TRAPPINGS
TRAP'PINGS, nounplural [from trap. The primary sense is that which is set, spread or put on.]1. Ornaments of horse furniture.Caparisons and steeds,Bases and tinsel trappings--2....
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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TRAPPOUS
TRAP'POUS, adjective [from trap, in geology. It ought to be trappy.]Pertaining to trap; resembling trap, or partaking of its form or qualities.TRAP'-STICK, noun A stick with whi...
TRASH
TRASH, noun1. Any waste or worthless matter.Who steals my money, steals trash2. Loppings of trees; bruised canes, etc. In the West Indies, the decayed leaves and stems of canes ...
TRASHY
TRASH'Y, adjective Waste; rejected; worthless; useless.TRASS, noun Pumiceous conglomerate, a volcanic production; a gray or yellowish porous substance.
TRASS
TRASSnoun A volcanic earth, resembling puzzolana, used as a cement; or a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of wa...
TRAULISM
TRAU'LISM, noun A stammering. [Not in use.]
TRAUMATIC
TRAUMAT'IC, adjective [Gr. a wound.]1. Pertaining to or applied to wounds.2. Vulnerary; adapted to the cure of wounds.TRAUMAT'IC, noun A medicine useful in the cure of wounds.
TRAVAIL
TRAV'AIL, verb intransitive [Latin trans, over, beyond, and mael, work; Eng. moil.]1. To labor with pain; to toil.2. To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor. Genesis 3...
TRAVAILING
TRAV'AILING, participle present tense Laboring with toil; laboring in childbirth. Isaiah 42:14.
TRAVE
TRAVETRAV'EL, verb intransitive [a different orthography and application of travail.]1. To walk; to go or march on foot; as, to travel from London to Dover, or from New York to ...
TRAVEL
TRAV'EL, v.i. [a different orthography and application of travail.]1. To walk; to go or march on foot; as, to travel from London to Dover, or from New York to Philadelphia. So w...
TRAVEL-TAINTED
TRAV'EL-TAINTED, adjective [travel and tainted.] Harassed; fatigued with travel. [Not in use.]
TRAVELED
TRAV'ELED, participle passive Gained or made by travel; as traveled observations.1.adjective Having made journeys.
TRAVELER
TRAV'ELER, noun1. One who travels in any way. Job:31.2. One who visits foreign countries.3. In ships, an iron thimble or thimbles with a rope spliced round them, forming a kind ...
TRAVELING
TRAV'ELING, participle present tense1. Walking; going; making a journey. Matthew 25:1.2.adjective Incurred by travel; as traveling expenses.3. Paid for travel; as traveling fees.
TRAVERS
TRAV'ERS, adverb Across; athwart. [Not used.]
TRAVERSABLE
TRAV'ERSABLE, adjective [See Traverse, in law.] That may be traversed or denied; as a traversable allegation.
TRAVERSE
TRAV'ERSE, adverb Athwart; crosswise.The ridges of the field lay traverseTRAV'ERSE, preposition [supra.] Through crosswise.He traverseThe whole battalion views their order due. ...
TRAVERSE-BOARD
TRAV'ERSE-BOARD, noun [traverse and board.] In a ship, a small board to be hung in the steerage, and bored full of holes upon lines, showing the points of compass upon it. By mo...
TRAVERSE-TABLE
TRAV'ERSE-TABLE, noun [traverse and table.] In navigation, a table of difference of latitude and departure.
TRAVERSING
TRAV'ERSING, participle present tense Crossing; passing over; thwarting; turning; denying.
TRAVESTIED
TRAV'ESTIED, participle passive Disguised by dress; turned into ridicule.
TRAVESTIN
TRAV'ESTIN, noun A kind of white spongy stone found in Italy.
TRAVESTY
TRAV'ESTY, adjective [infra.] Having an unusual dress; disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous. It is applied to a book or composition translated in a manner to make it burles...
TRAVIS
TRAV'IS, noun1. A wooden frame to confine a horse while the smith is setting his shoes. This is not used for horses in America, but a similar frame is used for confining oxen fo...
TRAY
TRAY, noun [Latin trua.] A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a piece of timber and made hollow, used for making bread in, chopping meat and other domestic ...
TRAY-TRIP
TRA'Y-TRIP, noun A kind of play.