TRAUMA, traw'ma, _n._ an abnormal condition of the body caused by external
injury.--_adj._ TRAUMAT'IC, produced by wounds.--_adv._
TRAUMAT'ICALLY.--_n._ TRAUM'ATISM, trauma. [Gr., a wound.]
TRAVAIL, trav'[=a]l, _n._ excessive labour: toil: labour in
childbirth.--_v.i._ to labour: to suffer the pains of childbirth.--_p.adj._
TRAV'EILED (_Spens._), toiled. [O. Fr. _travail_--Low L. _travaculum_, a
shackle--L. _trabs_, a beam.]
TRAVAIL, tra-v[=a]'ye, _n._ an appliance used among some North American
Indians as a means of transporting sick persons, goods, &c.--a kind of
litter attached by two poles on each side to a pack-saddle, the other ends
trailing on the ground:--_pl._ TRAVAUX (tra-v[=o]'). [Fr.]
TRAVE, tr[=a]v, _n._ a beam: a wooden frame to confine unruly horses while
being shod. [O. Fr. _traf_, _tref_--L. _trabs_, _trabis_, a beam.]
TRAVEL, trav'el, _v.i._ to walk: to journey: to pass: to move.--_v.t._ to
pass: to journey over:--_pr.p._ trav'elling; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._
trav'elled.--_n._ act of passing from place to place: journey: labour:
(_pl._) an account of a journey.--_p.adj._ TRAV'ELLED, having made
journeys: knowing.--_ns._ TRAV'ELLER, one who travels: a wayfarer: one who
travels for a mercantile house: a ring that slides along a rope or spar;
TRAV'ELLER'S-JOY, the virgin's-bower, _Clematis Vitalba_;
TRAV'ELLER'S-TALE, a story that cannot be accepted, a tall story, an
astounding lie, a whopper; TRAV'ELLER'S-TREE, a remarkable Madagascar tree,
its stem resembling a plantain, but sending out leaves only on two opposite
sides, like a great expanded fan.--_adj._ TRAV'ELLING.--_ns._
TRAV'ELLING-BAG, a bag for carrying necessaries on a journey, toilet
articles, &c.; TRAV'ELLING-CARR'IAGE, a heavy carriage, fitted up for
travelling in before railways; TRAV'ELLING-COU'VERT, a set of table
utensils, arranged to pack up easily for travelling; TRAV'ELLING-CRANE, a
crane fixed on a carriage which may be moved on rails; TRAV'ELLING-DRESS, a
plain and easy dress to wear when travelling.--_p.adjs._ TRAV'EL-SOILED,
-STAINED, showing the marks of travel; TRAV'EL-TAINT'ED (_Shak._), fatigued
with travel, harassed. [A form of _travail_.]
TRAVERSE, trav'[.e]rs, _adj._ turned or lying across: denoting a method of
cross-sailing.--_n._ anything laid or built across: something that crosses
or obstructs: a turn: (_law_) a plea containing a denial of some fact
alleged by an opponent: a work for protection from the fire of an enemy: a
gallery from one side of a large building to another.--_v.t._ to cross: to
pass over: to survey: to plane across the grain of the wood: (_law_) to
deny an opponent's allegation.--_v.i._ (_fencing_) to use the motions of
opposition or counteraction: to direct a gun to the right or left of its
position.--_adv._ athwart, crosswise--(_obs._) TRAV'ERS.--_adj._
TRAV'ERSABLE, that may be traversed or denied.--_ns._ TRAV'ERSER;
TRAV'ERSE-T[=A]'BLE, a table or platform for shifting carriages to other
rails; TRAV'ERSING-PLAT'FORM, a platform to support a gun and carriage
which can easily be turned round. [L. _trans_, across, _vert[)e]re_,
_versum_, to turn.]
TRAVERTIN, -E, trav'er-tin, _n._ the Italian name for limestone formed by
springs holding lime in solution. [It. _travertino_--L. _tiburtinus_
(_lapis_), stone of Tibur.]
TRAVESTY, trav'es-ti, _adj._ having on the vesture or appearance of
another: disguised so as to be ridiculous.--_n._ a kind of burlesque in
which the original characters are preserved, the situations
parodied.--_v.t._ to turn into burlesque. [Fr. _travestir_, to disguise--L.
_trans_, over, _vest[=i]re_, to clothe.]
TRAWL, trawl, _v.i._ to fish by dragging a trawl along the bottom.--_v.t._
to drag, to take with a trawl.--_n._ a wide-mouthed bag-net for trawling: a
long line buoyed upon water, with baited hooks at intervals.--_ns._
TRAW'LER, one who, or that which, trawls: a vessel engaged in trawling--a
method adopted in deep-sea fishing; TRAW'LING. [O. Fr. _trauler_, also
_troller_, to go hither and thither.]
TRAY, tr[=a], _n._ a shallow trough-like vessel: a salver. [M. E.
_treye_--A.S. _treg_.]
TRAY, TREY, tr[=a], _n._ the third branch of a deer's antler.
TRAYLED, tr[=a]ld, _p.adj._ (_Spens._) interwoven, adorned.
TRAY-TRIP, tr[=a]'-trip, _n._ (_Shak._) a game at dice.
TREACHERY, trech'[.e]r-i, _n._ faithlessness.--_ns._ TREACH'ER,
TREACH'ETOUR, TREACH'OUR (_obs._), a traitor.--_adj._ TREACH'EROUS, full of
treachery: faithless.--_adv._ TREACH'EROUSLY.--_n._ TREACH'EROUSNESS. [O.
Fr. _tricherie_--_tricher_--Teut., Mid. High Ger. _trechen_, to draw.
_Trick_ is a doublet.]
TREACLE, tr[=e]'kl, _n._ the dark, viscous uncrystallisable syrup obtained
in refining sugar, also the drainings of crude sugar, properly
distinguished from treacle as molasses.--_ns._ TREA'CLE-SLEEP, a sweet and
refreshing sleep; TREA'CLINESS, viscosity.--_adj._ TREA'CLY, composed of,
or like, treacle. [Orig. 'an antidote against the bite of poisonous
animals,' O. Fr. _triacle_--L. _theriacum_--Gr. _th[=e]riaka_ (_pharmaka_),
antidotes against the bites of wild beasts--_th[=e]rion_, a wild beast.]
TREAD, tred, _v.i._ to set the foot down: to walk or go: to copulate, as
fowls.--_v.t._ to walk on: to press with the foot: to trample in contempt:
to subdue:--_pa.t._ trod; _pa.p._ trod or trod'den.--_n._ pressure with the
foot: a step, way of stepping.--_ns._ TREAD'ER; TREAD'ING; TREAD'LE,
TRED'DLE, the part of any machine which the foot moves.--_vs.i._ to work a
treadle.--_ns._ TREAD'LER; TREAD'LING; TREAD'-MILL, a mill in which a
rotary motion is produced by the weight of a person or persons treading or
stepping from one to another of the steps of a cylindrical wheel, used
chiefly as an instrument of prison discipline; TREAD'-WHEEL, a form of
tread-mill with steps on its exterior surface, by treading on which the
wheel is turned.--TREAD DOWN, to trample to destruction; TREAD IN ONE'S
FOOTSTEPS, or STEPS, to follow one's example; TREAD ON, or UPON, to trample
with contempt: to come close after; TREAD ON ONE'S TOES, to give offence to
one; TREAD ON, or UPON, THE HEELS OF, to follow close after; TREAD OUT, to
press out with the feet: to extinguish; TREAD UNDERFOOT, to treat with
scorn: to destroy. [A.S. _tredan_; Ice. _trodha_, Ger. _treten_.]
TREAGUE, tr[=e]g, _n._ (_Spens._) a truce. [It. _tregua_--Low L.
_treuga_--Goth. _triggwa_.]
TREASON, tr[=e]'zn, _n._ betraying of the government or an attempt to
overthrow it: treachery; disloyalty.--_adj._ TREA'SONABLE, pertaining to,
consisting of, or involving treason.--_n._ TREA'SONABLENESS.--_adv._
TREA'SONABLY.--_adj._ TREA'SONOUS.--TREASON FELONY, the crime of desiring
to depose the sovereign, intimidate parliament, stir up a foreign invasion,
&c.--declared by statute in 1848.--CONSTRUCTIVE TREASON, anything which may
be interpreted as equivalent to actual treason by leading naturally to it;
HIGH TREASON, offences against the state; MISPRISION OF TREASON, knowledge
of the principal crime and concealment thereof; PETTY TREASON, the murder
of a husband by a wife, a master by a servant, &c. [O. Fr. _traïson_ (Fr.
_trahison_)--_trahir_--L. _trad[)e]re_, to betray.]
TREASURE, trezh'[=u]r, _n._ wealth stored up: riches: a great quantity
collected: great abundance: anything much valued: (_obs._) a
treasure-house.--_v.t._ to board up: to collect for future use: to value
greatly: to enrich.--_ns._ TREAS'URE-CHEST, a box for keeping articles of
value; TREAS'URE-CIT'Y, a city for stores, magazines, &c.; TREAS'URE-HOUSE,
a house for holding treasures; TREAS'URER, one who has the care of a
treasure or treasury: one who has charge of collected funds;
TREAS'URERSHIP; TREAS'URY, a place where treasure is deposited: a
department of a government which has charge of the finances: one of a class
of subterranean structures, now believed to be merely sepulchral;
TREAS'URY-BENCH, the first row of seats on the Speaker's right hand in the
House of Commons, occupied by the members of the government. [Fr.
_trésor_--L. _thesaurus_--Gr. _th[=e]sauros_.]
TREASURE-TROVE, trezh'[=u]r-tr[=o]v, _n._ treasure or money found in the
earth, the owner unknown. [_Treasure_ and _trové_, pa.p. of O. Fr.
_trover_, to find.]
TREAT, tr[=e]t, _v.t._ to handle in a particular manner: to discourse on:
to entertain, as with food or drink, &c.: to manage in the application of
remedies: to use.--_v.i._ to handle a subject in writing or speaking: to
negotiate: to give an entertainment.--_n._ an entertainment, esp. if of
anything unusual: one's turn to provide such.--_adj._ TREAT'ABLE,
moderate.--_ns._ TREAT'ER; TREAT'ING; TREAT'ISE, a written composition in
which a subject is treated: a formal essay; TREAT'MENT, the act or manner
of treating: management: behaviour to any one: way of applying remedies;
TREAT'Y, the act of treating, negotiation: a formal agreement between
states: (_Shak._, same as ENTREATY). [O. Fr. _traiter_--L. _tract[=a]re_,
to manage--_trah[)e]re_, _tractum_, to draw.]
TREBLE, treb'l, _adj._ triple: threefold: (_mus._) denoting the treble,
that plays or sings the treble.--_n._ the highest of the four principal
parts in the musical scale.--_v.t._ to make three times as much.--_v.i._ to
become threefold:--_pa.p._ treb'led (-ld).--_adj._ TREB'LE-D[=A]'TED,
living three times as long as man.--_n._ TREB'LENESS.--_p.adj._
TREB'LE-SIN'EWED (_Shak._), having threefold sinews, very strong.--_adv._
TREB'LY. [O. Fr.,--L. _triplus_.]
TREBUCHET, treb'[=u]-shet, _n._ a military engine like the ballista. [O.
Fr.]
TRECENTO, tr[=a]-chen't[=o], _n._ the 14th century in Italian art,
&c.--_n._ TRECEN'TIST, an admirer of it. [It.]
TRECHOMETER, tre-kom'e-t[.e]r, _n._ an odometer. [Gr. _trechein_, to run,
_metron_, measure.]
TREDDLE. See TREAD.
TREDDLE, tred'l, _n._ (_prov._) dung: (_slang_) a strumpet.
TREDILLE, tre-dil', _n._ a game at cards for three.--Also TREDRILLE'.
TREE, tr[=e], _n._ a plant having a single trunk, woody, branched, and of a
large size: anything like a tree: wood, as in the compounds _axle-tree_,
_saddle-tree_, &c.: a cudgel: (_B._) a cross.--_v.t._ to drive into a tree,
to corner: to form on a tree.--_v.i._ to take refuge in a tree.--_ns._
TREE'-CAC'TUS, the giant cactus or saguaro; TREE'-CALF, a light-brown calf
bookbinding, stained by acids into a conventional pattern, supposed to
resemble the trunk of a tree and its branches; TREE'-DOVE, one of many
arboricole Indian pigeons; TREE'-FERN, a fern with a tree-like, woody stem,
and a head of fronds resembling the leaves of palms, found only in tropical
countries; TREE'-FROG, a family of Amphibians, more closely related in
structure to the toads than to frogs proper.--_adjs._ TREE'LESS, having no
trees; TR[=EE]N, wooden, made of wood: (_Spens._) of trees.--_ns._
TREE'NAIL, TRE'NAIL, a long wooden pin or nail to fasten the planks of a
ship to the timbers; TREE'-NYMPH, a hamadryad; TREE'-OF-LIB'ERTY, a tree
dedicated to liberty, set up in some public place; TREE'-OF-LIFE, arbor
vitæ: a tree in the garden of Eden, described in Gen. ii. 9; TREE'SHIP,
existence as a tree; TREE'-TOP, the top of a tree; TREE'-WOR'SHIP,
dendrolatry. [A.S. _treó_, _treów_; Ice. _tré_, Gr. _drus_, Sans. _dru_.]
TREEN, tr[=e]n, _n._ a territorial division in the Isle of Man.
[Illustration]
TREFOIL, tr[=e]'foil, _n._ a three-leaved plant, as the white and red
clover: (_archit._) an ornament like trefoil.--_n._ TREF'LE, a
trefoil.--_adj._ TREFLE (tref'l[=a]), ending in a three-lobed figure
(_her._). [L. _trifolium_--_tres_, three, _folium_, a leaf.]
TREHALA, tr[=e]-hä'la, _n._ a kind of manna excreted by the insect _Larinus
maculatus_, in the form of cocoons--also _Turkish manna_.--_n._
TR[=E]'HAL[=O]SE, a sugar extracted from trehala.
TREILLAGE, trel'[=a]j, _n._ a frame to train shrubs and fruit-trees upon.
[Fr.]
TREK, trek, _v.i._ to drag a vehicle: to journey by ox-wagon.--_n._ the
distance from one station to another.--_n._ TREK'KER, a traveller. [Dut.
_trekken_, to draw.]
TRELLIS, trel'is, _n._ a structure of cross-barred or lattice work, for
supporting plants, &c.: a shed, &c., of trellis-work.--_adj._ TRELL'ISED,
having a trellis, or formed as a trellis.--_n._ TRELL'IS-WORK,
lattice-work. [O. Fr. _treillis_--L. _trichila_, a bower.]
TREMANDO, tr[=a]-man'd[=o], _adv._ (_mus._) in a trembling, wavering
manner. [It.]
TREMATODA, trem-a-t[=o]'da, _n.pl._ a class of flat-worms whose members are
parasitic in or on a great variety of animals, the body unsegmented,
leaf-like or more or less cylindrical, and provided with adhesive
suckers.--_n._ TREM'ATODE, one of the foregoing--also TREM'ATOID.--_adj._
TREM'ATOID, suctorial. [Gr. _tr[=e]mat[=o]d[=e]s_, porous--_tr[=e]ma_, a
hole.]
TREMBLE, trem'bl, _v.i._ to shake, as from fear, cold, or weakness: to
shiver: to shake, as sound.--_n._ the act of trembling: a morbid
trembling.--_ns._ TREM'BLEMENT; TREM'BLER; TREM'BLING.--_adv._
TREM'BLINGLY.--_n._ TREM'BLING-POP'LAR, the aspen.--_adj._ TREM'BLY,
tremulous.--_adv._ tremulously.--_adjs._ TREM'[=U]LANT, TREM'[=U]LOUS,
trembling: affected with fear: quivering.--_adv._ TREM'[=U]LOUSLY.--_n._
TREM'[=U]LOUSNESS. [O. Fr. _trembler_--L. _tremulus_,
trembling--_trem[)e]re_, to shake.]
TREMELLA, tr[=e]-mel'a, _n._ a genus of fungi, of the division
_Hymenomycetes_, soft and gelatinous, mostly growing on decaying
wood--_Witches' Meat_, _Fairy Butter_.--_adjs._ TREM'ELLOID, TREM'ELLOSE.
TREMENDOUS, tr[=e]-men'dus, _adj._ such as astonishes or terrifies by its
force or greatness: dreadful.--_adv._ TREMEN'DOUSLY.--_n._ TREMEN'DOUSNESS.
TREMEX, tr[=e]'meks, _n._ a genus of hymenopterous insects. [Gr.
_tr[=e]ma_, a hole.]
TREMOLITE, trem'[=o]-l[=i]t, _n._ one of the amphibole group of minerals,
composed of silica, magnesia, and lime, occurring usually in long prisms,
white or gray, vitreous, translucent to opaque, usually associated with
crystalline schistose rocks.--_adj._ TREMOLIT'IC. [From the Val _Tremola_
in the Alps.]
TREMOLO, trem'[=o]-l[=o], _n._ (_mus._) a tremulous effect suggesting
passion: the device in an organ by which this is produced--also TREM'OLANT,
TREM'ULANT.--_adv._ TREMOLAN'DO, in a tremulous manner. [It.]
TREMOR, trem'or, _n._ a shaking or quivering, any involuntary
shaking.--_adj._ TREM'ORLESS. [_Tremble_.]
TRENCH, trensh, _v.t._ to dig a ditch: to dig deeply with the spade or
plough.--_v.i._ to encroach.--_n._ a long narrow cut in the earth:
(_fort._) an excavation to interrupt the approach of an enemy: an excavated
approach made by besiegers.--_n._ TREN'CHANCY, causticity.--_adjs._
TREN'CHANT, TREN'CHING, cutting: sharp: severe--(_Spens._)
TREN'CHAND.--_ns._ TREN'CHER; TRENCH'-PLOUGH, a plough for trenching or
turning up the land more deeply than usual.--_v.t._ to plough with a
trench-plough. [O. Fr. _trencher_ (Fr. _trancher_), acc. to Littré from L.
_trunc[=a]re_, to maim--_truncus_, maimed.]
TRENCHER, tren'sh[.e]r, _n._ a wooden plate formerly used for cutting meat
on at meals: the table: food: pleasures of the table.--_ns._ TREN'CHER-CAP,
a style of college-cap: a mortar-board; TREN'CHER-FRIEND (_Shak._), one who
frequents the table of another, a parasite; TREN'CHER-KNIGHT, -MAN
(_Shak._), one who can do feats in the way of eating, a feeder;
TREN'CHER-MATE, a table-companion, parasite. [O. Fr.
_trenchoir_--_trencher_, to cut.]
TREND, trend, _v.i._ to tend, to run, to go in a particular direction: to
incline, lean.--_n._ tendency. [A.S. _trendan_.]
TRENTAL, tren'tal, _n._ a service of thirty masses for thirty days, one
each day, for a deceased person. [Low L. _trentale_--L. _triginta_,
thirty.]
TRENTE-ET-QUARANTE. See ROUGE-ET-NOIR.
TREPAN, tr[=e]-pan', _v.t._ to ensnare:--_pr.p._ trepan'ning: _pa.t._ and
_pa.p._ trepanned'. [Same as _trapan_, of which it is an erroneous
spelling.]
TREPAN, tr[=e]-pan', _n._ (_surg._) a small cylindrical saw used in
perforating the skull: a powerful rock-boring tool.--_v.t._ to remove a
circular piece of the skull with a trepan, in order to relieve the brain
from pressure or irritation.--_ns._ TREPAN[=A]'TION, TREPAN'NING;
TREPAN'NER. [Fr.,--Low L. _trepanum_--Gr. _tryp[)a]non_--_trypan_, to
bore.]
TREPANG, tr[=e]-pang', _n._ the Malay name for a species of Holothuria,
much esteemed in China as a food delicacy--_bêche-de-mer_, sea-slug.
[Illustration]
TREPHINE, tre-f[=e]n', or tre-f[=i]n', _n._ the modern trepan, having a
little sharp borer called the centre-pin.--_v.t._ to perforate with the
trephine.
TREPIDATION, trep-i-d[=a]'-shun, _n._ a state of confused hurry or alarm:
an involuntary trembling.--_adj._ TREP'ID, quaking. [L. _trepid[=a]re_,
_-[=a]tum_, to hurry with alarm--_trepidus_, restless.]
TRESPASS, tres'pas, _v.i._ to pass over a limit or boundary: to enter
unlawfully upon another's land: to inconvenience by importunity: to
intrude: to injure or annoy another: to sin.--_n._ act of trespassing: any
injury to another's person or property: a sin.--_ns._ TRES'PASSER;
TRES'PASS-OFF'ERING, an offering in expiation of a trespass or sin (See
Lev. xiv. 12-18). [O. Fr. _trespasser_ (Fr. _trépasser_)--L. _trans_,
across, _pass[=a]re_, to pass.]
TRESS, tres, _n._ a lock or curl of hair: a ringlet (esp. in _pl._)--_v.t._
to form into tresses.--_adjs._ TRESSED, having tresses: formed into tresses
or ringlets: curled; TRESS'Y, pertaining to tresses, like tresses. [Fr.
_tresse_, through Low L. _tricia_, _trica_, from Gr. _tricha_,
threefold--_treis_, three.]
TRESSURE, tresh'[=u]r, _n._ (_her._) a subordinary, half the breadth of the
orle, and usually borne double, and flowered and counter-flowered with
fleurs-de-lis.--_p.adj._ TRES'SURED, having a tressure: arranged in the
form of, or occupying the position of, a tressure. [Fr., from _tresser_, to
plait.]
TRESTLE, tres'l, _n._ a movable support fastened to a top-piece: the frame
of a table--also, TRESS'EL.--_ns._ TREST (_Scot._), a beam: a stool;
TRES'TLE-BRIDGE, one whose bed rests on framed sections or trestles;
TRES'TLE-WORK, a series of trestles forming a viaduct. [O. Fr. _trestel_
(_tréteau_); ety. dub.; perh. through a Low L. dim. from L. _transtrum_, a
beam.]
TRET, tret, _n._ an allowance to purchasers of 4 lb. on every 104 lb. for
waste. [Norm. Fr. _trett_, deduction (Fr. _trait_)--O. Fr. _traire_--L.
_trah[)e]re_, to draw.]
TREVISS, trev'is, _n._ a bar or beam separating stalls: a stall itself. [O.
Fr. _travers_, across.]
TREWS, tr[=oo]z, _n.pl._ trousers, esp. of tartan cloth.--_n._ TREWS'MAN,
one wearing trews. [Ir. _trius_, Gael. _triubhas_. Cf. _Trousers_.]
TREY, tr[=a], _n._ (_Shak._) a three at cards or dice: a card or die of
three spots. [O. Fr. _treis_--L. _tres_, three.]
TRIABLE, tr[=i]'a-bl, _adj._ subject to legal trial.--_n._ TR[=I]'ABLENESS.
TRIACT, tr[=i]'akt, _adj._ having three rays.--Also TRIAC'TINAL,
TR[=I]'ACTINE.
TRIAD, tr[=i]'ad, _n._ the union of three: a Welsh composition arranged in
groups of three: an association of three kindred deities.--_adj._
TRIAD'IC.--_n._ TR[=I]'ADIST, a composer of triads. [L. _trias_,
_triadis_--Gr. _trias_, _triados_--_treis_, three.]
TRIADELPHOUS, tr[=i]-a-del'fus, _adj._ (_bot._) having stamens united into
three bundles. [Gr. _treis_, _tria_, three, _adelphos_, a brother.]
TRIAGE, tr[=i]'[=a]j, _n._ what is picked out, esp. broken coffee-beans.
TRIAL, tr[=i]'al, _n._ a trying: the act of trying: examination by a test:
the state of being tried: suffering: temptation: judicial examination:
attempt: a piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln.--_ns._
TR[=I]'AL-DAY (_Shak._), day of trial; TR[=I]'AL-FIRE (_Shak._), a fire for
trying or proving; TR[=I]'AL-TRIP, an experimental trip of a new vessel, to
test her sailing-powers, &c.--ON TRIAL, on probation, as an experiment.
TRIALISM, tr[=i]'a-lizm, _n._ the doctrine of the existence of body, soul,
and spirit in man.--_ns._ TR[=I]AL'ITY, threeness; TR[=I]'ALOGUE, a
colloquy of three persons.
TRIANDRIA, tr[=i]-an'dri-a, _n._ an order of plants having three equal
stamens.--_n._ TRIAN'DER, such a plant.--_adjs._ TRIAN'DRIAN, TRIAN'DROUS.
[Gr. _treis_, _tria_, three, _an[=e]r_, _andros_, a male.]
[Illustration]
TRIANGLE, tr[=i]'ang-gl, _n._ (_math._) a plane figure with three angles
and three sides: a musical instrument of percussion, formed of a steel rod
bent in triangle-form, open at one angle: a frame of three halberds stuck
in the ground to which soldiers were formerly bound to be flogged
(generally _pl._).--_adjs._ TR[=I]'ANGLED, TRIANG'[=U]LAR, having three
angles.--_n._ TRIANG[=U]LAR'ITY.--_adv._ TRIANG'[=U]LARLY.--_v.t._
TRIANG'[=U]L[=A]TE, to survey by means of a series of triangles.--_adv._
TRIANG'[=U]L[=A]TELY.--_n._ TRIANG[=U]L[=A]'TION, act of triangulating: the
series of triangles so used.--_adj._ TRIANG'[=U]LOID. [Fr.,--L.
_triangulum_--_tres_, three, _angulus_, an angle.]
TRIAPSAL, tr[=i]-ap'sal, _adj._ having three apses.--Also TRIAP'SIDAL.
TRIARCHY, tr[=i]'ar-ki, _n._ government by three persons: a state governed
by three persons. [Gr. _triarchia_--_treis_, _tria_, three, _arch[=e]_,
beginning, sovereignty.]
TRIARIAN, tr[=i]-[=a]'ri-an, _adj._ of the third rank.
TRIAS, tr[=i]'as, _n._ (_geol._) the oldest group of the Mesozoic or
Secondary strata, formerly associated with the Permian rocks under the name
of the New Red Sandstone.--_adj._ TRIAS'SIC. [So called by the German
geologists, from their threefold grouping of the system, from Gr. _trias_,
union of three.]
TRIATOMIC, tr[=i]-a-tom'ik, _adj._ consisting of three atoms: trivalent.
TRIAXIAL, tr[=i]-ak'si-al, _adj._ having three axes.--_n._ TRIAX'ON. [L.
_tres_, _tri-_, three, _axis_, axis.]
TRIBASIC, tr[=i]-b[=a]'sik, _adj._ having three hydrogen atoms replaceable
by equivalents of a base--of some acids.
TRIBBLE, trib'l, _n._ a horizontal frame for drying paper, having wires
stretched across it.
TRIBE, tr[=i]b, _n._ an aggregate of stocks--a stock being an aggregate of
persons considered to be kindred--or an aggregate of families, forming a
community usually under the government of a chief: a number of things
having certain common qualities.--_adj._ TRIB'AL.--_n._ TRIB'ALISM.--_adv._
TRIB'ALLY.--_ns._ TRIBE'LET; TRIBES'MAN. [L. _tribus_, orig. applied to one
of the three divisions of the ancient Roman people--_tri-_, _tres_, three.]
TRIBLET, trib'let, _n._ a tapering mandrel on which rings, nuts, &c. are
forged.
TRIBOMETER, tr[=i]-bom'e-t[.e]r, _n._ a sled-like apparatus for measuring
sliding friction.
TRIBONYX, trib'[=o]-niks, _n._ a genus of Australian gallinules. [Gr.
_tribein_, to rub, _onyx_, a claw.]
TRIBRACH., tr[=i]'brak, _n._ (_poet._) a foot of three short
syllables.--_adj._ TRIBRACH'IC. [L.,--Gr. _tribrachys_,--_tri-_, root of
_treis_, three, _brachys_, short.]
TRIBULATION, trib-[=u]-l[=a]'shun, _n._ severe affliction: distress.
[L.,--_tribul[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to afflict--_tribulum_, a sledge for
rubbing out corn--_ter[)e]re_, to rub.]
TRIBUNAL, tr[=i]-b[=u]'nal, _n._ the bench on which a judge and his
associates sit to administer justice: court of justice: the confessional.
[L.]
TRIBUNE, trib'[=u]n, _n._ a magistrate elected by the Roman plebeians to
defend their rights: a champion of popular rights: the raised platform from
which speeches were delivered, any platform or pulpit.--_ns._
TRIB'UN[=A]TE, TRIB'UNESHIP.--_adjs._ TRIBUNI'TIAL, TRIBUNI'CIAN,
TRIBUNI'TIAN. [L. _tribunus_--_tribus_, a tribe.]
TRIBUTE, trib'[=u]t, _n._ a fixed amount paid at certain intervals by one
nation to another for peace or protection: a personal contribution:
acknowledgment, or homage paid.--_adv._ TRIB'[=U]TARILY.--_n._
TRIB'UTARINESS.--_adj._ TRIB'[=U]TARY, paying tribute: subject: yielding
supplies of anything, subsidiary: paid in tribute.--_n._ one who pays
tribute: a stream which contributes water to another.--_ns._
TRIB'UTE-MON'EY, money paid as tribute; TRIB'[=U]TER, a miner paid by a
proportion of the ore raised. [L. _tributum_--_tribu[)e]re_, to
assign--_tribus_, a tribe.]
TRICAPSULAR, tr[=i]-kap's[=u]-lar, _adj._ (_bot._) three-capsuled: having
three capsules to each flower.
TRICARPOUS, tr[=i]-kar'pus, _adj._ (_bot._) having three carpels.
TRICAUDATE, tr[=i]-kaw'd[=a]t, _adj._ having three tail-like processes, as
a butterfly's wing.
TRICE, tr[=i]s, _v.t._ (_naut._) to haul or lift up by means of a
rope:--_pr.p._ tr[=i]c'ing; _pa.p._ tri[=i]ced. [Ger. _trissen_.]
TRICE, tr[=i]s, _n._ a very short time: an instant. [Perh. from _thrice_,
while one can count three; or from Sp. _tris_, noise of breaking glass; cf.
Scot. 'in a crack.']
TRICENNIAL, tr[=i]-sen'i-al, _adj._ pertaining to thirty years: occurring
every thirty years. [L. _tricennium_, thirty years--_triginta_, thirty,
_annus_, a year.]
TRICENTENARY, tr[=i]-sen'te-n[=a]-ri, _n._ a space of three hundred years.
[L. _trecenti_, three hundred--_tres_, three, _centum_, a hundred.]
TRICEPHALOUS, tr[=i]-sef'a-lus, _adj._ three-headed [Gr., _treis_, three,
_kephal[=e]_, a head.]
TRICEPS, tr[=i]'seps, _adj._ three-headed.--Also TRICIP'ITAL. [L., _tres_,
three, _caput_, head.]
TRICERION, tr[=i]-s[=e]'ri-on, _n._ in Greek ecclesiastical use, a
candlestick with three lights. [Late Gr.,--Gr. _treis_, three, _k[=e]ros_,
wax.]
TRICHANGIA, tr[=i]-kan'ji-a, _n.pl._ the capillary blood vessels. [Gr.
_thriks_--_trichos_, hair, _angeion_, a vessel.]