Webster's Dictionary 1913

4510

Trefoiled

Tre″foiled′ (?), a.(Her.) Same as Tréflé.

4511

Treget

Treg″et (?), n. [See Tregetour.] Guile; trickery. Rom. of R.

4512

Tregetour

Treg″et‐our (?), n. [OE. tresgeteor. See Trans-, and Jet a shooting forth.] A juggler who produces illusions by the use of elaborate machinery.Divers appearancesSuch as these su...

4513

Tregetry

Treg″et‐ry (?), n. Trickery; also, a trick. Rom. of R.

4514

Trehala

Tre‐ha″la (?), n.(Chem.) An amorphous variety of manna obtained from the nests and cocoons of a Syrian coleopterous insect (Larinus maculatus, L. nidificans, etc.) which feeds o...

4515

Trehalose

Tre″ha‐lose′ (?), n.(Chem.) Mycose; — so called because sometimes obtained from trehala.

4516

Treillage

Treil″lage (?), n. [F. treillage. See Trellis.] Latticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a trellis. Spectator.I shall plant the roses against my treillage to-morrow....

4517

Trek

Trek (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Trekked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trekking.] [Written also treck.] [D. trekken. See Track, n.] 1. To draw or haul a load, as oxen.2. To travel, esp. by ox...

4518

Trek (2)

Trek, n. [Written also treck.] [D. Cf. Track, n.] The act of trekking; a drawing or a traveling; a journey; a migration.To the north a trek was projected, and some years later w...

4519

Trekker

Trek″ker (?), n. One that treks. [Written also trecker.] James Bryce.

4520

Trekometer

Trek‐om″e‐ter (?), n. [Cf. Trechometer.] (Mil.) A field range finger used in the British service.

4521

Trellis

Trel″lis (?), n. [OE. relis, F. treillis, fr. treille vine arbor, fr. L. tricla, triclea, triclia, a bower, arbor, summer house.] A structure or frame of crossbarred work, or la...

4522

Trellised

Trel″lised (?), a. Having a trellis or trellises.Cottages trellised over with exotic plants. Jeffrey.

4523

Tremando

‖Tre‐man″do (?), a.(Mus.) Trembling; — used as a direction to perform a passage with a general shaking of the whole chord.

4524

Trematode

Trem″a‐tode (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Trematodea. Also used adjectively.

4525

Trematodea

‖Trem′a‐to″de‐a (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, al...

4526

Trematoid

Trem″a‐toid (?), a.(Zoöl.) f or pertaining to the Trematodea. See Illustration in Appendix.

4527

Tremble

Trem″ble (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Trembled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trembling (?).] [F. trembler, fr. L. tremulus trembling, tremulous, fr. tremere to shake, tremble; akin to Gr. �, L...

4528

Tremble (2)

Trem″ble, n. An involuntary shaking or quivering.I am all of a tremble when I think of it. W. Black.

4529

Trembler

Trem″bler (?), n. One who trembles.

4530

Trembler (2)

Trem″bler (?), n. 1. Any of certain West Indian birds of the genera Cinclocerthia and Rhamphocinclus, of the family Mimidæ.2. (Elec.) The vibrating hammer, or spring contact pie...

4531

Trembling

Trem″bling (?), a. Shaking; tottering; quivering. — Trem″bling‐ly, adv.Trembling poplar(Bot.), the aspen.

4532

Tremella

‖Tre‐mel″la (?), n. [NL., fr. L. tremere, to tremble: cf. It. tremella, F. tremelle.] (Bot.) A genus of gelatinous fungi found in moist grounds.

4533

Tremendous

Tre‐men″dous (?), a. [L. tremendus that is to be trembled at, fearful, fr. tremere to tremble. See Tremble.] Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by ...

4534

Tremex

‖Tre″mex (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of large hymenopterous insects allied to the sawflies. The female lays her eggs in holes which she bores in the trunks of trees with her large an...

4535

Tremie

Trem″ie (?), n. [F. trémie hopper.] (Hydraulic Engin.) An apparatus for depositing and consolidating concrete under water, essentially a tube of wood or sheet metal with a hoope...

4536

Tremolando

‖Tre‐mo‐lan″do (?), a.(Mus.) Same as Tremando.