To"zy (?), a. [See Toze ] Soft, like wool that has been teased. —
To"zi*ness (#), n.
||Tra"be*a (?), n.; pl. Trabeæ (#). [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A toga of
||purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes. — worn by
||kings, consuls, and augurs. Dr. W. Smith.
||
Tra"be*a`ted (?), a. (Arch.) Furnished with an entablature.
Tra`be*a"tion (?), n. [L. trabs, trabis, a beam, a timber.] (Arch.)
Same as Entablature.
||Tra*bec"u*la (?), n.; pl. Trabeculæ (-l). [L., a little beam.]
||(Anat.) A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in
||the framework of an organ part.
||
Tra*bec"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a trabecula or
trabeculæ; composed of trabeculæ.
Tra*bec"u*late (?), a. (Bot.) Crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana
stem.
Tra"bu (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Trubu.
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, 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.