Chapter 1751

To toy , to wanton, dally, smile and jest. Shak.

Toy <Xpage=1523>

Toy , v. t. To treat foolishly. [Obs.] E. Dering (1576) .

Toyear <Xpage=1523>

To*year (?) , adv. [ To , prep. + year . ] This year. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Toyer <Xpage=1523>

Toy"er (?) , n. One who toys; one who is full of trifling tricks; a trifler.

Toyful <Xpage=1523>

Toy"ful (?) , a. Full of trifling play. [Obs.]

Donne.

Toyhouse <Xpage=1523>

Toy"house` (?) , n. A house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse.

Toyingly <Xpage=1523>

Toy"ing*ly (?) , adv. In a toying manner.

Toyish <Xpage=1523>

Toy"ish , a 1. Sportive; trifling; wanton.

2. Resembling a toy.

-- Toy"ish*ly , dv. - Toy"ish*ness , n.

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Toyman <Xpage=1524>

Toy"man (?) , n. One who deals toys.

Toyshop <Xpage=1524>

Toy"shop` (?) , n. A shop where toys are sold.

Toysome <Xpage=1524>

Toy"some (?) , a. Disposed to toy; trifling; wanton. [R.]

Ford.

Toze <Xpage=1524>

Toze (?) , v. t. To pull violently; to touse. [Obs.]

Tozy <Xpage=1524>

To"zy (?) , a. [See Toze ] Soft, like wool that has been teased. -- To"zi*ness (#) , n.

Trabea <Xpage=1524>

Tra"be*a (?) , n. ; pl. Trabe\'91 (#) . [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes. -- worn by kings, consuls, and augurs.

Dr. W. Smith.

Trabeated <Xpage=1524>

Tra"be*a`ted (?) , a. (Arch.) Furnished with an entablature.

Trabeation <Xpage=1524>

Tra`be*a"tion (?) , n. [L. trabs , trabis , a beam, a timber.] (Arch.) Same as Entablature .

Trabecula <Xpage=1524>

Tra*bec"u*la (?) , n. ; pl. Trabecul\'91 (-l&emac;) . [L., a little beam.] (Anat.) A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ part.

Trabecular <Xpage=1524>

Tra*bec"u*lar (?) , a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a trabecula or trabecul\'91; composed of trabecul\'91.

Trabeculate <Xpage=1524>

Tra*bec"u*late (?) , a. (Bot.) Crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana stem.

Trabu <Xpage=1524>

Tra"bu (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Trubu .

Trace <Xpage=1524>

Trace (?) , n. [F. trais . pl. of trait . See Trait .] One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.

Trace <Xpage=1524>

Trace , n. [F. trace . See Trace , v. t. ] 1. A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace .

Milton.

2. (Chem.&Min.) A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis;-hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr .

3. A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige.

The shady empire shall retain no trace Of war or blood, but in the sylvan chase. Pope.

4. (Descriptive Geom.&Persp.) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

5. (Fort.) The ground plan of a work or works.

Syn . -Vestige; mark; token. See Vestige .

Trace <Xpage=1524>

Trace , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. traced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. tracing .] [OF. tracier , F. tracer , from (assumed) LL. tractiare , fr.L. tractus , p. p. of trahere to draw. Cf. Abstract , Attract , Contract , Portratt , Tract , Trail , Train , Treat . ] 1. To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing .

Some faintly traced features or outline of the mother and the child, slowly lading into the twilight of the woods. Hawthorne.

2. To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens.

Cowper.

You may trace the deluge quite round the globe. T. Burnet.

I feel thy power . . . to trace the ways Of highest agents. Milton.

3. Hence, to follow the trace or track of.

How all the way the prince on footpace traced . Spenser.

4. To copy; to imitate.

That servile path thou nobly dost decline, Of tracing word, and line by line. Denham.

5. To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

We do trace this alley up and down. Shak.

Trace <Xpage=1524>

Trace , v. i. To walk; to go; to travel. [Obs.]

Not wont on foot with heavy arms to trace . Spenser.

Traceable <Xpage=1524>

Trace"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being traced. -- Trace"a*ble*ness , n. -- Trace"a/bly , adv.

Tracer <Xpage=1524>

Tra"cer (?) , n. One who, or that which, traces.

Tracer/y <Xpage=1524>

Tra"cer/y (?) , n. ; pl. Traceries (<?/) (Arch.) Ornamental work with rambled lines. Especially: -- (a) The decorative head of a Gothic window.

&hand; Window tracery is of two sorts, plate tracery and bar tracery . Plate tracery , common in Italy, consists of a series of ornamental patterns cut through a flat plate of stone. Bar tracery is a decorative pattern formed by the curves and intersections of the molded bars of the mullions. Window tracery is imitated in many decorative objects, as panels of wood or metal either pierced or in relief. See also Stump tracery under Stump , and Fan tracery under Fan .

(b) A similar decoration in some styles of vaulting, the ribs of the vault giving off the minor bars of which the tracery is composed.

Trachea <Xpage=1524>

Tra"che*a (?) , n. ; pl. Trache\'91 (#) . [NL.,from L. trachia , Gr. trachei^a (sc. <?/ windpipe), from <?/ rough, rugged: cf. F. trach\'82e .]

1. (Anat.) The windpipe. See Illust . of Lung .

2. (Zo\'94l.) One of the respiratory tubes of insects and arachnids.

3. (Bot.) One of the large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts.

Tracheal <Xpage=1524>

Tra"che*al (?) , a. [Cf.F. tracheal .] Of or pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea.

Trachearia <Xpage=1524>

Tra`che*a"ri*a (?) , n.pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by means of trache\'91. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen.

Tracheary <Xpage=1524>

Tra"che*a*ry (?) , a. Tracheal; breathing by means of trache\'91. -- n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Trachearia.

Tracheata <Xpage=1524>

Tra`che*a"ta (?) , n.pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) An extensive division of arthropods comprising all those which breathe by trache\'91, as distinguished from Crustacea, which breathe by means of branchi\'91.

Tracheate <Xpage=1524>

Tra"che*ate (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Breathing by means of trache\'91; of or pertaining to the Tracheata.

Tracheate <Xpage=1524>

Tra"che*ate , n. (Zo\'94l.) Any arthropod having trache\'91; one of the Tracheata.

Tracheid <Xpage=1524>

Tra"che*id (?) , n. (Bot.) A wood cell with spiral or other markings and closed throughout, as in pine wood.

Tracheitis <Xpage=1524>

Tra`che*i"tis (?) , n. [NL. See Trachea , and - itis .] (Med.) Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe.

Trachelidan <Xpage=1524>

Tra*chel"i*dan (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ neck.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of a tribe of beetles ( Trachelides ) which have the head supported on a pedicel. The oil beetles and the Cantharides are examples.

Trachelipod <Xpage=1524>

Tra*chel"i*pod (?) , n. [Gr.<?/ neck + -pod :cf.F. trachelipode .] (Zo\'94l.) One of the Trachelipoda.

Trachelipoda <Xpage=1524>

Tra`che*lip"o*da (?) , n.pl. [NL. See Trachelipod .] (Zo\'94l.) An extensive artificial group of gastropods comprising all those which have a spiral shell and the foot attached to the base of the neck.

Trachelipodous <Xpage=1524>

Tra`che*lip"o*dous (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Having the foot united with the neck; of or pertainingto the Trachelipoda.

Trachelobranchiate <Xpage=1524>

Tra`che*lo*bran"chi*ate (?) , a. [Gr.<?/ + E. tranchiate .] (Zo\'94l.) Having the gills situated upon the neck; -- said of certain mollusks.

Trachelorrhaphy <Xpage=1524>

Tra`che*lor"rha*phy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ neck + <?/ to sew.] (Med.) The operation of sewing up a laceration of the neck of the uterus.

Trachenchyma <Xpage=1524>

Tra*chen"chy*ma (?) , n. [NL.,fr. trachea + - enchyma as in E. parenchyma .] (Bot.) A vegetable tissue consisting of trache\'91.

Tracheobranchia <Xpage=1524>

Tra`che*o*bran"chi*a (?) , n. ; pl. Tracheobranchlae (#) . [NL. See Trachea , and Branchia .] (Zo\'94l.) One of the gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic insect larv\'91. They contain tracheal tubes somewhat similar to those of other insects.

Tracheobronchial <Xpage=1524>

Tra`che*o*bron"chi*al (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining both to the tracheal and bronchial tubes, or to their junction; -- said of the syrinx of certain birds.

Tracheocele <Xpage=1524>

Tra"che*o*cele (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ the windpipe + <?/ a tumor: cf.F. tracheocele . ] (Med.) (a) Goiter. (b) A tumor containing air and communicating with the trachea.

Morell Mackenzie.

Tracheophon\'91 <Xpage=1524>

Tra`che*oph"o*n\'91 (<?/) , n. pl. [NL., from trachea + Gr. fonei^n to sound.] (Zo\'94l.) A group of passerine birds having the syrinx at the lower end of the trachea.

Tracheoscopy <Xpage=1524>

Tra`che*os"co*py (?) , n. [ Trachea + -scopy .] (Med.) Examination of the interior of the trachea by means of a mirror.

Tracheotomy <Xpage=1524>

Tra`che*ot"o*my (?) , n. [ Trachea + Gr. <?/ to cut: cf.F. tracheotomie .] (Surg.) The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.

Trachinoid <Xpage=1524>

Tra"chi*noid (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Of, pertaining to, or like, Trachinus , a genus of fishes which includes the weevers. See Weever .

Trachitis <Xpage=1524>

Tra*chi"tis (?) , n. [NL.] (Med.) Tracheitis.

Trachycarpous <Xpage=1524>

Tra`chy*car"pous (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ rough + <?/ fruit.] (Bot.) Rough-fruited.

Gray.

Trachymedus\'91 <Xpage=1524>

Tra`chy*me*du"s\'91 (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr.Gr. <?/ rough + medusa .] (Zo\'94l.) A division of acalephs in which the development is direct from the eggs, without a hydroid stage. Some of the species are parasitic on other medus\'91.

Trachyspermous <Xpage=1524>

Tra`chy*sper"mous (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ rough + <?/ seed.] (Bot.) Rough-seeded.

Gray.

Trachystomata <Xpage=1524>

Tra`chy*stom"a*ta (?) , n. pl. [NL.,fr.Gr. <?/ rough + stoma .] (Zo\'94l.) An order of tailed aquatic amphibians, including Siren and Pseudobranchus . They have anterior legs only, are eel-like in form, and have no teeth except a small patch on the palate. The external gills are persistent through life.

Trachyte <Xpage=1524>

Tra"chyte (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ rough, rugged: cg. F. trachyte .] (Geol.) An igneous rock,usually light gray in color and breaking with a rough surface. It consists chiefly of orthoclase feldspar with sometimes hornblende and mica.

Trachytic <Xpage=1524>

Tra*chyt"ic (?) , a. [Cf. F. trachytique .] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, trachyte.

Trachytoid <Xpage=1524>

Trach"y*toid (?) , a. [ Trachyte + -oid .] (Min.) Resembling trachyte; -- used to define the structure of certain rocks.

Tracing <Xpage=1524>

Tra"cing (?) , n. 1. The act of one who traces; especially, the act of copying by marking on thin paper, or other transparent substance, the lines of a pattern placed beneath; also, the copy thus producted.

2. A regular path or track; a course.

Tracing cloth , Tracing paper , specially prepared transparent cloth or paper, which enables a drawing or print to be clearly seen through it, and so allows the use of a pen or pencil to produce a facsimile by following the lines of the original placed beneath.

Track <Xpage=1524>

Track (?) , n. [OF. trac track of horses, mules, trace of animals; of Teutonic origin; cf.D. trek a drawing, trekken to draw, travel, march, MHG. trechen , pret. trach . Cf. Trick .] 1. A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track , or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

The bright track of his fiery car. Shak.

2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.

Far from track of men. Milton.

3. (Zo\'94l.) The entire lower surface of the foot;-said of birds, ect.

4. A road; a beaten path.

Behold Torquatus the same track pursue. Dryden.

5. Course; way; as, the track of a comet .

6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, ect.

7. (Raolroad) The permanent way; the rails.

8. [Perhaps a mistake for tract .] A tract or area, as of land. [Obs.] "Small tracks of ground."

Fuller.

Track scale , a railway scale. See under Railway .

Track <Xpage=1524>

Track , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. tracked (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. tracking .] To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow .

It was often found impossible to track the robbers to their retreats among the hills and morasses. Macaulay.

2. (Naut.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.

Trackage <Xpage=1524>

Track"age (?) , n. The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage.

Tracker <Xpage=1524>

Track"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.

And of the trackers of the deer Scarce half the lessening pack was near. Sir W. Scott.

2. (Mus.) In the organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.

Trackless <Xpage=1524>

Track"less , a. Having no track; marked by no footsteps; untrodden; as, a trackless desert .

To climb the trackless mountain all unseen. Byron.

-- Track"less*ly , adv. - Track"less*ness , n.

Trackmatter <Xpage=1524>

Track"mat`ter (?) , n. (Railroad) One who has charge of the track; --called also roadmaster .

Track-road <Xpage=1524>

Track"-road` (?) , n. A towing path.

Trackscout <Xpage=1524>

Track"scout (?) , n. See Trackschuyt .

Tract <Xpage=1524>

Tract (?) , n. [Abbrev.fr. tractate .] A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.

The church clergy at that writ the best collection of tracts against popery that ever appeared. Swift.

Tracts for the Times . See Tractarian .

Tract <Xpage=1524>

Tract , n. [L. tractus a drawing, train, track, course, tract of land, from trahere tractum , to draw. Senses 4 and 5 are perhaps due to confusion with track . See Trace , v. , and cf. Tratt .] 1. Something drawn out or extended; expanse. "The deep tract of hell."

Milton.

2. A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea .

A very high mountain joined to the mainland by a narrow tract of earth. Addison.

3. Traits; features; lineaments. [Obs.]

The discovery of a man's self by the tracts of his countenance is a great weakness. Bacon.

4. The footprint of a wild beast. [Obs.]

Dryden.

5. Track; trace. [Obs.]

Efface all tract of its traduction. Sir T. Browne.

But flies an eagle flight, bold, and forthon, Leaving no tract behind. Shak.

6. Treatment; exposition. [Obs.]

Shak.

7. Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech . [Obs.]

Older.

8. Continued or protracted duration; length; extent. "Improved by tract of time."

Milton.

9. (R. C. Ch.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter;-so called because sung tractim ,or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons.

Syn. -- Region; district; quarter; essay; treatise; dissertation.

Tract <Xpage=1524>

Tract , v. t. To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact. [Obs.]

Spenser. B. Jonson.

Tractability <Xpage=1524>

Tract`a*bil"i*ty (?) , n. [L. tractabilitas : cf.F. tractabilite .] The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.

Tractable <Xpage=1524>

Tract"a*ble (?) , a. [L. tractabilis , fr, tractare to draw violently, to handle, treat. See Treat , v. t. ] 1. Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner .

I shall find them tractable enough. Shak.