 2. A trace. [Obs. and rare.] His reins lost, or seat, or with the trees His chariot failed him. Chapman.Trĕssed, a. p. 1410Having tresses. 2. Formed into ringlets; curled. Spencer.Trēs'sel, n. p. 1410The same as TRESTLE, q. v.Trĕss'ûre, n. p. 1410(Her.) A kind of border similar to the orle, but of only half the breadth of the latter.Trĕss'ŭred, a. p. 1410Provided or bound with a tressure; arranged in the form of a tressure; occupying the position of a tressure. The tressured fleur-de-luce he claims To wreathe his shield, since royal James. W. Scott.Trĕss'y, a. p. 1410Abounding in tresses.