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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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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.Trēs'tle, n. p. 1410A movable frame or support for any thing, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top-piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen…Trēt, n. p. 1410(Com.) An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of 4 pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare is deducted. McCulloch.Trēth'ing, n. p. 1410A tax; an impost. [Obs.] Johnson.Trē'vat, n. p. 1410A weaver's cutting instrument for severing the pile threads of velvet.Trē'vet, n. p. 1410A stool or other thing supported by three legs: a trivet.Trews, n. pl. p. 1410Trowsers. [Scot.] He wore the trews, or close trousers, made of tartan. W. Scott.Trey, n. p. 1410A three at cards; a card of three spots.Trī p. 1410A prefix, signifying three, thrice, from Gr. τρίς, thrice, τρεῖς, τρία, Lat. tres, tria, three.Trī'a-ble, a. p. 1410Fit or possible to be tried; liable to be subjected to trial or test. “Experiments triable.” Boyle. 2. Liable to undergo a judicial examination; properly coming under the cognizance of a court; as, a…Trī'a-ble-ness, n. p. 1410The state of being triable.Trī/a-cōn/ta-hē'dral, a. p. 1410Having thirty sides. 2. (Min.) Bounded by thirty rhombs. Cleveland.Trī'a-cōnʹter, n. p. 1410(Gr. Antiq.) A vessel of thirty oars.Trī'ad, n. p. 1410The union of three; three objects united. 2. (Mus.) The common chord, consisting of a tone with its third and fifth, with or without the octave. Triads of the Welsh bards, poetical histories, in…Trī'a-dĕlph'ōus, a. p. 1410(Bot.) Having stamens joined by their filaments into three bundles. Gray.Trī'al, n. p. 1410The act of trying or testing in any manner; specifically, (a.) Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what it is capable of effecting. (b.) The act of testing by…Trī-ăl'i-ty, n. p. 1411Three united; state of being three. [Rare.] Wharton.Trī'a-lŏgue, n. p. 1411A discourse or colloquy by three persons.Trī'an-der, n. p. 1411(Bot.) A plant of the class Triandria.Trī-ăn'drĭ-ȧ, n. p. 1411(Bot.) A class of plants, according to the Linnæan system, having three distinct and equal stamens.Trī-ăn'dri-an or Trī-ăn'droŭs, a. p. 1411(Bot.) Belonging to the class Triandria; having three distinct and equal stamens in the same flower with a pistil or pistils.Trī'an-gle, n. p. 1411(Geom.) A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles. ☞ A triangle is either plane, spherical, or curvilinear, according as its sides are straight lines, or arcs of great circles of a…Trī'an-gled, a. p. 1411Having three angles; triangular.Trī-ăn'gu-lar, a. p. 1411Having three angles. 2. (Bot.) (a.) Flat or lamellar, and having three sides; as, a triangular leaf. (b.) Oblong, and having three lateral faces; as, a triangular stem, seed, column, and the like.…Trī-ăn'gu-lăr'i-ty, n. p. 1411The quality of being triangular.Trī-ăn'gu-lar-ly, adv. p. 1411In a triangular manner; in the form of a triangle.