Chapter 1759

Trant"er (?) , n. One who trants; a peddler; a carrier. [Written also traunter .] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Trap <Xpage=1531>

Trap (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Trapped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Trapping .] [Akin to OE. trappe trappings, and perhaps from an Old French word of the same origin as E. drab a kind of cloth.] To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.

Steeds . . . that trapped were in steel all glittering. Chaucer.

To deck his hearse, and trap his tomb-black steed. Spenser.

There she found her palfrey trapped In purple blazoned with armorial gold. Tennyson.

Trap <Xpage=1531>

Trap , n. [Sw. trapp ; akin to trappa stairs, Dan. trappe , G. treppe , D. trap ; -- so called because the rocks of this class often occur in large, tabular masses, rising above one another, like steps. See Tramp .] (Geol.) An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock .

Trap tufa , Trap tuff , a kind of fragmental rock made up of fragments and earthy materials from trap rocks.

Trap <Xpage=1531>

Trap , a. Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike .

Trap <Xpage=1531>

Trap , n. [OE. trappe , AS. treppe ; akin to OD. trappe , OHG. trapo ; probably fr. the root of E. tramp , as that which is trod upon: cf. F. trappe , which is trod upon: cf. F. trappe , which perhaps influenced the English word.] 1. A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes .

She would weep if that she saw a mouse Caught in a trap . Chaucer.

2. Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares.

Let their table be made a snare and a trap . Rom. xi. 9.

God and your majesty Protect mine innocence, or I fall into The trap is laid for me! Shak.

3. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at.

4. The game of trapball.

5. A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids.

6. A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.

7. A wagon, or other vehicle. [Colloq.]

Thackeray.

8. A kind of movable stepladder.

Knight.

Trap stairs , a staircase leading to a trapdoor. -- Trap tree (Bot.) the jack; -- so called because it furnishes a kind of birdlime. See 1st Jack .

Trap <Xpage=1531>

Trap (?) , v. t. [AS. treppan . See Trap a snare.]

1. To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes .

2. Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. "I trapped the foe."

Dryden.

3. To provide with a trap; to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap , 5.

Trap <Xpage=1531>

Trap , v. i. To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver .

Trapan <Xpage=1531>

Tra*pan" (?) , n. [OF. trappan . See Trap , and cf. Trepan a snare.] A snare; a stratagem; a trepan. See 3d Trepan .

South.

Trapan <Xpage=1531>

Tra*pan" , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Trapanned (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Trapanning .] To insnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan.

Having some of his people trapanned at Baldivia. Anson.

Trapanner <Xpage=1531>

Tra*pan"ner (?) , n. One who trapans, or insnares.

Trapball <Xpage=1531>

Trap"ball` (?) , n. An old game of ball played with a trap. See 4th Trap , 4.

Trapdoor <Xpage=1531>

Trap"door` (?) , n. 1. (Arch.) A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor.

2. (Mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; -- called also weather door .

Raymond.

Trapdoor spider (Zo\'94l.) , any one of several species of large spiders which make a nest consisting of a vertical hole in the earth, lined with a hinged lid, like a trapdoor. Most of the species belong to the genus Cteniza , as the California species ( C. Californica ).

Trape <Xpage=1531>

Trape (?) , v. i. [See Tramp , and cf. Traipse .] To walk or run about in an idle or slatternly manner; to traipse. [Obs. or Colloq.]

Trapes <Xpage=1531>

Trapes (?) , n. [See Trape .] A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman. [Obs. or Colloq.]

Trapes <Xpage=1531>

Trapes , v. i. To go about in an idle or slatternly fashion; to trape; to traipse. [Colloq.]

Thackeray.

Trapezate <Xpage=1531>

Trap"e*zate (?) , a. [See Trapezium .] Having the form of a trapezium; trapeziform.

Trapeze <Xpage=1531>

Tra*peze" (?) , n. [Cf. F. trap\'8aze .] 1. (Geom.) A trapezium. See Trapezium , 1.

2. A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; -- used by gymnasts.

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Tra*pe"zi*form (?) , a. [ Trapezium + -form : cf. F. trap\'82ziforme .] Having the form of a trapezium; trapezoid.

Trapezium <Xpage=1531>

Tra*pe"zi*um (?) , n. ; pl. E. Trapeziums (#) , L. Trapezia (#) . [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a little table, an irregular four-sided figure, dim. of <?/ a table, for <?/; <?/ (see Tetra- ) + <?/ foot, akin to <?/ foot; hence, originally, a table with four feet. See Foot .] 1. (Geom.) A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel.

2. (Anat.) (a) A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb. (b) A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.

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Trap`e*zo*he"dral (?) , a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trapezohedron.

Trapezohedron <Xpage=1531>

Trap`e*zo*he"dron (?) , n. [NL., from trapezium + Gr. <?/ seat, base, fr. <?/ to sit.] (Crystalloq.) (a) A solid bounded by twenty-four equal and similar trapeziums; a tetragonal trisoctahedron. See the Note under Trisoctahedron . (b) A tetartohedral solid of the hexagonal system, bounded by six trapezoidal planes. The faces of this form are common on quartz crystals.

Trapezoid <Xpage=1531>

Trap"e*zoid (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ trapezoid-shaped; <?/ table + <?/ shape, likeness: cf. F. trap\'82zo\'8bde . See Trapezium .] 1. (Geom.) A plane four-sided figure, having two sides parallel to each other.

2. (Anat.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the second metacarpal, or index finger.

Trapezoid <Xpage=1531>

Trap"e*zoid , a. 1. Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoidal; as, the trapezoid ligament which connects the coracoid process and the clavicle .

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the trapezoid ligament; as, the trapezoid line .

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Trap`e*zoid"al (?) , a. [Cf. F. trap\'82zo\'8bdal .]

1. Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoid.

2. (Min.) Tranpezohedral.

Traphole <Xpage=1531>

Trap"hole (?) , n. (Mil.) See Trou-de-loup .

Trappean <Xpage=1531>

Trap"pe*an (?) , a. [Cf. F. trapp\'82en . See Trap a kind of rock.] (Min.) Of or pertaining to trap; being of the nature of trap.

Trapper <Xpage=1531>

Trap"per (?) , n. [From Trap to insnare.] 1. One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs.

W. Irving.

2. (Mining) A boy who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery or level.

Raymond.

Trappings <Xpage=1531>

Trap"pings (?) , n. pl. [From Trap to dress with ornaments.] 1. That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations.

Trappings of life, for ornament, not use. Dryden.

These but the trappings and the suits of woe. Shak.

2. Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses.

Caparisons and steeds, Bases and tinsel trappings . Milton.

Trappist <Xpage=1531>

Trap"pist (?) , n. [F. trappiste .] (R. C. Ch.) A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which was established by Armand de Ranc\'82 in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy. Extreme austerity characterizes their discipline. They were introduced permanently into the United States in 1848, and have monasteries in Iowa and Kentucky.

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Trappous <Xpage=1532>

Trap"pous (?) , n. [From Trap a kind of rock.] (Min.) Of or performance to trap; resembling trap, or partaking of its form or qualities; trappy.

Trappures <Xpage=1532>

Trap"pures (?) , n. pl. [See Trap to dress.] Trappings for a horse. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Trappy <Xpage=1532>

Trap"py (?) , a. (Min.) Same as Trappous .

Traps <Xpage=1532>

Traps (?) , n. pl. [See Trappings , and Trap to dress.] Small or portable articles for dress, furniture, or use; goods; luggage; things. [Colloq.]

Trapstick <Xpage=1532>

Trap"stick` (?) , n. A stick used in playing the game of trapball; hence, fig., a slender leg.

Addison.

Trash <Xpage=1532>

Trash (?) , n. [Cf. Icel. tros rubbish, leaves, and twigs picked up for fuel, trassi a slovenly fellow, Sw. trasa a rag, tatter.] 1. That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.

Who steals my purse steals trash . Shak.

A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin. Landor.

2. Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar cane, or the like.

&hand; In the West Indies, the decayed leaves and stems of canes are called field trash ; the bruised or macerated rind of canes is called cane trash ; and both are called trash .

B. Edwards.

3. A worthless person. [R.]

Shak.

4. A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.

Markham.

Trash ice , crumbled ice mixed with water.

Trash <Xpage=1532>

Trash , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Trashed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Trashing .] 1. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane.

B. Edwards.

2. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush. [Obs.]

3. To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously. [R.]

Beau. & Fl.

<-- 4. To turn into trash, usu. maliciously; to destroy; vandalize. -->

Trash <Xpage=1532>

Trash , v. i. To follow with violence and trampling. [R.]

The Puritan (1607).

Trashily <Xpage=1532>

Trash"i*ly (?) , adv. In a trashy manner.

Trashiness <Xpage=1532>

Trash"i*ness , n. The quality or state of being trashy.

Trashy <Xpage=1532>

Trash"y (?) , a. [ Compar. Trashier (?) ; superl. Trashiest .] Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected; worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel .

Trass <Xpage=1532>

Trass (?) , n. [D. tras or Gr. trass , probably fr. It. terrazzo terrace. See Terrace .] (Geol.) A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water. [Formerly written also tarras , tarrace , terras .]

&hand; The Dutch trass is made by burning and grinding a soft grayish rock found on the lower Rhine.

Traulism <Xpage=1532>

Trau"lism (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ a lisping, fr. <?/ to lisp, to mispronounce.] A stammering or stuttering. [Obs.]

Dalgarno.

Traumatic <Xpage=1532>

Trau*mat"ic (?) , a. [L. traumaticus , Gr. <?/, from <?/, <?/, a wound: cf. F. traumatique .] (Med.) (a) Of or pertaining to wounds; applied to wounds. Coxe . (b) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary. Wiseman . (c) Produced by wounds; as, traumatic tetanus . -- n. A traumatic medicine. <-- also applied figuratively to mental harm, and to experiences causing severe mental upset. -->

Traumatism <Xpage=1532>

Trau"ma*tism (?) , n. (Med.) A wound or injury directly produced by causes external to the body; also, violence producing a wound or injury; as, rupture of the stomach caused by traumatism .

Traunce <Xpage=1532>

Traunce (?) , n. & v. See Trance . [Obs.]

Traunt <Xpage=1532>

Traunt (?) , v. i. Same as Trant . [Obs.]

Traunter <Xpage=1532>

Traunt"er (?) , n. Same as Tranter . [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Travail <Xpage=1532>

Trav"ail (?; 48) , n. [F. travail ; cf. Pr. trabalh , trebalh , toil, torment, torture; probably from LL. trepalium a place where criminals are tortured, instrument of torture. But the French word may be akin to L. trabs a beam, or have been influenced by a derivative from trabs (cf. Trave ). Cf. Travel .] 1. Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.

As everything of price, so this doth require travail .

Hooker.

2. Parturition; labor; as, an easy travail .

Travail <Xpage=1532>

Trav"ail , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Travailed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Travailing .] [F. travailler , OF. traveillier , travaillier , to labor, toil, torment; cf. Pr. trebalhar to torment, agitate. See Travail , n. ] 1. To labor with pain; to toil. [Archaic] "Slothful persons which will not travail for their livings."

Latimer.

2. To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.

Travail <Xpage=1532>

Trav"ail , v. t To harass; to tire. [Obs.]

As if all these troubles had not been sufficient to travail the realm, a great division fell among the nobility. Hayward.

Travailous <Xpage=1532>

Trav"ail*ous (?) , a. Causing travail; laborious. [Obs.] Wyclif . -- Trav"ail*ous*ly , adv. [Obs.]

Wyclif.

Trave <Xpage=1532>

Trave (?) , n. [Through French, fr. L. trabs , trabis , a beam; cf. OF. tref a beam, also F. travail a frame to confine a horse, OE. trave , trevys , travise , It. travaglio , F. trav\'82e the space between two beams.] 1. (Arch.) A crossbeam; a lay of joists.

Maundrell.

2. A wooden frame to confine an unruly horse or ox while shoeing.

She sprung as a colt doth in the trave . Chaucer.

Travel <Xpage=1532>

Trav"el (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Traveled (?) or Travelled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Traveling or Travelling .] [Properly, to labor, and the same word as travail .] 1. To labor; to travail. [Obsoles.]

Hooker.

2. To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets .

3. To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place, or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his health; he is traveling in California.

4. To pass; to go; to move.

Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. Shak.

Travel <Xpage=1532>

Trav"el (?) , v. t. 1. To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent . "I travel this profound."

Milton.

2. To force to journey. [R.]

They shall not be traveled forth of their own franchises. Spenser.

Travel <Xpage=1532>

Trav"el , n. 1. The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a journey.

With long travel I am stiff and weary. Shak.

His travels ended at his country seat. Dryden.

2. pl. An account, by a traveler, of occurrences and observations during a journey; as, a book of travels ; -- often used as the title of a book; as, Travels in Italy .

3. (Mach.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve .

4. Labor; parturition; travail. [Obs.]

Traveled <Xpage=1532>

Trav"eled (?) , a. Having made journeys; having gained knowledge or experience by traveling; hence, knowing; experienced. [Written also travelled .]

The traveled thane, Athenian Aberdeen. Byron.

Traveler <Xpage=1532>

Trav"el*er (?) , n. [Written also traveler .] 1. One who travels; one who has traveled much.

2. A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc.

3. (Mach.) A traveling crane. See under Crane .

4. (Spinning) The metal loop which travels around the ring surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner.

5. (Naut.) An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like, and sliding thereon.

Traveler's joy (Bot.) , the Clematis vitalba , a climbing plant with white flowers. -- Traveler's tree . (Bot.) See Ravenala .

Travel-tainted <Xpage=1532>

Trav"el-taint`ed (?) , a. Harassed; fatigued with travel. [Obs.]

Shak.

Travers <Xpage=1532>

Trav"ers (?) , adv. [F. travers , breadth, extent from side, \'85 travers , en travers , de travers , across, athwart. See Traverse , a. ] Across; athwart. [Obs.]

The earl . . . caused . . . high trees to be hewn down, and laid travers one over another. Ld. Berners.