Webster's Dictionary 1913

4483

Treble (3)

Tre″ble, n. [“ It has been said to be a corruption of triplum, a third part, superadded to the altus and bassus (high and low).” Grove.] (Mus.) The highest of the four principal...

4484

Treble (4)

Tre″ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Trebled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trebling.] 1. To make thrice as much; to make threefold. “Love trebled life.” Tennyson.2. To utter in a treble key; to wh...

4485

Treble (5)

Tre″ble, v. i. To become threefold. Swift.

4486

Trebleness

Tre″ble‐ness, n. The quality or state of being treble; as, the trebleness of tones. Bacon.

4487

Treblet

Treb″let (?), n. Same as Triblet.

4488

Trebly

Tre″bly (?), adv. In a treble manner; with a threefold number or quantity; triply. Swift.

4489

Trebuchet

{ Treb″u‐chet (?), Tre″buck‐et (?), } n. [OF. trebuchet, trebukiet, an engine of war for hurling stones, F. trébuchet a gin, trap, a kind of balance, fr. OF. trebuchier, trebuqu...

4490

Trecentist

Tre‐cen″tist (?), n. A member of the trecento, or an imitator of its characteristics.

4491

Trecento

‖Tre‐cen″to (?), n. & a. The fourteenth century, when applied to Italian art, literature, etc. It marks the period of Dante, Petrarch, and boccaccio in literature, and of Giotto...

4492

Trechometer

Tre‐chom″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. � to run + -meter.] An odometer for vehicles. Knight.

4493

Treckschuyt

‖Treck″schuyt′ (?), n. [D. trekschuit; trekken to draw + schuit a boat. Cf. Trackscout.] A covered boat for goods and passengers, used on the Dutch and Flemish canals.

4494

Treddle

Tred″dle (?), n. [See Treadle.] 1. See Treadle.2. A prostitute; a strumpet. Ford.3. pl. The dung of sheep or hares. Holland.

4495

Tredille

Tre‐dille″ (?), n. A game at cards for three.

4496

Tree

Tree (?), n. [OE. tree, tre, treo, AS. treó, treów, tree, wood; akin to OFries. tr�, OS. treo, trio, Icel. tr�, Dan. træ, Sw. trä, träd, Goth. triu, Russ. drevo, W. derw an oak,...

4497

Tree (2)

Tree (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Treed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Treeing.] 1. To drive to a tree; to cause to ascend a tree; as, a dog trees a squirrel. J. Burroughs.2. To place upon a tr...

4498

Tree burial

Tree burial. Disposal of the dead by placing the corpse among the branches of a tree or in a hollow trunk, a practice among many primitive peoples.

4499

Tree calf

Tree calf. A bright brown polished calfskin binding of books, stained with a conventional treelike design.

4500

Treebeard

Tree″beard′ (?), n.(Bot.) A pendulous branching lichen (Usnea barbata); — so called from its resemblance to hair.

4501

Treeful

Tree″ful (?), n.; pl.Treefuls (�). The quantity or number which fills a tree.

4502

Treeless

Tree″less, a. Destitute of trees. C. Kingsley.

4503

Treen

Treen (?), a. [AS. treówen.] 1. Made of wood; wooden. “ Treen cups.” Camden.2. Relating to, or drawn from, trees. Spenser.Treen liquors, especially that of the date. Evelyn.

4504

Treen (2)

Treen, obs.pl. of Tree. “ The shady treen.” Fairfax.

4505

Treenail

Tree″nail′ (?), n.(Shipbuilding) A long wooden pin used in fastening the planks of a vessel to the timbers or to each other. [Written also trenail, and trunnel.]

4506

Tref

Tref (?), a. [Yiddish, fr. Heb. tĕrēphāh an animal torn by wild beasts.] Ceremonially unclean, according to the Jewish law; — opposed to kosher.

4507

Trefle

Tre″fle (?), n. [F. tréfle. See Trefoil.] (Fort.) A species of time; — so called from its resemblance in form to a trefoil.

4508

Tréflé

‖Tré′flé″ (?), a. [F. tréflé. See Trefoil.] (Her.) Having a three-lobed extremity or extremities, as a cross; also, more rarely, ornamented with trefoils projecting from the edg...

4509

Trefoil

Tre″foil (?), n. [L. tres three + E. foil leaf; cf. F. frèfle, It. trifoglio, L. trifolium. See Tri-, Foil leaf, and cf. Trifoly.] 1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Trifolium, wh...