Trans*verse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transversed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Transversing.] To overturn; to change. [R.] C. Leslie.
Trans*verse", v. t. [Pref. trans- + verse, n. Cf.Transpose.] To change
from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. [Obs.] Duke of
Buckingham.
Trans*verse"ly, adv. In a transverse manner.
Trans*ver"sion (?), n. The act of changing from prose into verse, or
from verse into prose.
Trans*vert" (?), v. t. [L. transvertere. See Transverse, a.] To cause
to turn across; to transverse. [Obs.] Craft of Lovers (1448).
Trans*vert"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being transverted. [R.] Sir T.
Browne.
Trans`vo*la"tion (?), n. [L. transvolare to fly over or across; trans
across + volare to fly.] The act of flying beyond or across. Jer.
Taylor.
Trant (?), v. i. [Cf. OD. tranten to walk slowly, LG. & D. trant walk,
pace.] To traffic in an itinerary manner; to peddle. [Written also
traunt.] [Obs.]
Trant"er (?), n. One who trants; a peddler; a carrier. [Written also
traunter.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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, 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, a. Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike.
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.