TORMENT, tor'ment, _n._ torture: anguish: that which causes pain.--_v.t._
TORMENT', to torture: to put to extreme pain, physical or mental: to
distress: to afflict.--_p.adj._ TORMEN'TED (_U.S._), a euphemism for
damned.--_adj._ TORMEN'TING, causing torment.--_adv._ TORMEN'TINGLY, in a
tormenting manner.--_ns._ TORMEN'TOR, -ER, one who, or that which,
torments: (_B._) a torturer, an executioner: a long meat-fork: a wing in
the first groove of a stage; TORMEN'TUM, a whirligig. [O. Fr.,--L.
_tormentum_, an engine for hurling stones--L. _torqu[=e]re_, to twist.]
TORMENTIL, tor'men-til, _n._ a genus of plants, one species with an
astringent woody root. [Fr.,--Low L. _tormentilla_--L. _tormentum_.]
TORMINA, tor'mi-na, _n.pl._ gripes, colic.--_adjs._ TOR'MINAL, TOR'MINOUS.
TORMODONT, tor'm[=o]-dont, _adj._ socketed, of teeth. [Gr. _tormos_, a
hole, _odous_, _odontos_, a tooth.]
TORN, t[=o]rn, _pa.p._ of _tear_: (_B._) stolen.--_adj._ TORN'-DOWN,
rebellious, ungovernable.
TORNADO, tor-n[=a]'d[=o], _n._ a violent hurricane, frequent in tropical
countries:--_pl._ TORN[=A]'DOES.--_adj._ TORNAD'IC. [Sp.,
_tornada_--_tornar_--L. _torn[=a]re_.]
TORNEAMENT, an obsolete form of _tournament_.
TOROIDAL, t[=o]-roi'dal, _adj._ shaped like an anchor-ring.
TOROUS, t[=o]'rus, _adj._ swelling, muscular.--_n._ TOROS'ITY, muscularity.
TORPEDO, tor-p[=e]'do, _n._ a genus of cartilaginous fishes of family
_Torpedinidæ_, related to the skates and rays, with electric organs on each
side of the head, giving an electric shock when touched so as to produce
torpor or numbness, the cramp-fish: a submarine weapon of offence, carrying
a charge of gun-cotton or other explosive, and possessing powers of
locomotion--in distinction to a submarine mine, which is stationary and
used for defensive purposes:--_pl._ TORP[=E]'DOES.--_v.t._ to attack with
torpedoes, to explode a torpedo in or under.--_adj._ TORPED'INOUS.--_ns._
TORP[=E]'DO-BOAT, a small swift steamer from which torpedoes are
discharged; TORP[=E]'DO-BOOM, a spar for carrying a torpedo, projecting
from a boat or anchored in a channel; TORP[=E]'DO-CATCH'ER, a swift vessel
for capturing torpedo-boats; TORP[=E]'DOIST, one skilled in the management
of torpedoes; TORP[=E]'DO-NET, a net of wire hung at some distance round a
ship to intercept torpedoes. [L.,--_torp[=e]re_, to be stiff.]
TORPESCENT, tor-pes'ent, _adj._ becoming torpid or numb.--_n._
TORPES'CENCE. [L., _pr.p._ of _torpesc[)e]re_, to become
stiff--_torp[=e]re_, to be stiff.]
TORPID, tor'pid, _adj._ stiff, numb: having lost the power of motion and
feeling: sluggish, dormant: pertaining to the _Torpids_, or Lent
boat-races, at Oxford.--_n._ a second-class racing boat, or one of its
crew.--_n._ TORPID'ITY.--_adv._ TOR'PIDLY.--_n._ TOR'PIDNESS.--_v.t._
TOR'PIFY, to make torpid.--_ns._ TOR'PITUDE, state of being torpid:
numbness: dullness: stupidity; TOR'POR, numbness: inactivity: dullness:
stupidity. [L. _torpidus_--_torp[=e]re_.]
TORQUE, tork, _n._ a twisting force: a necklace of metal rings
interlaced.--_adjs._ TOR'QUATE, -D, collared; TORQUED', twisted. [L.
_torques_--_torqu[=e]re_, to twist.]
TORREFY, tor'e-f[=i], _v.t._ to scorch: to parch:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._
torr'efied.--_n._ TORREFAC'TION, act of torrefying: state of being
torrefied. [L. _torr[=e]re_, to dry, to burn, _fac[)e]re_, to make.]
TORRENT, tor'ent, _n._ a rushing stream: a strong or turbulent
current.--_adj._ rushing in a stream.--_ns._ TORR'ENT-BOW, a bow of
prismatic colours formed above the spray of a torrent; TORR'ENT-DUCK, a
merganser of genus _Merganetta_, found in the swift water-courses of the
Andes.--_adj._ TORREN'TIAL, of the nature of a torrent, produced by the
agency of rapid streams: overwhelmingly voluble.--_n._
TORRENTIAL'ITY.--_adv._ TORREN'TIALLY. [L. _torrens_, _-entis_, boiling,
_pr.p._ of _torr[=e]re_, to dry.]
TORRICELLIAN, tor-i-sel'i-an, or tor-i-ch[=e]l'i-an, _adj._ pertaining to
the Italian mathematician Evangelista _Torricelli_ (1608-47), who
discovered in 1643 the principle on which the barometer is
constructed.--TORRICELLIAN TUBE, the barometer; TORRICELLIAN VACUUM, the
vacuum in the barometer.
TORRID, tor'id, _adj._ burning or parching: violently hot: dried with
heat.--_ns._ TORRID'ITY, TORR'IDNESS.--TORRID ZONE, the broad belt round
the earth betwixt the tropics, on either side of the equator. [L.
_torridus_--_torr[=e]re_, to burn.]
TORSE, tors, _n._ a heraldic wreath.--_ns._ TORSADE', an ornament like a
twisted cord; TOR'SEL, a twisted scroll: a plate in a brick wall to support
the end of a beam.
TORSHENT, tor'shent, _n._ (_U.S._) the youngest child and pet of a
family.--Also TORSH.
TORSION, tor'shun, _n._ act of twisting or turning a body: the force with
which a thread or wire tends to return when twisted, the kind of strain
produced in a bar or wire when one end is kept fixed and the other is
rotated about the axis: (_surg._) a method of common application for the
purpose of checking arterial hæmorrhage in certain cases, by twisting the
cut end of the artery.--_n._ TORSIBIL'ITY.--_adj._ TOR'SIONAL, pertaining
to, or resulting from, torsion.--_n._ TOR'SION-BAL'ANCE, an instrument for
measuring very minute forces by a delicate horizontal bar or needle,
suspended by a very fine thread or wire.--_adj._ TOR'SIVE, twisted
spirally. [L. _torsio_--_torqu[=e]re_, _tortum_, to twist.]
TORSK, torsk, _n._ a genus of fish of the cod family, abundant in the
northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean, characterised by a single long dorsal
fin, and by having the vertical fins separate. [Sw. _torsk;_ Ger. _dorsch_,
a haddock.]
TORSO, tor's[=o], _n._ the trunk of a statue without head or limbs:--_pl._
TOR'SOS.--Also TORSE. [It.; prob. Teut., Old High Ger. _turso_, _torso_,
stalk.]
TORT, tort, _n._ a term in the law of England including all those wrongs,
not arising out of contract, for which a remedy by compensation or damages
is given in a court of law: (_Spens._) wrong, injury, calamity.--_adj._
TOR'TIOUS (_Spens._), wrongful, injurious. [Low L. _tortum_--L.
_torqu[)e]re, tortum, to twist.]_
TORTICOLLIS, tor-ti-kol'is, _n._ wryneck.
TORTILE, tor'til, _adj._ twisted: wreathed: coiled.--_n._
TORTIL'ITY.--_adj._ TOR'TIVE (_Shak._), twisted, wreathed.
TORTILLA, tor-t[=e]'lya, _n._ a round flat cake made from maize in Mexico.
[Sp., dim. of _torta_, a tart.]
TORTOISE, tor'tis, or -tois, _n._ together with turtles, a well-defined
order of reptiles, distinguished especially by the dorsal (_carapace_) and
ventral (_plastron_) shields which protect the body.--_n._ TOR'TOISE-SHELL,
the horny epidermic plate of a species of turtle.--_adj._ of the colour of
the foregoing, mottled in yellow and black. [O. Fr. _tortis_--L. _tortus_,
twisted.]
TORTRIX, tor'triks, _n._ the typical genus of _Tortricidæ_, a family of
small lepidopterous insects.
TORTULOUS, tor't[=u]-lus, _adj._ having swellings at regular intervals.
TORTUOUS, tor't[=u]-us, _adj._ twisted, winding: (_fig._)
deceitful.--_adj._ TOR'TU[=O]SE, twisted: wreathed: winding.--_n._
TORTUOS'ITY, state of being tortuous.--_adv._ TOR'TUOUSLY.--_n._
TOR'TUOUSNESS. [Fr.,--L. _tortuosus_--_torqu[=e]re_, _tortum_, to twist.]
TORTURE, tor't[=u]r, _n._ a putting to the rack or severe pain to extort a
confession, or as a punishment: extreme pain: anguish of body or
mind.--_v.t._ to put to torture or to the rack: to put to extreme pain: to
annoy: to vex.--_n._ TOR'TURER.--_adv._ TOR'TURINGLY, in a torturing
manner: so as to torment or punish.--_adj._ TOR'TUROUS, causing torture.
[Late L. _tortura_, torment--_torqu[=e]re_.]
TORUFFLED, too-ruf'ld, _adj._ (_Milt._) ruffled.
TORULA, tor'[=u]-la, _n._ a small torus: the yeast-plant.--_adjs._
TOR'ULIFORM; TOR'ULOID; TOR'ULOSE; TOR'ULOUS.--_n._ TOR'ULUS, the socket of
the antenna. [L. _torulus_, dim. of _torus_, swelling.]
TORUS, t[=o]'rus, _n._ (_archit._) a moulding in the base of columns, the
profile of which is semicircular: (_bot._) the receptacle or part of the
flower on which the carpels stand: (_anat._) a rounded ridge, esp. one on
the occipital bone of the skull:--_pl._ T[=O]'RI. [L., a round, swelling
place, an elevation.]
TORY, t[=o]'ri, _n._ a Conservative in English politics--a term since 1830
largely superseded by Conservative, but since 1880 a good deal revived in
the sense frequently of a non-conservative Conservative.--_v.t._
T[=O]'RIFY, to infect with Tory principles.--_n._ T[=O]'RYISM, the
principles of the Tories. [Ir. _toiridhe_, a pursuer; first applied to the
Irish bog-trotters and robbers; next, about 1680, to the most hot-headed
asserters of the royal prerogative.]
TOSE, t[=o]z, _v.t._ (_obs._) to pull about, esp. to tease.--_adj._
T[=O]'SY, teased, soft.
TOSH, tosh, _adj._ (_Scot._) neat, trim.
TOSS, tos, _v.t._ to throw up suddenly or violently: to cause to rise and
fall: to make restless: to agitate, pass from one to another: to toss up
with: to drink off: to dress out smartly.--_v.i._ to be tossed: to be in
violent commotion: to tumble about: to fling.--_n._ act of throwing upward:
a throwing up of the head: confusion, commotion: a toss-up.--_v.t._ TOSS'EN
(_Spens._), to toss, to brandish.--_n._ TOSS'ER.--_adv._ TOSS'ILY,
pertly.--_ns._ TOSS'ING, the act of tossing or throwing upward: (_B._)
violent commotion: (_mining_) process of washing ores; TOSS'-POT (_Shak._),
a toper, a drunkard; TOSS'-UP, the throwing up of a coin to decide
anything: an even chance or hazard.--_adj._ TOSS'Y, pert,
contemptuous.--TOSS OFF, to drink off; TOSS UP, to throw up a coin and
wager on which side it will fall. [Celt., as W. _tosio_, to jerk, _tos_, a
quick jerk.]
TOST, a form of _tossed_, _pa.p._ of _toss_.
TOSTICATED, tos'ti-k[=a]-ted, _adj._ fuddled: perplexed--also
TOS'SIC[=A]TED.--_n._ TOSTIC[=A]'TION, perplexity.
TOT, tot, _n._ anything little, esp. a child: a drinking-cup holding but
half-a-pint, a small dram.--_n._ TOT'TIE, a dim. of tot. [Cf. Ice. _tottr_,
a dwarf.]
TOT, tot, _v.t._ to add or sum up.--_n._ an addition of a long column.
[Coll. abbrev. of _total_.]
TOTAL, t[=o]'tal, _adj._ whole: complete: undivided: unqualified,
absolute.--_n._ the whole: the entire amount.--_v.t._ to bring to a total,
add up: to amount to.--_ns._ T[=O]TALIS[=A]'TION; T[=O]TALIS[=A]'TOR,
T[=O]'TAL[=I]SER, an automatic betting-machine.--_v.t._
T[=O]'TAL[=I]SE.--_ns._ T[=O]'TAL[=I]SER; T[=O]TAL'ITY, the whole sum,
quantity, or amount.--_adv._ T[=O]'TALLY.--_n._ T[=O]'TALNESS, entireness.
[Fr.,--Low L. _totalis_--L. _totus_, whole.]
TOTE, t[=o]t, _v.t._ to carry as a personal burden, to bear.--_n._
TOTE'-ROAD, a rough road for carriers.
TOTEM, t[=o]'tem, _n._ a natural object, not an individual but one of a
class, taken by a tribe, a family, or a single person, and treated with
superstitious respect as an outward symbol of an existing intimate unseen
relation.--_adj._ TOTEM'IC.--_ns._ T[=O]'TEMISM, the use of totems as the
foundation of a vast social system of alternate obligation and restriction;
T[=O]'TEMIST, one designated by a totem.--_adj._ T[=O]'TEMISTIC. [Algonquin
_otem_, which must be preceded by the personal article, as _kitotem_=the
family-mark, _nind-otem_=my family-mark.]
T'OTHER, tuth'[.e]r, _indef. pron._ that other.
TOTIENT, t[=o]'shi-ent, _n._ the number of totitives of a number. [L.
_toties_, so many.]
TOTIPALMATE, t[=o]-ti-pal'm[=a]t, _adj._ fully webbed in all four
toes.--_n._ a bird showing this.--_n._ TOTIPALM[=A]'TION.
TOTITIVE, tot'i-tiv, _n._ a number less than another having with it no
common divisor but unity.
TO-TORNE, t[=oo]-t[=o]rn', _p.adj._ (_Spens._) torn to pieces.
TOTTER, tot'[.e]r, _v.i._ to shake as if about to fall: to be unsteady: to
stagger: to shake.--_n._ TOTT'ERER.--_adv._ TOTT'ERINGLY, in a tottering
manner.--_adjs._ TOTT'ERY, shaky; TOTT'Y (_Spens._), tottering, unsteady.
[For _tolter_--M. E. _tulten_--A.S. _tealtrian_, to totter, _tealt_,
unsteady.]
TOUCAN, t[=oo]-kan', or t[=oo]'-, _n._ a genus of South American Picarian
birds, with an immense beak. [Fr.,--Braz.]
TOUCH, tuch, _v.t._ to come in contact with: to perceive by feeling: to
reach: to relate to: to handle or treat gently or slightly, as in 'to touch
the hat,' &c.: to take, taste: to move or soften: to influence: to move to
pity: to taint: (_slang_) to cheat: to lay the hand upon for the purpose of
curing scrofula or king's evil--a practice that ceased only with the
accession of the House of Brunswick.--_v.i._ to be in contact with: to make
a passing call: to speak of anything slightly: (_prov._) to salute by
touching the cap.--_n._ act of touching: a movement on a musical
instrument, skill or nicety in such, a musical note or strain: any
impression conveyed by contact, a hint, a slight sound: a stroke with a
pen, brush, &c.: a tinge, smack, trace, a slight degree of a thing: sense
of feeling, contact, close sympathy, harmony: peculiar or characteristic
manner: a style of anything at a certain expenditure: a touchstone,
test.--_adj._ TOUCH'ABLE, capable of being touched.--_n._ TOUCH'ABLENESS,
the state or quality of being touchable.--_adj._ TOUCH'-AND-GO, of
uncertain issue, ticklish, difficult.--_ns._ TOUCH'-BACK, the act of
touching the football to the ground behind the player's own goal when it
has been kicked by an opponent; TOUCH'-BOX, a box containing tinder, which
used to be carried by soldiers armed with matchlocks; TOUCH'-DOWN, the
touching to the ground of a football by a player behind the opponents'
goal; TOUCH'ER; TOUCH'-HOLE, the small hole of a cannon through which the
fire is communicated to the charge.--_adv._ TOUCH'ILY, in a touchy manner:
peevishly.--_n._ TOUCH'INESS, the quality of being touchy: peevishness:
irritability.--_adj._ TOUCH'ING, affecting: moving: pathetic.--_prep._
concerning: with regard to.--_adv._ TOUCH'INGLY.--_ns._ TOUCH'INGNESS;
TOUCH'-ME-NOT, a plant of genus _Impatiens_: lupus; TOUCH'-NEE'DLE, a small
bar or needle of gold for testing articles of the same metal by comparing
the streaks they make on a touchstone with those made by the needle;
TOUCH'-P[=A]'PER, paper steeped in saltpetre for firing a train of powder,
&c.; TOUCH'PIECE, a coin or medal formerly given by English sovereigns to
those whom they touched for the cure of the king's evil; TOUCH'STONE, a
kind of compact basalt or stone for testing gold or silver by the streak of
the touch-needle: any test; TOUCH'WOOD, some soft combustible material, as
amadou, used as tinder.--_adj._ TOUCH'Y, irritable: peevish.--TOUCH UP, to
improve by a series of small touches, to elaborate, embellish.--A NEAR
TOUCH, a close shave. [Fr. _toucher_--from Old High Ger. _zucchen_ (Ger.
_zucken_), to move, to draw.]
TOUGH, tuf, _adj._ not easily broken: firm: stiff, viscous, sticky:
stubborn, hard to manage, trying: violent: tenacious: able to endure
hardship.--_n._ a rough, a bully.--_v.t._ or _v.i._ TOUGH'EN, to make or
become tough.--_adj._ TOUGH'ISH, rather tough.--_adv._ TOUGH'LY.--_n._
TOUGH'NESS. [A.S. _tóh_; cog. with Ger. _zähe_.]
TOUPEE, t[=oo]-p[=e]', _n._ a little tuft or lock of hair, the top of a
periwig, a small wig. [Fr. _toupet_.]
TOUR, t[=oo]r, _n._ a going round: a journey in a circuit: a prolonged
journey: a ramble.--_n._ TOUR'IST, one who makes a tour, a traveller for
sight-seeing.--_adj._ TOURIS'TIC. [Fr.,--L. _tornus_, a turn.]
TOURACO, t[=oo]'ra-k[=o], or t[=oo]-rä'-, _n._ a bird about the size of a
pheasant found in the Amazon region, whose structure shows many
anomalies--the sternal apparatus, the divided muscular crop, and the
reptilian character of the head of the unhatched chick.
TOURBILLON, t[=oo]r-bil'yun, _n._ anything with a spiral movement: a
whirlwind: a kind of firework which gyrates in the air. [Fr., a
whirlwind--L. _turbo_.]
TOURMALIN, -E, t[=oo]r'ma-lin, _n._ a beautiful mineral, with vitreous
lustre, mostly black, brownish-black, and bluish-black. [From _Tourmali_,
in Ceylon, whence a variety of the stone was first brought.]
TOURNAMENT, t[=oo]r'na-ment, _n._ a military sport of the Middle Ages in
which combatants engaged one another to display their courage and skill in
arms: any contest in skill involving a number of competitors and a series
of games.--Also TOUR'NEY. [O. Fr. _tournoiement_, _tornoi_--_torner_--L.
_torn[=a]re_, to turn.]
TOURNIQUET, t[=oo]r'ni-ket, _n._ an instrument for compressing the main
artery of the thigh or arm, either for the purpose of preventing too great
a loss of blood in amputation, or to check dangerous hæmorrhage from
accidental wounds, or to stop the circulation through an aneurism. [Fr.,
_tourner_--L. _torn[=a]re_, to turn.]
TOURNURE, t[=oo]r-n[=u]r', _n._ contour, the characteristic turn of a
drawing: a pad worn by women to give the hips a well-rounded outline, the
drapery at the back of a gown.
TOUSE, towz, _v.t._ (_Spens._) to pull, to tear, to tease or
worry:--_pr.p._ tous'ing; _pa.p._ toused.--_n._ a pull: a
disturbance.--_n._ TOUS'ER, one who, or that which, touses.--_v.t._ TOUS'LE
(_coll._), to disarrange, to tumble.--_adj._ TOUS'Y, shaggy, unkempt,
tousled.
TOUT, towt, _v.i._ to look out for custom in an obtrusive way.--_n._ one
who does so: a low fellow who hangs about racing-stables, &c., to pick up
profitable information.--_n._ TOUT'ER, one who touts. [A.S. _tótian_, to
look out.]
TOUT, towt, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to pout.--_n._ a pet, a fit of the sulks, a
sudden illness.--_adj._ TOUT'IE, petulant.
TOW, t[=o], _v.t._ to pull a vessel through the water with a rope.--_n._
originally a rope for towing with: the coarse part of flax or hemp: the act
of towing.--_ns._ TOW'AGE, act of towing: money for towing; TOW'-BOAT, a
boat that is towed, or one used for towing other vessels.--_n.pl._
TOW'ING-BITTS, upright timbers projecting above the deck for fastening
tow-lines to.--_ns._ TOW'ING-NET, a drag-net for collecting objects of
natural history, &c.; TOW'ING-PATH, TOW'-PATH, a path, generally by the
side of a canal or river, for horses towing barges; TOW'-[=I]'RON, a
toggle-iron used in whaling; TOW'LINE, a line used in towing.--_adj._
TOW'Y, like tow. [A.S. _teóhan_, _teón_. Cf. _Tug_.]
TOWARD, t[=o]'ard, TOWARDS, t[=o]'ardz, _prep._ in the direction of: with a
tendency to: for, as a help to: near, about.--_adv._ nearly: in a state of
preparation. [A.S. _tóweard_, _adj._--_tó_, to, and _ward_, sig.
direction.]
TOWARD, -LY, t[=o]'ward, -li, _adj._ ready to do or learn: apt.--_ns._
T[=O]'WARDNESS, T[=O]'WARDLINESS.
TOWEL, tow'el, _n._ a cloth for wiping the skin after it is washed, and for
other purposes: an altar-cloth.--_ns._ TOW'EL-HORSE, -RACK, a frame for
hanging towels on; TOW'ELLING, cloth for towels: a thrashing.--A LEAD
TOWEL, a bullet; AN OAKEN TOWEL, a cudgel. [O. Fr. _touaille_--Old High
Ger. _twahilla_ (Ger. _zwehle_)--Old High Ger. _twahan_, to wash.]
TOWER, tow'[.e]r, _n._ a lofty building, standing alone or forming part of
another: a fortress: (_her._) a bearing representing a tower with
battlements, &c.: a high head-dress worn by women under William III. and
Anne.--_v.i._ to rise into the air: to be lofty.--_v.t._ (_Milt._) to rise
aloft into.--_adjs._ TOW'ERED, having towers; TOW'ERING, very high,
elevated: very violent; TOW'ERY, having towers: lofty. [O. Fr. _tur_--L.
_turris_, a tower.]
TOWHEE, tow'h[=e], _n._ the chewink, ground-robin, or marsh-robin of the
United States. [Imit.]
TOWN, town, _n._ a place larger than a village, not a city: the inhabitants
of a town.--_ns._ TOWN'-CLERK, a clerk who keeps the records of a town;
TOWN'-COUN'CIL, the governing body in a town, elected by the ratepayers;
TOWN'-COUN'CILLOR, a member of a town-council; TOWN'-CR[=I]'ER, one who
cries or makes public proclamations in a town; TOWN'HALL, a public hall for
the official business of a town; TOWN'HOUSE, a house or building for
transacting the public business of a town: a house in town as opposed to
one in the country.--_adj._ TOWN'ISH, characteristic of town as opposed to
country.--_ns._ TOWN'LAND, a township; TOWN'-MEET'ING, in New England, a
primary meeting of the voters of a town.--_n.pl._ TOWNS'FOLK, the folk or
people of a town.--_ns._ TOWN'SHIP, the territory or district of a town:
the corporation of a town: a district; TOWNS'MAN, an inhabitant or
fellow-inhabitant of a town.--_n.pl._ TOWNS'PEOPLE, townsfolk.--_ns._
TOWN'-TALK, the general talk of a town: the subject of common conversation;
TOWN'Y, a townsman. [A.S. _tún_, an enclosure, town; Ice. _tún_, an
enclosure, Ger. _zaun_, a hedge.]
TO-WORNE, t[=oo]-worn', _p.adj._ (_Spens._) worn-out.
TOXICOLOGY, tok-si-kol'[=o]-ji, _n._ the science of poisons.--_ns._
TOX[=E]'MIA, TOXÆ'MIA, TOXIC[=E]'MIA, TOXICÆ'MIA, blood-poisoning.--_adjs._
TOX[=E]'MIC, TOXÆ'MIC, septicemic; TOX'IC, -AL, pertaining to poisons,
toxicological.--_adv._ TOX'ICALLY.--_adj._ TOX'ICANT, poisoning.--_n._ a
poison.--_adj._ TOXICOLOG'ICAL, pertaining to toxicology.--_adv._
TOXICOLOG'ICALLY.--_ns._ TOXICOL'OGIST, one versed in toxicology;
TOXIC[=O]'SIS, a morbid condition caused by the action of a poison; TOX'IN,
-E, a poisonous ptomaine. [Gr. _toxikon_, arrow-poison--_toxikos_, for the
bow--_toxon_, a bow, _logia_--_legein_, to say.]
TOXOPHILITE, tok-sof'i-l[=i]t, _n._ a lover of archery: an archer.--_adj._
TOXOPHILIT'IC. [Gr. _toxon_, a bow, _philein_, to love.]
TOY, toi, _n._ a child's plaything: a trifle: a thing only for amusement or
look: a curious conceit, a story: a matter of no importance: amorous
sport.--_v.i._ to trifle: to dally amorously.--_n._ TOY'ER, one who
toys.--_adj._ TOY'ISH, given to toying or trifling: playful:
wanton.--_adv._ TOY'ISHLY.--_ns._ TOY'ISHNESS; TOY'MAN, one who deals in
toys; TOY'SHOP, a shop where toys are sold.--_adj._ TOY'SOME, disposed to
toy: wanton. [Dut. _tuig_, tools; Ger. _zeng_, stuff.]
TOYLE, toil (_Spens._). Same as _Toil_ (1).
TOZE, t[=o]z, _v.t._ (_Shak._) to pull by violence or importunity:--_pr.p._
t[=o]z'ing; _pa.p._ t[=o]zed.
TRABEATED, trä-b[=e]-[=a]'ted, _adj._ having an entablature: belonging to
beam or lintel construction.--_adj._ TRAB'AL.--_ns._ TR[=A]'B[=E]A, a robe
of state worn by consuls, augurs, &c. in ancient Rome:--_pl._ TR[=A]'BEÆ;
TRAB[=E][=A]'TION, an entablature: combination of beams in a structure;
TRABEC'ULA (_bot._), a projection from the cell-wall across the cell-cavity
of the ducts of certain plants: one of the fibrous cords of connective
tissue in the substance of spleen, kidneys, &c.: one of the fleshy columns,
or _columnæ carneæ_, in the ventricle of the heart, to which the chordæ
tendineæ are attached: (_entom._) one of the pair of movable appendages on
the head, in front of the antennæ of some mallophagous insects--also
TRABEC'ULUS:--_pl._ TRABEC'ULÆ.--_adj._ TRABEC'ULAR.--_n._
TRABEC'ULARISM.--_adjs._ TRABEC'ULATE, -D, having a trabecula. [L. _trabs_,
a beam.]
TRACE, tr[=a]s, _n._ a mark left: footprint: a small quantity: (_fort._)
the ground-plan of a work.--_v.t._ to follow by tracks or footsteps, to
discover the tracks of, to follow step by step, to traverse: to follow with
exactness: to sketch: to cover with traced lines or tracery.--_v.i._ to
move, travel: to dance.--_adj._ TRACE'ABLE, that may be traced.--_n._
TRACE'ABLENESS.--_adv._ TRACE'ABLY.--_ns._ TR[=A]'CER; TR[=A]'CERY,
ornamentation traced in flowing outline: the beautiful forms in stone with
which the arches of Gothic windows are filled for the support of the glass.
[Fr.,--L. _tructus_, pa.p. of _trah[)e]re_, to draw.]
TRACE, tr[=a]s, _n._ one of the straps by which a vehicle is drawn. [O. Fr.
_trays_, _trais_, same as _traits_, pl. of _trait_; cf. TRAIT.]
TRACHEA, tra-k[=e]'a, _n._ that part of the air-passages which lies between
the larynx and the bronchi:--_pl._ TRACH[=E]'Æ.--_adjs._ TR[=A]'CH[=E]AL,
pertaining to the trachea; TR[=A]'CH[=E]AN, having tracheæ.--_n.pl._
TR[=A]CH[=E][=A]'RIA, the tracheate arachnidans.--_adjs._
TR[=A]CH[=E][=A]'RIAN, pertaining to the tracheate arachnidans;
TRA'CH[=E][=A]RY, pertaining to the trachea; TR[=A]'CH[=E][=A]TE, -D,
having a trachea.--_ns._ TR[=A]CHENCH'YMA, tracheary tissue;
TR[=A]CH[=E][=O]BRANCH'IA, a breathing-organ of certain aquatic insect
larvæ.--_adj._ TR[=A]CH[=E][=O]BRONCH'IAL, pertaining to the trachea and
the bronchi.--_n._ TR[=A]CH[=E]'[=O]C[=E]LE, an enlargement of the thyroid
gland.--_adj._ TR[=A]CH[=E][=O]SCOP'IC, pertaining to tracheoscopy.--_ns._
TR[=A]CH[=E]'[=O]SCOPIST, one who practises tracheoscopy;
TR[=A]CH[=E]'[=O]SC[=O]PY, the inspection of the trachea; TR[=A]'CHEOTOME,
a knife used in tracheotomy; TR[=A]CH[=E]OT'[=O]MIST, one who practices
tracheotomy; TR[=A]CHEOT'OMY, the operation of making an opening in the
trachea; TR[=A]CH[=I]'TIS, TRACH[=E][=I]'TIS, inflammation of the trachea.
[L. _trach[=i]a_--Gr. _trachys_, _tracheia_, rough.]
TRACHELIUM, tr[=a]-k[=e]'li-um, _n._ the neck of a column: a genus of
_Campanulaceæ_, native to the Mediterranean region.--_adj._
TR[=A]CH[=E]LO-OCCIP'ITAL, pertaining to the nape of the neck and the
hind-head. [Gr. _trach[=e]los_, the neck.]
TRACHINUS, tr[=a]-k[=i]'nus, _n._ the typical genus of _Trachinidæ_, a
family of acanthopterygian fishes, the weevers. [Gr. _trachys_, rough.]
TRACHLE, TRAUCHLE, träh'l, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to draggle: to fatigue.--_n._ a
long and exhausting effort.--_adj._ TRACH'LY, dirty, slovenly.
TRACHOMA, tra-k[=o]'ma, _n._ a disease of the eye, with hard pustules on
the inner surface of the eyelids.
TRACHURUS, tr[=a]-k[=u]'rus, _n._ a genus of carangoid fishes, the saurels.
[Gr. _trachys_, rough, _oura_, tail.]
TRACHYTE, tr[=a]'k[=i]t, _n._ a crystalline igneous rock, generally grayish
in colour, usually fine-grained or compact, more or less markedly
porphyritic, with large crystals of sanidine and scales of black
mica.--_adjs._ TRACHYT'IC; TRACH'YTOID. [Gr. _trachys_, rough.]
TRACING, tr[=a]'sing, _n._ act of one who traces: act of copying by marking
on thin paper the lines of a pattern placed beneath: the copy so
produced.--_n._ TR[=A]'CING-P[=A]'PER, a transparent paper which, when laid
over a drawing, &c., allows the drawing to be seen through it, so that a
copy can be made by tracing the lines of the original on the paper.
TRACK, trak, _v.t._ to follow by marks or footsteps: to tow: to traverse:
to make marks upon.--_n._ a mark left: footprint: a beaten path: course
laid out for horse, foot, or bicycle races: the two continuous lines of
rails on which railway carriages run.--_ns._ TRACK'AGE, a drawing or
towing, as of a boat; TRACK'-BOAT, a boat towed by a line from the shore;
TRACK'-CLEAR'ER, a guard in front of the wheels of a locomotive, &c., to
clear any obstruction from the track; TRACK'ER, one who, or that which,
tracks; TRACK'-LAY'ER, a workman engaged in laying railway-tracks.--_adj._
TRACK'LESS, without a path: untrodden.--_adv._ TRACK'LESSLY.--_ns._
TRACK'LESSNESS; TRACK'MAN, one who has charge of a railway-track;
TRACK'-ROAD, a towing-path; TRACK'-WALK'ER, a trackman having charge of a
certain section of railway-track.--IN ONE'S TRACKS, just where one stands;
MAKE TRACKS, to go away hastily, to decamp; MAKE TRACKS FOR, to go after;
OFF THE TRACK, derailed, of a railway carriage, &c.: away from the proper
subject. [Fr. _trac_--Dut. _trek_, draught, _trekken_, to draw.]
TRACT, trakt, _n._ something drawn out or extended: continued duration: a
region, area: a short treatise: an anthem sung instead of the Alleluia
after the gradual, or instead of it, from Septuagesima till
Easter-eve.--_n._ TRACTABIL'ITY, quality or state of being tractable:
docility.--_adj._ TRAC'TABLE, easily drawn, managed, or taught:
docile.--_n._ TRAC'TABLENESS.--_adv._ TRAC'TABLY.--_n._ TRAC'TATE, a
treatise, tract.--_adj._ TRAC'TILE, that may be drawn out.--_ns._
TRACTIL'ITY, the quality of being tractile: ductility; TRAC'TION, act of
drawing or state of being drawn; TRAC'TION-EN'GINE, a steam vehicle for
hauling heavy weights along a road, &c.--_adj._ TRAC'TIVE, that draws or
pulls.--_ns._ TRAC'TOR, that which draws, esp. in _pl._ metallic tractors,
two bars of iron and of steel, drawn over diseased parts of the body to
give supposed relief; TRACTOR[=A]'TION, the use of metallic tractors in
medicine. [L. _tractus_, pa.p. of _trah[)e]re_, to draw.]
TRACTARIAN, trakt-[=a]r'i-an, _n._ one of the writers of the famous _Tracts
for the Times_, published at Oxford during the years 1833-41--Pusey,
Newman, Keble, Hurrell Froude, and Isaac Williams.--_ns._
TRACT[=A]R'IANISM, the system of religious opinion promulgated in these,
its main aim to assert the authority and dignity of the Anglican Church;
TRACT[=A]'TOR, one of the writers of the foregoing.
TRADE, tr[=a]d, _n._ buying and selling: commerce: occupation, craft; men
engaged in the same occupation: rubbish.--_v.i._ to buy and sell: to act
merely for money.--_v.i._ to traffic with.--_adjs._ TR[=A]D'ED (_Shak._),
versed, practised; TRADE'FUL (_Spens._), commercial, busy in
traffic.--_ns._ TRADE'-HALL, a hall for the meetings of any trade or guild;
TRADE'-MARK, any name or distinctive device warranting goods for sale as
the production of any individual or firm; TRADE'-PRICE, the price at which
goods are sold to members of the same trade, or are sold by wholesale to
retail dealers; TR[=A]'DER; TRADE'-SALE, an auction sale of goods by
producers, &c., to persons in the trade.--_n.pl._ TRADES'-FOLK, people
employed in trade.--_n._ TRADES'MAN, a common name for a shopkeeper: a
mechanic:--_fem._ TRADES'WOMAN.--_n.pl._ TRADES'PEO'PLE, people employed in
various trades, esp. shopkeeping, &c.--_ns._ TRADES'-UN'ION, TRADE'-UN'ION,
an organised association of the workmen of any trade or industry for the
protection of their common interests; TRADE'-UN'IONISM; TRADE'-UN'IONIST;
TRADE'-WIND, a wind blowing steadily toward the thermal equator and
deflected westwardly by the eastward rotation of the earth.--_adj._
TR[=A]'DING, carrying on commerce (also _n._): (_Milt._) frequented by
traders, denoting places where the trade-winds blow.--TRADE ON, to take
advantage of.--BOARD OF TRADE, a department of government for control of
railways, mercantile marine, harbours, and commercial matters generally.
[A.S. _træd_, pa.t. of tredan, to tread. Not Fr. _traite_, transport of
goods--L. _tract[=a]re_, freq. of _trah[)e]re_, to draw.]
TRADE, tr[=a]d, _n._ (_Spens._) same as TREAD: (_Shak._) beaten path.
TRADITION, tra-dish'un, _n._ the handing down of opinions or practices to
posterity unwritten: a belief or practice thus handed down.--_adjs._
TRADI'TIONAL, TRADI'TIONARY, delivered by tradition.--_ns._
TRADI'TIONALISM; TRADITIONAL'ITY.--_advs._ TRADI'TIONALLY,
TRADI'TIONARILY.--_n._ TRADI'TIONIST, one who adheres to tradition.--_adj._
TRAD'ITIVE, traditional. [L.,--_trans_, over, _d[)a]re_, to give.]
TRADITOR, trad'i-tor, _n._ one of those early Christians who under
persecution gave up copies of the Scriptures, the sacred vessels, or the
names of their fellow-Christians. [L.,--_trad[)e]re_; to give up.]
TRADUCE, tra-d[=u]s', _v.t._ to calumniate: to defame.--_ns._ TRADUCE'MENT,
the act of traducing: (_Shak._) misrepresentation, calumny;
TRAD[=U]'CER.--_adj._ TRAD[=U]'CIBLE.--_adv._ TRAD[=U]'CINGLY. [L.
_traduc[)e]re_, to lead along--_trans_, across, _duc[)e]re_, to lead.]
TRADUCTION, tra-duk'shun, _n._ the act of transferring, conveyance:
(_Spens._) transfer: transmission from one to another, tradition:
derivation from one of the same kind.--_ns._ TRAD[=U]'CIAN, one who
believes in traducianism; TRAD[=U]'CIANISM, the belief, long prevalent in
the Western Church, that children receive soul as well as body from their
parents through natural generation--every soul being a fresh creation--also
_Generationism_.--_adj._ TRADUC'TIVE.
TRAFFIC, traf'ik, _n._ commerce: large trade: the business done on a
railway, &c.--_v.i._ to trade: to trade meanly.--_v.t._ to
exchange:--_pr.p._ traff'icking; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ traff'icked.--_n._
TRAFF'ICKER.--_adj._ TRAFF'ICLESS.--_n._ TRAFF'IC-MAN'AGER, the manager of
the traffic on a railway, &c. [O. Fr. _trafique_; cf. It. _trafficare_,
prob. from L. _trans_, across, and Low L. _vic[=a]re_, to exchange--L.
_vicis_, change; not from fac[)e]re, to make.]
TRAGACANTH, trag'a-kanth, _n._ a name given to several low spiny shrubs of
the genus _Astragalus_, found in western Asia, as well as to the
mucilaginous substance or gum derived from them.
TRAGALISM, trag'a-lizm, _n._ goatishness, lust.
TRAGEDY, traj'e-di, _n._ a species of drama in which the action and
language are elevated, and the catastrophe sad: any mournful and dreadful
event.--_n._ TRAG[=E]'DIAN, an actor of tragedy:--_fem._
TRAG[=E]'DIENNE.--_adjs._ TRAG'IC, -AL, pertaining to tragedy: sorrowful:
calamitous.--_adv._ TRAG'ICALLY.--_ns._ TRAG'ICALNESS; TRAG'I-COM'EDY, a
dramatic piece in which grave and comic scenes are blended.--_adjs._
TRAG'I-COM'IC, -AL.--_adv._ TRAG'I-COM'ICALLY. [Lit. 'goat-song,' so called
either from the old dramas being exhibited when a goat was sacrificed, or
from a goat being the prize, or because the actors were dressed in
goat-skins--L. _tragoedia_--Gr. _trag[=o]dia_--_tragos_, a he-goat,
_aoidos_, _[=o]dos_, a singer--_aeidein_, _adein_, to sing.]
TRAGELAPHUS, tr[=a]-jel'a-fus, _n._ a fabulous animal associated with
Diana: a genus of African antelopes, the boschbok, &c. [Gr.,--_tragos_, a
goat, _elaphos_, a deer.]
TRAGOPAN, trag'[=o]-pan, _n._ a genus of birds in the pheasant family,
represented by five species in India and China, of most brilliant plumage.
TRAGULINE, trag'[=u]-lin, _adj._ goat-like.
TRAGUS, tr[=a]'gus, _n._ a small prominence at the entrance of the external
ear: a corresponding process in bats, &c. [Gr. _tragos_.]
TRAIK, tr[=a]k, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to wander about, to get lost: to decline
in health.--_n._ a misfortune: the mutton of sheep that have died of
disease or accident.--_adj._ TRAIK'ET, worn out.--TRAIK AFTER, to dangle
after.
TRAIL, tr[=a]l, _v.t._ to draw along the ground: to hunt by tracking: to
draw out, lead on: to tread down, as grass, by walking through: to carry,
as a musket or pike, in an oblique forward position, the breech or the butt
near the ground.--_v.i._ to be drawn out in length, to hang or drag loosely
behind: to run or climb as a plant: to move with slow sweeping motion: to
drag one's self lazily along.--_n._ anything drawn out in length: track
followed by the hunter.--_ns._ TRAIL'ER, one who trails: a climbing plant:
a carriage dragged (or trailed) behind another to which the motive power is
applied; TRAIL'-NET, a drag-net. [O. Fr. _traail_--Low L. _trahale_--L.
_traha_, a sledge--_trah[)e]re_, to draw.]
TRAIN, tr[=a]n, _v.t._ to draw along: to allure: to educate: to discipline:
to tame for use, as animals: to cause to grow properly: to prepare men for
athletic feats, or horses for the race.--_v.i._ to exercise, to prepare
one's self for anything: to be under drill: to travel by train: (_coll._)
to be on intimate terms with.--_n._ that which is drawn along after
something else: the part of a dress which trails behind the wearer: a
retinue: a series: process: a clue, trace: a line of gunpowder to fire a
charge: a line of carriages on a railway: a set of wheels acting on each
other, for transmitting motion: a string of animals, &c.: a lure,
stratagem.--_adj._ TRAIN'ABLE, capable of being trained.--_ns._
TRAIN'-BAND, a band of citizens trained to bear arms; TRAIN'-BEAR'ER, one
who bears or holds up a train, as of a robe or gown.--_adj._ TRAINED,
formed by training, skilled.--_ns._ TRAIN'ER, one who prepares men for
athletic feats, horses for a race, or the like; TRAIN'ING, practical
education in any profession, art, or handicraft: the method adopted by
athletes for developing their physical strength, endurance, or dexterity,
or to qualify them for victory in competitive trials of skill, races,
matches, &c.--including both bodily exercise and regulated dieting;
TRAIN'ING-COL'LEGE, -SCHOOL, the same as _Normal school_ (see NORM);
TRAIN'ING-SHIP, a ship equipped with instructors, &c., to train boys for
the sea; TRAIN'-MILE, one of the aggregate number of miles traversed by the
trains of any system--a unit of calculation.--TRAIN FINE, to discipline the
body to a high pitch of effectiveness: to train the intellectual powers.
[Fr. _train_, _trainer_, through Low L. forms from L. _trah[)e]re_, to
draw.]
TRAIN-OIL, tr[=a]n'-oil, _n._ whale-oil extracted from the blubber by
boiling. [Old Dut. _traen_, whale-oil.]
TRAIPSE. See TRAPE.
TRAIT, tr[=a], or tr[=a]t, _n._ a drawing: a touch: a feature. [Fr.,--L.
_tractus_, _trah[)e]re_, to draw.]
TRAITOR, tr[=a]'tur, _n._ one who, being trusted, betrays: one guilty of
treason: a deceiver:--_fem._ TRAIT'RESS.--_n._ TRAIT'ORISM.--_adv._
TRAIT'ORLY (_Shak._).--_adj._ TRAIT'OROUS, like a traitor: perfidious:
treasonable.--_adv._ TRAIT'OROUSLY.--_n._ TRAIT'OROUSNESS. [Fr.
_traître_--L. _traditor_--_trad[)e]re_, to give up.]
TRAJECTORY, tra-jek't[=o]-ri, _n._ the curve described by a body (as a
planet or a projectile) under the action of given forces.--_v.t._ TRAJECT',
to throw across.--_ns._ TRAJ'ECT, a ferry: transmission; TRAJEC'TION, a
crossing. [From L. _trajic[)e]re_, _-jectum_--_trans_, across, _jac[)e]re_,
to throw.]
TRAM, tram, _n._ a tramway or tramway-line: a four-wheeled coal-wagon in
pits: a beam, bar, the shaft of a cart, barrow, &c.--_ns._ TRAM'-CAR, a
tramway-car; TRAM'POT, the socket in which an upright spindle is stepped;
TRAM'-ROAD, TRAM'WAY, a road or way for carriages or wagons to run along
easily; TRAM'WAY-CAR, a carriage for conveying passengers along the public
streets, running on rails, drawn by horses or impelled by cable traction,
electrical power, or steam. [Prov. Eng. _tram_, a beam, is prob. cog. with
Sw. dial. _tromm_, a log, Low Ger. _traam_, a beam, &c.]
TRAMMEL, tram'el, _n._ a net used in fowling and fishing: shackles for
making a horse amble: anything that confines.--_v.t._ to shackle: to
confine:--_pr.p._ tramm'elling; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ tramm'elled.--_n._
TRAMM'ELLER. [O. Fr. _tramail_, a net--Low L. _tramacula_, from L. _tres_,
three, _macula_, a mesh.]
TRAMONTANE, tra-mon't[=a]n, _adj._ lying beyond the mountains (originally
the Alps), from Rome: foreign: uncivilised.--_n._ TRAMONTÄ'NA, the north
wind. [L. _trans_, beyond, _mons_, _montis_, a mountain.]
TRAMP, tramp, _v.t._ to tread, to travel over on foot: (_Scot._) to tread
clothes in a tub of water so as to cleanse them.--_v.i._ to walk, to go on
foot: to wander about as a vagrant.--_n._ a foot-journey: a vagrant: a
plate of iron worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the
shoe.--_n._ TRAMP'ER.--_vs.i._ TRAM'POUS, TRAM'POOSE, to tramp about.--_n._
TRAMP'-PICK, an iron pick forced by the foot into the ground. [M. E.
_trampen_; an extension of _trap_, _trip_; cf. Ger. _trampen_.]
TRAMPLE, tramp'l, _v.t._ to tread under foot: to tread with pride, to
insult.--_v.i._ to tread in contempt: to tread forcibly and rapidly.--_n._
a trampling.--_n._ TRAMP'LER. [A freq. of _tramp_.]
TRANCE, trans, _n._ a morbid sleep, differing from natural repose in
duration, in profound insensibility, &c.--the concomitant or symptom of
diseases of the nervous system, particularly hysteria: catalepsy.--_adv._
TRANCED (_Shak._), lying in a trance or ecstasy.--_adv._ TRANC'EDLY. [Fr.
_transe_--L. _transitum_--_trans-[=i]re_, to go across, in Late L. to die.]
TRANECT, tra-nekt', _n._ (_Shak._) a ferry. [L. _trans_, across,
_nect[)e]re_, to join.]
TRANGLE, trang'gl, _n._ (_her._) one of the diminutives of the fesse.
TRANGRAM, trang'gram, _n._ a trumpery gimcrack.--Also TRANK'UM.
TRANK, trangk, _n._ an oblong piece of skin from which the pieces for a
glove are cut.
TRANKA, trang'kä, _n._ a long cylindrical box balanced on their feet by
jugglers.
TRANQUIL, trang'kwil, _adj._ quiet: peaceful.--_n._
TRANQUILLIS[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ TRAN'QUILISE, to make tranquil.--_n._
TRANQUILL[=I]'SER.--_adv._ TRAN'QUILLISINGLY.--_n._ TRANQUILL'ITY.--_adv._
TRAN'QUILLY.--_n._ TRAN'QUILNESS, state of being tranquil: quietness.
[Fr.,--L. _tranquillus_.]
TRANSACT, trans-akt', _v.t._ to manage: to perform.--_v.i._ to manage
anything.--_ns._ TRANSAC'TION, act of transacting: management of any
affair: an affair: (_pl._) the reports or publications of certain learned
societies; TRANSAC'TOR. [L. _transactum_, pa.p. of
_transig[)e]re_--_trans_, through, _ag[)e]re_, carry on.]
TRANSALPINE, trans-al'pin, _adj._ beyond the _Alps_ (in regard to Rome).
[L. _transalpinus_--_trans_, beyond, _Alpinus_, pertaining to the Alps.]
TRANSATLANTIC, trans-at-lan'tik, _adj._ beyond the Atlantic Ocean: crossing
the Atlantic.
TRANSCEND, tran-send', _v.t._ to rise above: to surmount: to surpass: to
exceed.--_ns._ TRANSCEN'DENCE, TRANSCEN'DENCY.--_adjs._ TRANSCEN'DENT,
transcending: superior or supreme in excellence: surpassing others: as
applicable to _being_, relating to the absolute, transcending all
limitation--as applicable to _knowledge_, pertaining to what transcends
experience, being given _à priori_: beyond human knowledge: abstrusely
speculative, fantastic; TRANSCENDEN'TAL, transcending: supereminent,
surpassing others: concerned with what is independent of experience:
vague.--_v.t._ TRANSCENDEN'TALISE.--_ns._ TRANSCENDEN'TALISM, the
investigation of what is _à priori_ in human knowledge, or independent of
experience: that which is vague and illusive in philosophy: the American
reaction against Puritan prejudices, humdrum orthodoxy, old-fashioned
metaphysics, materialistic philistinism, and materialism--best associated
with the name of R. W. Emerson (1803-82); TRANSCENDEN'TALIST.--_advs._
TRANSCENDEN'TALLY; TRANSCEN'DENTLY.--_n._ TRANSCEN'DENTNESS. [L. _trans_,
beyond, _scand[)e]re_, to climb.]
TRANSCRIBE, tran-skr[=i]b', _v.t._ to write over from one book into
another: to copy.--_ns._ TRANSCRIB'ER; TRANS'CRIPT, that which is
transcribed: a copy; TRANSCRIP'TION, the act of copying: a transcript: a
copy.--_adjs._ TRANSCRIP'TIONAL; TRANSCRIP'TIVE.--_adv._ TRANSCRIP'TIVELY.
[L. _transcrib[)e]re_, _-scriptum_--_trans_, over, _scrib[)e]re_, to
write.]
TRANSCURRENT, trans-kur'ent, _adj._ passing transversely, as the postfrena
of a beetle.
TRANSDUCTOR, trans-duk'tor, _n._ that which draws across, esp. a muscle of
the great-toe.--_n._ TRANSDUC'TION, the act of carrying over.
TRANSENNA, tran-sen'a, _n._ a lattice-grating for enclosing shrines, as
those of martyrs, while yet allowing the coffer to be seen.
TRANSEPT, tran'sept, _n._ one of the wings or cross-aisles of a church, at
right angles to the nave. [L. _trans_, across, _septum_, an
enclosure--_sepes_, a hedge.]
TRANSFARD, trans-fard', _p.adj._ (_Spens._) transferred.
TRANSFER, trans-f[.e]r', _v.t._ to carry or bring over: to convey to
another place: to remove: to transport:--_pr.p._ transfer'ring; _pa.t._ and
_pa.p._ transferred'.--_ns._ TRANS'FER, the act of transferring: the
conveyance of anything from one person or place to another: that which is
transferred; TRANSFERABIL'ITY, TRANSFERRIBIL'ITY.--_adjs._ TRANSFER'ABLE,
TRANSFER'RIBLE, that may be transferred or conveyed from one place or
person to another.--_ns._ TRANS'FER-BOOK, a register of the transfer of
property, shares, &c.; TRANS'FER-DAY, one of certain regular days for
registering transfer of bank-stock and government funds at the Bank of
England; TRANSFER[=EE]', the person to whom a thing is transferred;
TRANS'FERENCE, the act of transferring or conveying from one person or
place to another: passage from one place to another; TRANS'FER-P[=A]'PER, a
kind of prepared paper used for transferring impressions with
copying-presses, &c.; TRANSFER'RER. [L. _trans_, across, _ferre_, to
carry.]
TRANSFIGURATION, trans-fig-[=u]r-[=a]'shun, _n._ a change of form.--_v.t._
TRANSFIG'URE (_rare_), to change the figure or form of: to change the
appearance of--also TRANSFIG'[=U]R[=A]TE.--_n._ TRANSFIG'UREMENT.--THE
TRANSFIGURATION, the supernatural change in the appearance of Christ,
described in Matt. xvii.: a festival on 6th August, in commemoration of it.
TRANSFIX, trans-fiks', _v.t._ to pierce through.--_n._ TRANSFIS'SION,
cross-section.--_adj._ TRANSFIXED'.--_n._ TRANSFIX'ION.
TRANSFLUENT, trans'fl[=oo]-ent, _adj._ flowing through.--_n._ TRANSFLUX', a
flowing through.
TRANSFORATE, trans'f[=o]-r[=a]t, _v.t._ to bore through.--_n._
TRANSFOR[=A]'TION.
TRANSFORM, trans-form', _v.t._ to change the shape of: to change into
another substance: to change the disposition.--_v.i._ to be changed in form
or substance.--_adj._ TRANSFOR'MABLE.--_ns._ TRANSFORM[=A]'TION, change of
form or substance, metamorphosis: the change of one metal into another:
(_path._) any morbid change in a part; TRANSFORM[=A]'TION-SCENE, any scene
on the stage which changes in presence of the audience.--_adj._
TRANSFOR'MATIVE.--_ns._ TRANSFOR'M[=A]TOR, TRANSFOR'MER.--_p.adj._
TRANSFOR'MING, effecting, or able to effect, a change of form or
state.--_ns._ TRANSFOR'MISM, the theory of the development of one species
from another; TRANSFOR'MIST.--_adj._ TRANSFORMIS'TIC.
TRANSFRONTIER, trans-fron't[=e]r, _adj._ beyond the frontier.
TRANSFUGE, trans'f[=u]j, _n._ a deserter.--Also TRANSF[=U]'GITIVE. [L.
_transfuga_, a deserter.]
TRANSFUND, trans-fund', _v.t._ to transfuse.
TRANSFUSE, trans-f[=u]z', _v.t._ to pour out into another vessel: to cause
to pass from one to another: to cause to be imbibed.--_n._
TRANSF[=U]'SER.--_adj._ TRANSF[=U]'SIBLE, capable of being
transfused.--_ns._ TRANSF[=U]'SION, the act of transfusing, esp. blood from
the veins of one animal into another; TRANSF[=U]'SIONIST.--_adj._
TRANSF[=U]'SIVE, tending or having power to transfuse.--_adv._
TRANSF[=U]'SIVELY. [L. _trans_, over, _fund[)e]re_, _fusum_, to pour.]
TRANSGRESS, trans-gres', _v.t._ to pass beyond a limit: to break, as a
law.--_v.i._ to offend by violating a law: to sin.--_adj._
TRANSGRES'SIBLE.--_n._ TRANSGRES'SION, the act of transgressing: violation
of a law or command: offence: fault: crime: sin.--_adjs._ TRANSGRES'SIONAL;
TRANSGRES'SIVE.--_adv._ TRANSGRES'SIVELY.--_n._ TRANSGRES'SOR, one who
transgresses: one who violates a law or command: a sinner. [L. _trans_,
across, _gradi_, _gressus_, to step.]
TRANSHIP, tran-ship', _v.t._ to convey from one ship into another, or from
one conveyance to another.--_ns._ TRANSHIP'MENT; TRANSHIP'PER;
TRANSHIP'PING.
TRANSHUMAN, trans-h[=u]'man, _adj._ more than human.--_v.t._
TRANSH[=U]'MANISE, to elevate into a higher or heavenly nature.
TRANSIENT, tran'shent, _adj._ passing: of short duration: not lasting:
momentary: (_mus._) intermediate.--_ns._ TRAN'SIENCE, TRAN'SIENCY,
transientness.--_adv._ TRAN'SIENTLY.--_n._ TRAN'SIENTNESS. [L.
_transiens_--_trans_, across, _[=i]re_, _itum_, to go.]
TRANSILIENT, tran-sil'i-ent, _adj._ leaping across.--_n._ TRANSIL'IENCY.
[L. _trans[=i]lire_, to leap across.]
TRANSILLUMINATION, trans-il-l[=u]-mi-n[=a]'shun, _n._ a shining through.
TRANSISTHMIAN, trans-ist'mi-an, _adj._ extending across an isthmus.
TRANSIT, tran'sit, _n._ a passing over: conveyance: (_astron._) the passage
of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place: the passage of a planet
over the sun's disc: a transit circle, or instrument, for observing the
transit of a heavenly body across the meridian.--_ns._ TRANS'IT-D[=U]'TY, a
duty chargeable on goods passing through a country; TRANS'IT-IN'STRUMENT,
an astronomical telescope mounted in the meridian and turning on a fixed
east and west axis; TRANSI'TION, passage from one place or state to
another: change: (_mus._) a change of key.--_adjs._ TRANSI'TIONAL,
TRANSI'TIONARY, containing or denoting transition: of intermediate
character between species or genera, transmutational: characteristic of one
epoch or style in its transition to another.--_adv._
TRANSI'TIONALLY.--_adj._ TRANS'ITIVE, passing over: having the power of
passing: (_gram._) denoting a verb which has a direct object.--_adv._
TRANS'ITIVELY.--_n._ TRANS'ITIVENESS.--_adv._ TRANS'ITORILY.--_n._
TRANS'ITORINESS.--_adj._ TRANS'ITORY, going or passing away: lasting for a
short time: speedily vanishing.--_n._ TRANS'IT-TRADE, the trade of carrying
foreign goods through a country.
TRANSLATE, trans-l[=a]t', _v.t._ to remove to another place: to render into
another language: to explain: to transfer from one office to another: to
transform.--_adj._ TRANSL[=A]'TABLE, capable of being translated or
rendered into another language.--_n._ TRANSL[=A]'TION, the act of
translating: removal to another place: the rendering into another language:
a version: (_slang_) the process of working up new things from old
materials: motion free from rotation: the automatic retransmission of a
telegraphic message.--_adjs._ TRANSL[=A]'TIONAL, TRANS'L[=A]TORY.--_n._
TRANSL[=A]'TOR:--_fem._ TRANSL[=A]'TRESS. [Fr.,--L. _trans_, over, _ferre_,
_latum_, to carry.]
TRANSLEITHAN, trans-l[=i]'than, _adj._ beyond the Leitha, the boundary
river between the archduchy of Austria and Hungary.
TRANSLITERATE, trans-lit'e-r[=a]t, _v.t._ to express the words of one
language in the alphabetic characters of another.--_ns._
TRANSLITER[=A]'TION; TRANSLIT'ER[=A]TOR.
TRANSLUCENT, trans-l[=u]'sent, _adj._ shining through: allowing light to
pass, but not transparent: clear.--_ns._ TRANSL[=U]'CENCE,
TRANSL[=U]'CENCY.--_adv._ TRANSL[=U]'CENTLY.--_adj._ TRANSL[=U]'CID,
translucent. [L. _translucens_--_trans_, across, _luc[=e]re_, to
shine--_lux_, _lucis_, light.]
TRANSLUNAR, trans-l[=u]'nar, _adj._ beyond the moon.--Also TRANS'L[=U]NARY.
TRANSMARINE, trans-ma-r[=e]n', _adj._ across or beyond the sea.
TRANSMEABLE, trans'm[=e]-a-bl, _adj._ capable of being traversed.--_v.t._
TRANS'M[=E]ATE.--_n._ TRANSME[=A]'TION.
TRANSMEW, trans-m[=u]', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to transmute, to transpose.
TRANSMIGRATE, trans'mi-gr[=a]t, _v.i._ to migrate or remove across, esp. to
another country: to pass into another country or state.--_adj._
TRANS'MIGRANT.--_ns._ TRANSMIGR[=A]'TION, the act of removing to another
country: the passing into another state: the passage of the soul after
death into another body; TRANS'MIGR[=A]TOR.--_adj._ TRANSM[=I]'GR[=A]TORY,
passing to another place, body, or state.
TRANSMIT, trans-mit', _v.t._ to send across to another person or place: to
suffer to pass through:--_pr.p._ transmit'ting; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._
transmit'ted.--_n._ TRANSMISSIBIL'ITY.--_adjs._ TRANSMIS'SIBLE,
TRANSMIT'TIBLE, that may be transmitted from one to another, or through any
body or substance.--_ns._ TRANSMIS'SION, TRANSMIT'TAL, act of transmitting:
the sending from one place or person to another: passage through.--_adj._
TRANSMIS'SIVE, transmitted: derived from one to another.--_ns._
TRANSMIT'TANCE, transfer; TRANSMIT'TER. [L. _trans_, across, _mitt[)e]re_,
_missum_, to send.]
TRANSMOGRIFY, trans-mog'ri-f[=i], _v.t._ (_coll._) to transform into
something else, as by magic.--_n._ TRANSMOGRIFIC[=A]'TION.
TRANSMONTANE, trans-mon-t[=a]n', _adj._ across a mountain.
TRANSMORPHISM, trans-mor'fizm, _n._ the evolution of one thing from
another. [L. _trans_, over, Gr. _morph[=e]_, form.]
TRANSMOVE, trans-m[=oo]v', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to transpose.
TRANSMUTE, trans-m[=u]t', _v.t._ to change to another form or
substance.--_adj._ TRANSM[=U]'TABLE, that may be transmuted or changed into
a different form, nature, or substance.--_ns._ TRANSM[=U]'TABLENESS,
TRANSM[=U]TABIL'ITY.--_adv._ TRANSM[=U]'TABLY.--_adj._
TRANSM[=U]'TANT.--_ns._ TRANSM[=U]T[=A]'TION, a changing into a different
form, nature, or substance; TRANSM[=U]T[=A]'TIONIST.--_adj._
TRANSM[=U]'TATIVE.--_n._ TRANSM[=U]'TER. [L. _trans_, over, _mut[=a]re_, to
change.]
TRANSNORMAL, trans-nor'mal, _adj._ beyond what is normal.
TRANSOCEANIC, trans-[=o]-sh[=e]-an'ik, _adj._ crossing the ocean.
TRANSOM, tran'sum, _n._ a thwart beam or lintel, esp. the horizontal
mullion or crossbar of a window: in ships, the beam across the sternpost to
strengthen the afterpart.--_n._ TRANS'OM-WIN'DOW, a window divided into two
parts by a transom. [L. _transtrum_, a cross-bank--_trans_, across.]
TRANSPADANE, trans-p[=a]'d[=a]n, _adj._ situated beyond the Po (L.
_Padanus_), with reference to Rome.
TRANSPARENCY, trans-p[=a]r'en-si, _n._ the quality of being transparent:
clearness: that which is transparent: a picture on semi-transparent
material seen by means of light shining through, a positive picture on
glass, to be viewed by transmitted light: a humorous translation of the
German title _Durchlaucht_--also TRANSP[=A]R'ENCE.--_adj._ TRANSP[=A]R'ENT,
that may be distinctly seen through: clear.--_adv._
TRANSP[=A]R'ENTLY.--_n._ TRANSP[=A]R'ENTNESS. [L. _trans_, through,
_par[=e]re_, to appear.]
TRANSPICUOUS, tran-spik'[=u]-us, _adj._ (_Milt._) that can be seen through,
transparent. [L. _transpic[)e]re_, to see through--_trans_, through,
_spec[)e]re_, to look.]
TRANSPIERCE, trans-p[=e]rs', _v.t._ to pierce through: to permeate.
TRANSPIRE, tran-sp[=i]r', _v.t._ to breathe or pass through the pores of
the skin.--_v.i._ to exhale: to become public, to come to light: to occur
(a bad use).--_adj._ TRANSP[=I]R'ABLE.--_n._ TRANSPIR[=A]'TION, act or
process of transpiring; exhalation through the skin.--_adj._
TRANSP[=I]R'ATORY.--_n._ TRANS'PIRY, act of transpiring. [L. _trans_,
through, _spir[=a]re_, to breathe.]
TRANSPLANT, trans-plant', _v.t._ to remove and plant in another place: to
remove.--_adj._ TRANSPLAN'TABLE.--_ns._ TRANSPLANT[=A]'TION, act of
transplanting, the removal of a living plant to another place, the removal
of living tissue from one part of the body, or from one individual, to
another; TRANSPLAN'TER, a machine for moving trees.
TRANSPONTINE, trans-pon'tin, _adj._ situated across a bridge, esp.
belonging to the part of London on the Surrey side of the Thames, hence
melodramatic from the tastes of the theatres there.
TRANSPORT, trans-p[=o]rt', _v.t._ to carry across or from one place to
another: to banish: to carry away by violence of passion or
pleasure.--_ns._ TRANS'PORT, carriage from one place to another: a vessel
for conveyance: the conveyance of troops and their necessaries by sea or
land: ecstasy; TRANSPORTABIL'ITY.--_adj._ TRANSPOR'TABLE, that may be
carried across.--_ns._ TRANSPOR'TAL, transportation; TRANSPOR'TANCE
(_Shak._), conveyance, removal; TRANSPORT[=A]'TION, removal:
banishment.--_p.adj._ TRANSPOR'TED, carried away with ecstatic
emotion.--_adv._ TRANSPOR'TEDLY.--_ns._ TRANSPOR'TEDNESS;
TRANSPOR'TER.--_p.adj._ TRANSPOR'TING, carrying away with emotion:
passionate: ravishing.--_adv._ TRANSPOR'TINGLY.--_ns._ TRANS'PORT-RID'ER, a
carrier; TRANS'PORT-SHIP, -VESS'EL, a ship used for transporting, esp. for
conveying troops, stores, &c. [L. _trans_, across, _port[=a]re_, to carry.]
TRANSPOSE, trans-p[=o]z', _v.t._ to put each in the place of the other: to
change, as the order of words, or the key in music.--_adj._
TRANSP[=O]'SABLE.--_ns._ TRANSP[=O]'SAL, a change of place or order;
TRANSP[=O]'SER; TRANSPOSI'TION, act of putting one thing in place of
another: state of being transposed; a change of the order of words:
(_mus._) a change of key into a higher or lower scale.--_adjs._
TRANSPOSI'TIONAL; TRANSPOS'ITIVE.--_adv._ TRANSPOS'ITIVELY.--_n._
TRANSPOS'ITOR. [Fr.,--L. _transpon[)e]re_--_trans_, across, _pon[)e]re_, to
place.]
TRANSPRINT, trans-print', _v.t._ to print out of place.
TRANS-SHAPE, trans-sh[=a]p', _v.t._ (_Shak._) to change into another shape,
to transform.
TRANS-SHIP. Same as TRANSHIP.
TRANSUBSTANTIATE, tran-sub-stan'shi-[=a]t, _v.t._ to change to another
substance.--_ns._ TRANSUBSTANTI[=A]'TION, a change into another substance:
(_R.C._) the conversion, in the consecration of the elements of the
Eucharist, of the whole substance of the bread and wine into Christ's body
and blood, only the appearances of bread and wine remaining;
TRANSUBSTANTI[=A]'TIONALIST, TRANSUBSTAN'TI[=A]TOR. [L. _trans_, across,
_substantia_, a substance.]
TRANSUDE, tran-s[=u]d', _v.i._ to ooze or pass through the pores or
interstices of a membrane or substance.--_pr.p._ trans[=u]d'ing; _pa.p._
trans[=u]d'ed.--_n._ TRANSUD[=A]'TION.--_adj._ TRANS[=U]'DATORY. [L.
_trans_, through, _sud[=a]re_, to sweat.]
TRANSUMPTIVE, tran-sump'tiv, _adj._ transferred from one to another.--_ns._
TRANSUMPT', a copy of a writing; TRANSUMP'TION, the act of taking from one
place to another.
TRANSVERBERATE, trans-v[.e]r'be-r[=a]t, _v.t._ to beat or strike through.
TRANSVERSE, trans-v[.e]rs', _adj._ turned or lying across.--_adv._
crosswise.--_n._ TRANSVER'SAL, a line drawn across several others so as to
cut them all.--_adv._ TRANSVER'SALLY.--_adj._ TRANS'VERSARY.--_adv._
TRANSVERSE'LY, in a transverse or cross direction.--_n._ TRANSVER'SION. [L.
_trans_, across, _vert[)e]re_, _versum_, to turn.]
TRANSYLVANIAN, tran-sil-v[=a]'ni-an, _adj._ belonging to _Transylvania_, in
Austro-Hungary.
TRANT, trant, _v.i._ (_prov._) to go about.--_n._ TRAN'TER, a peddler.
TRAP, trap, _n._ an instrument for snaring animals: an ambush: a stratagem:
a contrivance for hindering the passage of foul air from a waste-pipe, &c.:
a trap-door: any rickety structure: a carriage, a vehicle: (_slang_) a
policeman.--_v.t._ to catch in a trap:--_pr.p._ trap'ping; _pa.t._ and
_pa.p._ trapped.--_ns._ TRAP'-BALL, an old game played with a ball or bat
and trap; TRAP'-DOOR, a door in a floor shutting like the catch of a trap;
TRAP'-FALL, a trap-door which gives way beneath the feet; TRAP'PER, one who
traps animals for their fur, &c.; TRAP'PINESS, the state of being trappy or
unsafe; TRAP'PING; TRAP'-STAIR, a stair or kind of ladder surmounted by a
trap-door.--_adj._ TRAP'PY, treacherous. [A.S. _træppe_; cog. with Old High
Ger. _trapa_, a snare (whence Fr. _trappe_, by which the Eng. word has been
modified).]
TRAP, trap, _n._ a term loosely applied to many rocks of volcanic origin,
so called because lying often in steps or terraces.--_adjs._ TRAP'P[=E]AN,
TRAP'POUS, TRAP'PY.--_ns._ TRAP'-T[=U]'FA, -TUFF, a variety of tufa
consisting of the detrital matter of trap-rock. [Sw. _trapp_--_trappa_, a
stair.]
TRAP, trap, _v.t._ to drape or adorn with gay clothes: to
ornament:--_pr.p._ trap'ping; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ trapped.--_n._ a
horse-cloth: (_pl._) one's personal belongings, luggage.--_n.pl._
TRAP'PINGS, gay clothes: ornaments, esp. those put on horses. [Fr.
_drap_--Low L. _drappus_, cloth; cf. _Drab_, _Drape_.]
TRAPAN, tra-pan', _v.t._ to trap, to ensnare:--_pr.p._ trapan'ning; _pa.t._
and _pa.p._ trapanned'.--_n._ a snare: a stratagem: a trapanner.--_n._
TRAPAN'NER. [From _trap_, instrument for snaring.]
TRAPE, tr[=a]p, _v.i._ to run about idly or like a slattern.--_n._ TRAPES,
a slattern: a tramp.--_v.i._ TRAPES, TRAIPSE, to gad about idly.
TRAPEZIUM, tra-p[=e]'zi-um, _n._ a plane figure having four unequal sides,
no two of which are parallel: one of the wrist-bones--also
TRAP[=E]ZE':--_pl._ TRAP[=E]'ZIA, TRAP[=E]'ZIUMS.--_n._ TRAP[=E]ZE', a
swing of one or more cross-bars used in gymnastic exercises.--_adjs._
TRAP[=E]'ZIAN, having opposed trapeziform faces; TRAP[=E]'ZIFORM, having
the form of a trapeze.--_n._ TRAP'EZOID (also TRAP[=E]'ZOID), a plane
four-sided figure like a trapezium, having two of its opposite sides
parallel.--_adj._ TRAPEZOID'AL, having the form of a trapezoid. [Gr.
_trapezion_ dim. of _trapeza_, a table; from _tetra_, four, _pous_,
_podos_, a foot.]
TRAPPIST, trap'ist, _n._ a member of a monastic body, a branch of the
Cistercians, noted for the extreme austerity of the rule--so named from the
abbey of La _Trappe_ in the French department of Orne.--_n._ TRAP'PISTINE,
a nun of this order of La Trappe.
TRASH, trash, _n._ a clog fastened to a dog or other animal to restrain his
movements.--_v.t._ to encumber, check.
TRASH, trash, _v.t._ to crop: to strip off superfluous leaves.--_n._
refuse, matter unfit for food, rubbish good for nothing, a worthless
person.--_n._ TRASH'ERY, trash, rubbish.--_adv._ TRASH'ILY.--_ns._
TRASH'INESS, the state or quality of being trashy; TRASH'TRIE (_Scot._),
trash.--_adj._ TRASH'Y, like trash; worthless. [Prob. Scand., Ice. _tros_,
fallen twigs.]
TRASH, trash, _v.t._ to wear out, to harass.
TRASS, tras, _n._ a volcanic earth used as a hydraulic cement. [Dut.
_tras_.]