Webster's Dictionary 1913

4564

Trente et quarante

‖Trente″ et′ qua′rante″ (?). Same as Rouge et noir, under Rouge.

4565

Trenton period

Tren″ton pe″ri‐od (?). (Geol.) A subdivision in the lower Silurian system of America; — so named from Trenton Falls, in New York. The rocks are mostly limestones, and the period...

4566

Trepan

Tre‐pan″ (?), n. [F. trépan (cf. Sp. trépano, It. trepano, trapano), LL. trepanum, fr. Gr. � a borer, auger, trepan, fr. � to bore, � a hole. Cf. Trephine.] 1. (Surg.) A crown-s...

4567

Trepan (2)

Tre‐pan″, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Trepanned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trepanning.] [Cf. F. trépaner. See Trepan a saw.] (Surg.) To perforate (the skull) with a trepan, so as to remove...

4568

Trepan (3)

Tre‐pan″, n. [See Trapan.] 1. A snare; a trapan.Snares and trepans that common life lays in its way. South.2. a deceiver; a cheat.He had been from the beginning a spy and a trep...

4569

Trepan (4)

Tre‐pan″, v. t. To insnare; to trap; to trapan.Guards even of a dozen men were silently trepanned from their stations. De Quincey.

4570

Trepang

Tre‐pang″ (?), n. [Malay trīpang.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of which are dried and extensively used as food in China; — called also bêche d...

4571

Trepanize

Trep″an‐ize (?), v. t. To trepan. “By trepanizing the skull.” Jer. Taylor.

4572

Trepanner

Tre‐pan″ner (?), n. One who trepans. “ Pitiful trepanners and impostors.” Gauden.

4573

Trepeget

Trep″e‐get (?), n.(Mil.) A trebuchet.

4574

Trephine

Tre‐phine″ (?; 277), n. [A dim. of 1st trepan: cf. F. tréphine.] (Surg.) An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, w...

4575

Trephine (2)

Tre‐phine″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Trephined (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trephining.] To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.

4576

Trepid

Trep″id (?), a. [L. trepidus.] Trembling; quaking. Thackeray.

4577

Trepidation

Trep′i‐da″tion (?), n. [F. trépidation, L. trepidatio, fr. trepidare to hurry with alarm, to tremble, from trepidus agitated, disturbed, alarmed; cf. trepit he turns, Gr. � to t...

4578

Trepidity

Tre‐pid″i‐ty, n. Trepidation.

4579

Tres-tine

Tres″–tine′ (?), n. [Cf. L. tris, tres, three, and E. tyne, tine, a prong.] The third tine above the base of a stag's antler; the royal antler.

4580

Tres-tyne

Tres″–tyne′ (?), n. [L. tris, tres, three + E. tyne.] (Zoöl.) In the antler of a stag, the third tyne above the base. This tyne appears in the third year. In those deer in which...

4581

Tresayle

Tres″ayle′ (trĕs″āl′), n. [F. trisaïeul, from L. tris, tres, three + F. aïeul grandfather. Cf. Besaiel, and see Ayle.] A grandfather's grandfather.Writ of tresayle(O. Eng. Law),...

4582

Tresor

Tres″or (?), n. Treasure. Chaucer.

4583

Trespass

Tres″pass (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Trespassed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trespassing.] [OF. trespasser to go across or over, transgress, F. trépasser to die; pref. tres- (L. trans acros...

4584

Trespass (2)

Tres″pass (?), n. [OF. tr�spas, F. trépas death. See Trespass, v.] 1. Any injury or offence done to another.I you forgive all wholly this trespass. Chaucer.If ye forgive not men...

4585

Trespasser

Tres″pass‐er (?), n. One who commits a trespass; as: (a) (Law) One who enters upon another's land, or violates his rights. (b) A transgressor of the moral law; an offender; a si...

4586

Tress

Tress (?), n. [OE. tresse, OF. trece, F. tresse, LL. tricia, fr. Gr. τρίχα threefold, because a tress is usually formed by interlacing three pieces; akin to τρει̑σ three. See Th...

4587

Tressed

Tressed (?), a. 1. Having tresses.2. Formed into ringlets or braided; braided; curled. Spenser. Drayton.

4588

Tressel

Tres″sel (?), n. A trestle.

4589

Tressful

Tress″ful (?), a. Tressy. Sylvester.

4590

Tressure

Tres″sure (?), n. [F. tresser to twist, plait. See Tress, n.] (Her.) A kind of border similar to the orle, but of only half the breadth of the latter.