Trail (2)
Trail (?), v. i. 1. To be drawn out in length; to follow after.When his brother saw the red blood trail. Spenser.2. To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping...
Diccionario
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
Buscar
Encontrar una palabra o entrada
Letra actual
T
6.184 entradas
Trail (3)
Trail, n. 1. A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail.They traveled in the bed of the brook, l...
Trail rope
Trail rope. (Aëronautics) Same as Guide rope, above.
Trailer
Trail″er (?), n. One who, or that which, trails.
Trailer (2)
Trail″er, n. A car coupled to, and drawn by, a motor car in front of it; — used esp. of such cars on street railroads. Called also trail car.
Trailing
Trail″ing, a. & vb. n. from Trail.Trailing arbutus. (Bot.) See under Arbutus. — Trailing spring, a spring fixed in the axle box of the trailing wheels of a locomotive engine, an...
Trailing edge
Trail″ing edge. (Aëronautics) A following edge. See Advancing edge, above.
Train
Train (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Trained (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Training.] [OF. trahiner, traïner,F. traîner, LL. trahinare, trainare, fr. L. trahere to draw. See Trail.]1. To draw al...
Train (2)
Train, v. i. 1. To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.2. To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train ...
Train (3)
Train, n. [F. train, OF. traïn, trahin; cf. (for some of the senses) F. traine. See Train, v.] 1. That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allure...
Train (4)
Train (?), n. 1. A heavy long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.2. (Mil.) The aggregation of men, animals, and vehicles which accom...
Train dispatcher
Train dispatcher. An official who gives the orders on a railroad as to the running of trains and their right of way.
Train oil
Train″ oil′ (oil′). [D. or LG. traan train oil, blubber (cf. Dan. & Sw. tran, G. thran) + E. oil.] Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling.
Trainable
Train″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being trained or educated; as, boys trainable to virtue. Richardson.
Trainband
Train″band′ (?), n.; pl.Trainbands (�). A band or company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; — afterwards applied to the London ...
Trainbearer
Train″bear′er (?), n. One who holds up a train, as of a robe.
Trainel
Train″el (?), n. A dragnet. Holland.
Trainer
Train″er (?), n. 1. One who trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains or prepares men, horses, etc., for exercises requiring physical agility and strength.2. A militiama...
Training
Train″ing, n. The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education.Fan training(Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, ...
Trainy
Train″y (?), a. Belonging to train oil. Gay.
Traipse
Traipse (?), v. i. [Cf. G. trapsen, trappsen, trappen, to tread noisily, to walk stamping. See Trample, Trape.] To walk or run about in a slatternly, careless, or thoughtless ma...
Trais
{ Trais (?), Trays }, n. pl. Traces.Four white bulls in the trays. Chaucer.
Trait
Trait (?), n. [F., fr. L. tractus, fr. trahere to draw. See Trace, v., and cf. Tract a region, Trace a strap, Tret.]1. A stroke; a touch.By this single trait Homer makes an esse...
Traiteur
‖Trai′teur″ (?), n. The keeper of an eating house, or restaurant; a restaurateur. Simmonds.
Traitor
Trai″tor (?), n. [OE. traitour, OF. traïtor, traïteur, F. treître, L. traditor, fr. tradere, traditum, to deliver, to give up or surrender treacherously, to betray; trans across...
Traitor (2)
Trai″tor, a. Traitorous. Spenser. Pope.
Traitor (3)
Trai″tor, v. t. To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive. “ But time, it traitors me.” Lithgow.