The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 1760
Traversable <Xpage=1532>
Trav"ers*a*ble (?) , a. 1. Capable of being traversed, or passed over; as, a traversable region .
2. Deniable; specifically (Law) , liable to legal objection; as, a traversable presentment .
Sir M. Hale.
Traverse <Xpage=1532>
Trav"erse (?) , a. [OF. travers , L. transversus , p. p. of transvertere to turn or direct across. See Transverse , and cf. Travers .] Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches .
Oak . . . being strong in all positions, may be better trusted in cross and traverse work. Sir H. Wotton.
The ridges of the fallow field traverse . Hayward.
Traverse drill (Mach.) , a machine tool for drilling slots, in which the work or tool has a lateral motion back and forth; also, a drilling machine in which the spindle holder can be adjusted laterally.
Traverse <Xpage=1532>
Trav"erse (?) , adv. Athwart; across; crosswise.
Traverse <Xpage=1532>
Trav"erse , n. [F. traverse . See Traverse , a. ] 1. Anything that traverses, or crosses. Specifically: --
(a) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control.
(b) A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like.
Men drinken and the travers draw anon. Chaucer.
And the entrance of the king, The first traverse was drawn. F. Beaumont.
(c) (Arch.) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
Gwilt.
(d) (Fort.) A work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of work.
(e) (Law) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc , without this; that is, without this which follows.
(f) (Naut.) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
(g) (Geom.) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
(h) (Surv.) A line surveyed across a plot of ground.
(i) (Gun.) The turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction.
2. A turning; a trick; a subterfuge. [Obs.]
To work, ∨ solve , a traverse (Naut.) , to reduce a series of courses or distances to an equivalent single one; to calculate the resultant of a traverse. -- Traverse board (Naut.) , a small board hung in the steerage, having the points of the compass marked on it, and for each point as many holes as there are half hours in a watch. It is used for recording the courses made by the ship in each half hour, by putting a peg in the corresponding hole. -- Traverse jury (Law) , a jury that tries cases; a petit jury. -- Traverse sailing (Naut.) , a sailing by compound courses; the method or process of finding the resulting course and distance from a series of different shorter courses and distances actually passed over by a ship. -- Traverse table . (a) (Naut. & Surv.) A table by means of which the difference of latitude and departure corresponding to any given course and distance may be found by inspection. It contains the lengths of the two sides of a right-angled triangle, usually for every quarter of a degree of angle, and for lengths of the hypothenuse, from 1 to 100. (b) (Railroad) A platform with one or more tracks, and arranged to move laterally on wheels, for shifting cars, etc. , from one line of track to another.
Traverse <Xpage=1532>
Trav"erse , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Traversed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Traversing .] [Cf. F. traverser . See Traverse , a. ] 1. To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
The parts should be often traversed , or crossed, by the flowing of the folds. Dryden.
2. To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught.
I can not but . . . admit the force of this reasoning, which I yet hope to traverse . Sir W. Scott.
3. To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe .
What seas you traversed , and what fields you fought. Pope.
4. To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
My purpose is to traverse the nature, principles, and properties of this detestable vice -- ingratitude. South.
5. (Gun.) To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon .
6. (Carp.) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board .
7. (Law) To deny formally, as what the opposite party has alleged. When the plaintiff or defendant advances new matter, he avers it to be true, and traverses what the other party has affirmed. To traverse an indictment or an office is to deny it.
And save the expense of long litigious laws, Where suits are traversed , and so little won That he who conquers is but last undone. Dryden.
To traverse a yard (Naut.) , to brace it fore and aft.
Traverse <Xpage=1532>
Trav"erse (?) , v. i. 1. To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing.
To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse . Shak.
2. To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses ; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide.
3. To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other.
Traverser <Xpage=1532>
Trav"ers*er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, traverses, or moves, as an index on a scale, and the like.
2. (Law) One who traverses, or denies.
3. (Railroad) A traverse table. See under Traverse , n.
Traversing <Xpage=1532>
Trav"ers*ing , a. Adjustable laterally; having a lateral motion, or a swinging motion; adapted for giving lateral motion.
Traversing plate (Mil.) , one of two thick iron plates at the hinder part of a gun carriage, where the handspike is applied in traversing the piece. Wilhelm . -- Traversing platform (Mil.) , a platform for traversing guns.
Travertine <Xpage=1532>
Trav"er*tine (?) , n. [F. travertin , It. travertino , tiburtino , L. lapis Tiburtinus , fr. Tibur an ancient town of Latium, now Tivoli.] (Min.) A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of springs or streams holding lime in solution. Extensive deposits exist at Tivoli, near Rome.
Travesty <Xpage=1532>
Trav"es*ty (?) , a. [F. travesti , p. p. of travestir to disguise, to travesty, It. travestire , fr. L. trans across, over + vestire to dress, clothe. See Vest .] Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition. [R.]
Travesty <Xpage=1532>
Trav"es*ty , n. ; pl. Travesties (<?/) . A burlesque translation or imitation of a work.
The second edition is not a recast, but absolutely a travesty of the first. De Quincey.
Travesty <Xpage=1532>
Trav"es*ty , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Travestied (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Travesting .] To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous.
I see poor Lucan travestied , not appareled in his Roman toga, but under the cruel shears of an English tailor. Bentley.
Trawl <Xpage=1532>
Trawl (?) , v. i. [OF. trauler , troller , F. tr\'93ter , to drag about, to stroll about; probably of Teutonic origin. Cf. Troll , v. t. ] To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.
Trawl <Xpage=1532>
Trawl , n. 1. A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter. [U. S. & Canada]
2. A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, -- used in fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the sea bottom.
Trawlboat <Xpage=1532>
Trawl"boat` (?) , n. A boat used in fishing with trawls or trawlnets.
Trawler <Xpage=1532>
Trawl"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, trawls.
2. A fishing vessel which trails a net behind it.
Trawlerman <Xpage=1532>
Trawl"er*man (?) , n. ; pl. Trawlermen (<?/) . A fisherman who used unlawful arts and engines to catch fish. [Obs.]
Cowell.
Trawlnet <Xpage=1532>
Trawl"net` (?) , n. Same as Trawl , n. , 2.
Trawlwarp <Xpage=1532>
Trawl"warp` (?) , n. A rope passing through a block, used in managing or dragging a trawlnet.
Tray <Xpage=1532>
Tray (?) , v. t. [OF. tra\'8br , F. trahir , L. tradere . See Traitor .] To betray; to deceive. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Tray <Xpage=1532>
Tray , n. ; pl. Trays (#) . [OE. treye , AS. treg . Cf. Trough .] 1. A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc.
2. A flat, broad vessel on which dishes, glasses, etc., are carried; a waiter; a salver.
3. A shallow box, generally without a top, often used within a chest, trunk, box, etc., as a removable receptacle for small or light articles.
Trayful <Xpage=1532>
Tray"ful (?) , n. ; pl. Trayfuls (<?/) . As much as a tray will hold; enough to fill a tray.
Trays <Xpage=1532>
Trays (?) , n. pl. [Obs.] See Trais .
Chaucer.
Tray-trip <Xpage=1532>
Tray"-trip` (?) , n. [From Trey a three.] An old game played with dice. [Obs.]
Shak.
Treacher <Xpage=1532>
Treach"er (?) , n. [OE. trichour , trichur , OF. tricheor deceiver, traitor, F. tricheur a cheat at play, a trickster. See Treachery .] A traitor; a cheat. [Obs.]
Treacher and coward both. Beau. & Fl.
Treacherous <Xpage=1532>
Treach"er*ous (?) , a. [See Treacher .] Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless.
Loyal father of a treacherous son. Shak.
The treacherous smile, a mask for secret hate. Cowper.
Syn. -- Faithless; perfidious; traitorous; false; insidious; plotting.
-- Treach"er*ous*ly , adv. -- Treach"er*ous*ness , n.
Treachery <Xpage=1532>
Treach"er*y (?) , n. [OE. trecher\'8be , trichere , OF. trecherie , tricherie , F. tricherie trickery, from tricher to cheat, to trick, OF. trichier , trechier ; probably of Teutonic origin. See Trickery , Trick .] Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason.
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Be ware, ye lords, of their treachery . Chaucer.
In the council chamber at Edinburgh, he had contracted a deep taint of treachery and corruption. Macaulay.
Treachetour, Treachour <Xpage=1533>
Treach"e*tour (?) , Treach"our (?) , n. [See Treacher .] A traitor. [Obs.] " Treachour full of false despite."
Spenser.
Treacle <Xpage=1533>
Trea"cle (tr&emac;"k'l) , n. [OE. triacle a sovereign remedy, theriac, OF. triacle , F. th\'82riaque (cf. Pr. triacla , tiriaca , Sp. & It. triaca , teriaca ), L. theriaca an antidote against the bite of poisonous animals, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ of wild or venomous beasts, fr. qhri`on a beast, a wild beast, dim. of qh`r a beast. Cf. Theriac .] 1. (Old Med.) A remedy against poison. See Theriac , 1.
We kill the viper, and make treacle of him. Jer. Taylor.
2. A sovereign remedy; a cure. [Obs.]
Christ which is to every harm treacle . Chaucer .
3. Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses .
&hand; In the United States molasses is the common name; in England, treacle .
4. A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like.
Treacle mustard (Bot.) , a name given to several species of the cruciferous genus Erysimum , especially the E. cheiranthoides , which was formerly used as an ingredient in Venice treacle, or theriac. -- Treacle water , a compound cordial prepared in different ways from a variety of ingredients, as hartshorn, roots of various plants, flowers, juices of plants, wines, etc., distilled or digested with Venice treacle. It was formerly regarded as a medicine of great virtue. Nares . Venice treacle . (Old Med.) Same as Theriac , 1.
Treacly <Xpage=1533>
Trea"cly (?) , a. Like, or composed of, treacle.
Tread <Xpage=1533>
Tread (?) , v. i. [ imp. Trod (?) ; p. p. Trodden (?) , Trod ; p. pr. & vb. n. Treading .] [OE. treden , AS. tredan ; akin to OFries. treda , OS. tredan , D. & LG. treden , G. treten , OHG. tretan , Icel. tro<?/a , Sw. tr\'86da , tr\'84da , Dan. tr\'91de , Goth. trudan , and perhaps ultimately to F. tramp ; cf. Gr. <?/ a running, Skr. dram to run. Cf. Trade , Tramp , Trot .] 1. To set the foot; to step.
Where'er you tread , the blushing flowers shall rise. Pope.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread . Pope.
The hard stone Under our feet, on which we tread and go. Chaucer.
2. To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step.
Ye that . . . stately tread , or lowly creep. Milton.
3. To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males.
Shak.
To tread on ∨ upon . (a) To trample; to set the foot on in contempt. "Thou shalt tread upon their high places." Deut. xxxiii. 29 . (b) to follow closely. "Year treads on year." Wordsworth . -- To tread upon the heels of , to follow close upon. "Dreadful consequences that tread upon the heels of those allowances to sin." Milton.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel . Shak.
Tread <Xpage=1533>
Tread , v. t. 1. To step or walk on.
Forbid to tread the promised land he saw. Prior.
Methought she trod the ground with greater grace. Dryden.
2. To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well- trodden path .
3. To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like. " I am resolved to forsake Malta, tread a pilgrimage to fair Jerusalem."
Beau. & Fl.
They have measured many a mile, To tread a measure with you on this grass. Shak.
4. To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. Ps. xliv. 5.
5. To copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird.
Chaucer.
To tread out , to press out with the feet; to press out, as wine or wheat; as, to tread out grain with cattle or horses. -- To tread the stage , to act as a stageplayer; to perform a part in a drama.
Tread <Xpage=1533>
Tread , n. 1. A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread ; a cautious tread .
She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread , My heart would hear her and beat. Tennyson.
2. Manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse has a good tread .
3. Way; track; path. [R.]
Shak.
4. The act of copulation in birds.
5. (Arch.) The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed.
6. (Fort.) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
7. (Mach.) (a) The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail. (b) The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear.
8. (Biol.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
9. (Far.) A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere , 3.
Treadboard <Xpage=1533>
Tread"board` (?) , n. [Arch.] See Tread , n. , 5.
Treader <Xpage=1533>
Tread"er (?) , n. One who treads.
Isa. xvi. 10.
Treadfowl <Xpage=1533>
Tread"fowl` (?) , n. A cock. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Treadle <Xpage=1533>
Trea"dle (?) , n. [OE. tredyl a step, AS. tredel . See Tread .] 1. The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.
2. (Biol.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread.
Treadmill <Xpage=1533>
Tread"mill` (?) , n. A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt. <-- or for physical exercise -->
Tread-softly <Xpage=1533>
Tread"-soft`ly (?) , n. (Bot.) Spurge nettle. See under Nettle .
Treadwheel <Xpage=1533>
Tread"wheel` (?) , n. A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill .
Treague <Xpage=1533>
Treague (?) , n. [It. tregua ; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. true .] A truce. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Treason <Xpage=1533>
Trea"son (?) , n. [OE. tresun , treisun , traisoun , OF. tra\'8bson , F. trahison , L. traditio a giving up, a delivering up, fr. tradere to give up, betray. See Traitor , and cf. Tradition .] 1. The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery.
The treason of the murthering in the bed. Chaucer.