Webster's Dictionary 1913

4375

Trapezohedron

Trap′e‐zo‐he″dron (?), n. [NL., from trapezium + Gr. � seat, base, fr. � to sit.] (Crystalloq.) (a) A solid bounded by twenty-four equal and similar trapeziums; a tetragonal tri...

4376

Trapezoid

Trap″e‐zoid (?), n. [Gr. � trapezoid-shaped; � table + � shape, likeness: cf. F. trapézoïde. See Trapezium.] 1. (Geom.) A plane four-sided figure, having two sides parallel to e...

4377

Trapezoid (2)

Trap″e‐zoid, a. 1. Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoidal; as, the trapezoid ligament which connects the coracoid process and the clavicle.2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to th...

4378

Trapezoidal

Trap′e‐zoid″al (?), a. [Cf. F. trapézoïdal.]1. Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoid.2. (Min.) Tranpezohedral.

4379

Traphole

Trap″hole (?), n.(Mil.) See Trou-de-loup.

4380

Trappean

Trap″pe‐an (?), a. [Cf. F. trappéen. See Trap a kind of rock.] (Min.) Of or pertaining to trap; being of the nature of trap.

4381

Trapper

Trap″per (?), n. [From Trap to insnare.] 1. One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs. W. Irving.2. (Mining) A boy who opens and shuts a...

4382

Trappings

Trap″pings (?), n. pl. [From Trap to dress with ornaments.] 1. That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations.Trappings of life, for ornament, not...

4383

Trappist

Trap″pist (?), n. [F. trappiste.] (R. C. Ch.) A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which was established by Armand de Rancé in 1660 at the monastery of La Trapp...

4384

Trappous

Trap″pous (?), n. [From Trap a kind of rock.] (Min.) Of or performance to trap; resembling trap, or partaking of its form or qualities; trappy.

4385

Trappures

Trap″pures (?), n. pl. [See Trap to dress.] Trappings for a horse. Chaucer.

4386

Trappy

Trap″py (?), a.(Min.) Same as Trappous.

4387

Traps

Traps (?), n. pl. [See Trappings, and Trap to dress.] Small or portable articles for dress, furniture, or use; goods; luggage; things.

4388

Trapstick

Trap″stick′ (?), n. A stick used in playing the game of trapball; hence, fig., a slender leg. Addison.

4389

Trash

Trash (?), n. [Cf. Icel. tros rubbish, leaves, and twigs picked up for fuel, trassi a slovenly fellow, Sw. trasa a rag, tatter.] 1. That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; ...

4390

Trash (2)

Trash, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Trashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trashing.] 1. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane. B. E...

4391

Trash (3)

Trash, v. i. To follow with violence and trampling. The Puritan (1607).

4392

Trashily

Trash″i‐ly (?), adv. In a trashy manner.

4393

Trashiness

Trash″i‐ness, n. The quality or state of being trashy.

4394

Trashy

Trash″y (?), a. [Compar.Trashier (?); superl.Trashiest.] Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected; worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel.

4395

Trass

Trass (?), n. [D. tras or Gr. trass, probably fr. It. terrazzo terrace. See Terrace.] (Geol.) A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; — sometimes ...

4396

Traulism

Trau″lism (?), n. A stammering or stuttering. Dalgarno.

4397

Traumatic

Trau‐mat″ic (?), a. [L. traumaticus, Gr. �, from �, �, a wound: cf. F. traumatique.] (Med.) (a) Of or pertaining to wounds; applied to wounds. Coxe. (b) Adapted to the cure of w...

4398

Traumatism

Trau″ma‐tism (?), n.(Med.) A wound or injury directly produced by causes external to the body; also, violence producing a wound or injury; as, rupture of the stomach caused by t...

4399

Traunce

Traunce (?), n. & v. See Trance.

4400

Traunt

Traunt (?), v. i. Same as Trant.

4401

Traunter

Traunt″er (?), n. Same as Tranter.