Webster's Dictionary 1913

4537

Tremolite

Trem″o‐lite, n. [From Tremola, a valley in the Alps, where it was discovered.] (Min.) A white variety of amphibole, or hornblende, occurring in long, bladelike crystals, and coa...

4538

Tremolo

‖Tre″mo‐lo (?), n. [It. Cf. Tremulous.] (Mus.) (a) The rapid reiteration of tones without any apparent cessation, so as to produce a tremulous effect. (b) A certain contrivance ...

4539

Tremor

Tre″mor (?), n. [L., from tremere to tremble. See Tremble, v.] A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infi...

4540

Tremulant

{ Trem″u‐lant (?), Trem″u‐lent (?), } a. Tremulous; trembling; shaking. “ With tremulent white rod.” Carlyle.

4541

Tremulous

Trem″u‐lous (?), a. [L. tremulus, fr. tremere to tremble. See Tremble.] 1. Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the t...

4542

Tren

Tren (?), n. [See Treen wooden.] A fish spear. Ainsworth.

4543

Trenail

Tre″nail′ (?), n.(Shipbuilding) Same as Treenail.

4544

Trench

Trench (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Trenched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trenching.] [OF. trenchier to cut, F. trancher; akin to Pr. trencar, trenchar, Sp. trinchar, It. trinciare; of uncert...

4545

Trench (2)

Trench, v. i. 1. To encroach; to intrench.Does it not seem as if for a creature to challenge to itself a boundless attribute, were to trench upon the prerogative of the divine n...

4546

Trench (3)

Trench, n. [OE. trenche, F. tranchée. See Trench, v. t.] 1. A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land. Mortimer.2. An alley; a narrow path or walk...

4547

Trench-plow

{ Trench″–plow″, Trench″–plough′ } (–plou′), v. t. To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.

4548

Trenchand

Trench″and (?), a. Trenchant. Spenser.

4549

Trenchant

Trench″ant (?), a. [OF. trenchant, F. tranchant, p. pr. See Trench, v. t.] 1. Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. “ Trenchant was the blade.” Chaucer.2. Fig.: Keen; biting;...

4550

Trenchantly

Trench″ant‐ly, adv. In a trenchant, or sharp, manner; sharply; severely.

4551

Trencher

Trench″er (?), n. [OE. trencheoir, F. tranchoir, fr. trancher to cut, carve. See Trench, v. t.] 1. One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches.2. A large wooden plate o...

4552

Trencher-man

Trench″er–man (?), n.; pl.Trencher-men (�).1. A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer. Shak.2. A cook.The skillfulest trencher-men of Media. Sir P. Sidney.3. A table companion; a...

4553

Trenchmore

Trench″more (?), n. A kind of lively dance of a rude, boisterous character. Also, music in triple time appropriate to the dance.All the windows in the town dance new trenchmore....

4554

Trenchmore (2)

Trench″more (?), v. i. To dance the trenchmore. Marston.

4555

Trend

Trend, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Trended; p. pr. & vb. n.Trending.] [OE. trenden to roll or turn about; akin to OFries. trind, trund, round, Dan. & Sw. trind, AS. trendel a circle, rin...

4556

Trend (2)

Trend, v. t. To cause to turn; to bend.Not far beneath i' the valley as she trendsHer silver stream. W. Browne.

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Trend (3)

Trend, n. Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast.Trend of an anchor. (Naut.) (a) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, b...

4558

Trend (4)

Trend (?), v. t. [Cf. G. & OD. trennen to separate.] To cleanse, as wool.

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Trend (5)

Trend, n. Clean wool.

4560

Trender

Trend″er (?), n. One whose business is to free wool from its filth.

4561

Trendle

Tren″dle (?), n. [AS. trendel, tryndel, circle, ring. See Trend, v. i., and cf. Trundle.] A wheel, spindle, or the like; a trundle.The shaft the wheel, the wheel, the trendle tu...

4562

Trennel

Tren″nel (?), n. Corrupt form of Treenail.

4563

Trental

Tren″tal (?), n. [LL. trentale, fr. L. triginta thirty; akin to tres three: cf. OF. trentel. See Three, and cf. Trigintal.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) An office and mass for the dead on the...