TRAIN-OIL — TRANSGRESSOR NWAD TRAIN-OIL.1
TRAIN-OIL, n. [train and oil.] The oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales by boiling. NWAD TRAIN-OIL.1
TRAIN-ROAD, n. [train and road.] In mines, a slight rail-way for small wagons. NWAD TRAIN-ROAD.1
TRAINY, a. Belonging to train-oil. [Not in use.] NWAD TRAINY.1
TRAIPSE, v.i. To walk sluttishly or carelessly. [A low word.] NWAD TRAIPSE.1
TRAIT, n. [L. tractus. See Tract and Treat.] NWAD TRAIT.1
1. A stroke; a touch. NWAD TRAIT.2
By this single trait, Homer makes an essential difference between the Iliad and Odyssey. NWAD TRAIT.3
2. A line; a feature; as a trait of character. NWAD TRAIT.4
TRAITOR, n. [L. traditor; trado, to deliver.] NWAD TRAITOR.1
1. One who violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to its enemy, or any fort or place entrusted to his defense, or who surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; or one who takes arms and levies war against his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country. [See Treason.] NWAD TRAITOR.2
2. One who betrays his trust. NWAD TRAITOR.3
TRAITORLY, a. Treacherous. [Not in use.] NWAD TRAITORLY.1
TRAITOROUS, a. Guilty of treason; treacherous; perfidious; faithless; as a traitorous officer or subject. NWAD TRAITOROUS.1
1. Consisting in treason; partaking of treason; implying breach of allegiance; as a traitorous scheme or conspiracy. NWAD TRAITOROUS.2
TRAITOROUSLY, adv. In violation of allegiance and trust; treacherously; perfidiously. NWAD TRAITOROUSLY.1
They had traitorously endeavored to subvert the fundamental laws. NWAD TRAITOROUSLY.2
TRAITOROUSNESS, n. Treachery; the quality of being treasonable. NWAD TRAITOROUSNESS.1
TRAITRESS, n. A female who betrays her country or her trust. NWAD TRAITRESS.1
TRAJECT, v.t. [L. trajectus, trajicio; trans and jacio, to throw.] NWAD TRAJECT.1
To throw or cast through; as, to traject the sun’s light through three or more cross prisms. NWAD TRAJECT.2
TRAJECT, n. A ferry; a passage, or place for passing water with boats. NWAD TRAJECT.3
TRAJECTING, ppr. Casting through. NWAD TRAJECTING.1
TRAJECTION, n. The act of casting or darting through. NWAD TRAJECTION.1
1. Transportation. NWAD TRAJECTION.2
2. Emission. NWAD TRAJECTION.3
TRAJECTORY, n. The orbit of a comet; the path described by a comet in its motion, which Dr. Halley supposes to be elliptical. NWAD TRAJECTORY.1
TRALATION, n. [from L. translatio.] A change in the use of a word, or the use of a word in a less proper, but more significant sense. NWAD TRALATION.1
TRALATITIOUS, a. [L. translatus, transfero.] NWAD TRALATITIOUS.1
Metaphorical; not literal. NWAD TRALATITIOUS.2
TRALATITIOUSLY, adv. Metaphorically; not in a literal sense. NWAD TRALATITIOUSLY.1
TRALINEATE, v.t. [L. trans and linea, line.] To deviate from any direction. [Not in use.] NWAD TRALINEATE.1
TRALUCENT, a. [L. tralucens; trans and luceo.] Transparent; clear. NWAD TRALUCENT.1
TRAMMEL, n. NWAD TRAMMEL.1
1. A kind of long net for catching birds or fishes. NWAD TRAMMEL.2
The trammel differs not much from the shape of the bunt. NWAD TRAMMEL.3
2. A kind of shackles used for regulating the motions of a horse, and making him amble. NWAD TRAMMEL.4
3. An iron hook, of various forms and sizes, used for hanging kettles and other vessels over the fire. NWAD TRAMMEL.5
4. Trammels, in mechanics, a joiner’s instrument for drawing ovals upon boards. One part consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles; the other is a beam carrying two pins which slide in those grooves, and also the describing pencil. NWAD TRAMMEL.6
TRAMMEL, v.t. NWAD TRAMMEL.7
1. To catch; to intercept. NWAD TRAMMEL.8
2. To confine; to hamper; to shackle. NWAD TRAMMEL.9
TRAMMELED, pp. Caught; confined; shackled. NWAD TRAMMELED.1
1. In the manege, a horse is said to be trammeled, when he has blazes or white marks on the fore and hind foot of one side. NWAD TRAMMELED.2
TRAMMELING, ppr. Catching; confining; shackling. NWAD TRAMMELING.1
TRAMONTANE, n. One living beyond the mountain; a stranger. NWAD TRAMONTANE.1
TRAMONTANE, a. [L. trans, beyond, and mons, mountain.] Lying or being beyond the mountain; foreign; barbarous. The Italian painters apply this epithet to all such as live north of the Alps, as in Germany and France; and a north wind is called a tramontane wind. The French lawyers call certain Italian canonists tramontane or ultramontane doctors; considering them as favoring too much the court of Rome. NWAD TRAMONTANE.2
TRAMP, v.t. To tread. NWAD TRAMP.1
TRAMP, v.i. To travel; to wander or stroll. NWAD TRAMP.2
TRAMPER, n. A stroller; a vagrant or vagabond. NWAD TRAMPER.1
TRAMPLE, v.t. NWAD TRAMPLE.1
1. To tread under foot; especially, to tread upon with pride, contempt, triumph or scorn. NWAD TRAMPLE.2
Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet. Matthew 7:6. NWAD TRAMPLE.3
2. To tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass. NWAD TRAMPLE.4
3. To treat with pride, contempt and insult. NWAD TRAMPLE.5
TRAMPLE, v.i. To tread in contempt. NWAD TRAMPLE.6
Diogenes trampled on Plato’s pride with greater of his own. NWAD TRAMPLE.7
1. To tread with force and rapidity. NWAD TRAMPLE.8
TRAMPLE, n. The act of treading under foot with contempt. NWAD TRAMPLE.9
TRAMPLED, pp. Trod on; trodden under foot. NWAD TRAMPLED.1
TRAMPLER, n. One that tramples; one that treads down. NWAD TRAMPLER.1
TRAMPLING, ppr. Treading under foot; prostrating by treading; treading with contempt and insult. NWAD TRAMPLING.1
TRANATION, n. [L. trano.] The act of passing over by swimming. [Not in use.] NWAD TRANATION.1
TRANCE, n. tr`ans. [L. transitus, a passing over; transeo, to pass over; trans and eo.] An ecstasy; a state in which the soul seems to have passed out of the body into celestial regions, or to be rapt into visions. NWAD TRANCE.1
My soul was ravish’d quite as in a trance. NWAD TRANCE.2
While they made ready, he fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened. Acts 10:10-11. NWAD TRANCE.3
TRANCED, a. Lying in a trance or ecstasy. NWAD TRANCED.1
And there I left him tranc’d. NWAD TRANCED.2
TRANGRAM, n. An odd thing intricately contrived. [It is said to be a cant word, and is not used.] NWAD TRANGRAM.1
Trannel, used by Moxon, is a mistake for tree-nail, pronounced by ship-builders trunnel. NWAD TRANGRAM.2
TRANQUIL, a. [L. tranquillus.] Quiet; calm; undisturbed; peaceful; not agitated. The atmosphere is tranquil. The state is tranquil. A tranquil retirement is desirable; but a tranquil mind is essential to happiness. NWAD TRANQUIL.1
TRANQUILIZE, v.t. To quiet; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind. NWAD TRANQUILIZE.1
Religion haunts the imagination of the sinner, instead of tranquilizing his heart. NWAD TRANQUILIZE.2
TRANQUILIZED, pp. Quieted; calmed; composed. NWAD TRANQUILIZED.1
TRANQUILIZING, ppr. Quieting; composing. NWAD TRANQUILIZING.1
TRANQUILLITY, n. [L. tranquillitas.] Quietness; a calm state; freedom from disturbance or agitation. We speak of the tranquillity of public affairs, of the state, of the world, the tranquillity of a retired life, the tranquillity of mind proceeding from conscious rectitude. NWAD TRANQUILLITY.1
TRANQUILLY, adv. Quietly; peacefully. NWAD TRANQUILLY.1
TRANQUILNESS, n. Quietness; peacefulness. NWAD TRANQUILNESS.1
TRANSACT, v.t. [L. transactus, transigo; trans and ago; to act or drive through.] To do; to perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business. We transact business in person or by an agent. NWAD TRANSACT.1
TRANSACTED, pp. Done; performed; managed. NWAD TRANSACTED.1
TRANSACTING, ppr. Managing; performing. NWAD TRANSACTING.1
TRANSACTION, n. The doing or performing of any business; management of any affair. NWAD TRANSACTION.1
1. That which is done; an affair. We are not to expect in history a minute detail of every transaction. NWAD TRANSACTION.2
2. In the civil law, an adjustment of a dispute between parties by mutual agreement. NWAD TRANSACTION.3
TRANSACTOR, n. One who performs or conducts any business. NWAD TRANSACTOR.1
TRANSALPINE, a. [L. trans, beyond, and Alpine, of the Alps.] NWAD TRANSALPINE.1
Lying or being beyond the Alps in regard to Rome, that is, on the north or west of the Alps; as Transalpine Gaul; opposed to Cisalpine. NWAD TRANSALPINE.2
TRANSANIMATE, v.t. [trans and animate.] To animate by the conveyance of a soul to another body. NWAD TRANSANIMATE.1
TRANSANIMATION, n. [L. trans and anima.] Conveyance of the soul from one body to another; transmigration. [The latter is the word generally used.] NWAD TRANSANIMATION.1
TRANSATLANTIC, a. [L. trans, beyond, and Atlantic.] Lying or being beyond the Atlantic. When used by a person in Europe or Africa, transatlantic signifies being in America; when by a person in America, it denotes being or lying in Europe or Africa. We apply it chiefly to something in Europe. NWAD TRANSATLANTIC.1
TRANSCEND, v.t. [L. transcendo; trans and scando, to climb.] NWAD TRANSCEND.1
1. To rise above; to surmount; as lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds. NWAD TRANSCEND.2
2. To pass over; to go beyond. NWAD TRANSCEND.3
It is dangerous opinion to such hopes as shall transcend their limits. NWAD TRANSCEND.4
3. To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed. NWAD TRANSCEND.5
How much her worth transcended all her kind. NWAD TRANSCEND.6
TRANSCEND, v.i. To climb. [Not in use.] NWAD TRANSCEND.7
TRANSCENDED, pp. Overpassed; surpassed; exceeded. NWAD TRANSCENDED.1
TRANSCENDENCE, TRANSCENDENCY, n. Superior excellence; supereminence. NWAD TRANSCENDENCE.1
1. Elevation above truth; exaggeration. NWAD TRANSCENDENCE.2
TRANSCENDENT, a. [L. transcendens.] Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others; as transcendent worth; transcendent valor. NWAD TRANSCENDENT.1
Cloth’d with transcendent brightness. NWAD TRANSCENDENT.2
TRANSCENDENTAL, a. Supereminent; surpassing others; as transcendental being or qualities. NWAD TRANSCENDENTAL.1
Transcendental quantities, among geometricians, are indeterminate ones, or such as cannot be expressed or fixed to any constant equation. NWAD TRANSCENDENTAL.2
Transcendental curve, is such as cannot be defined by any algebraic equation, or of which, when it is expressed by an equation, one of the terms is a variable quantity. NWAD TRANSCENDENTAL.3
TRANSCENDENTLY, adv. Very excellently; supereminently; by way of eminence. NWAD TRANSCENDENTLY.1
The law of christianity is eminently and transcendently called the word of truth. NWAD TRANSCENDENTLY.2
TRANSCOLATE, v.t. [L. trans and colo, to strain.] NWAD TRANSCOLATE.1
To strain; to cause to pass through a sieve or colander. NWAD TRANSCOLATE.2
TRANSCRIBE, v.t. [L. transcribo; trans, over, and scribo, to write.] To copy; to write over again or in the same words; to write a copy of any thing; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter. NWAD TRANSCRIBE.1
TRANSCRIBED, pp. Copied. NWAD TRANSCRIBED.1
TRANSCRIBER, n. A copier; one who writes from a copy. NWAD TRANSCRIBER.1
TRANSCRIBING, ppr. Writing from a copy; writing copy. NWAD TRANSCRIBING.1
TRANSCRIPT, n. [L. transcriptum.] A copy; a writing made from and according to an original; a writing or composition consisting of the same words with the original. NWAD TRANSCRIPT.1
The decalogue of Moses was but a transcript, not an original. NWAD TRANSCRIPT.2
1. A copy of any kind. NWAD TRANSCRIPT.3
The Roman learning was a transcript of the Grecian. NWAD TRANSCRIPT.4
TRANSCRIPTION, n. The act of copying. Corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions. NWAD TRANSCRIPTION.1
TRANSCRIPTIVELY, adv. In manner of a copy. NWAD TRANSCRIPTIVELY.1
TRANSCUR, v.i. [L. transcurro; trans and curro, to run.] run or rove to and fro. [Little used.] NWAD TRANSCUR.1
TRANSCURSION, n. [supra.] A rambling or ramble; a passage beyond certain limits; extraordinary deviation; as the transcursion of a comet. NWAD TRANSCURSION.1
I am to make often transcursions into the neighboring forests as I pass along. NWAD TRANSCURSION.2
[Note: Excursion has in a great measure superseded this word.] NWAD TRANSCURSION.3
TRANSDUCTION, n. [L. trans and duco.] The act of conveying over. NWAD TRANSDUCTION.1
TRANSE, n. Ecstasy. [See Trance.] NWAD TRANSE.1
TRANSELEMENTATION, n. [trans and element.] The change of the elements of one body into those of another, as of the bread and wine into the actual body and blood of Christ; transubstantiation. NWAD TRANSELEMENTATION.1
TRANSEPT, n. [L. trans and septum.] In ancient churches, the aisle extending across the nave and main aisles. NWAD TRANSEPT.1
TRANSFER, v.t. [L. transfero; trans and fero, to carry.] NWAD TRANSFER.1
1. To convey from one place or person to another; to transport or remove to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one country to another. The seat of government was transferred from New York to Albany. We say, a war is transferred from France to Germany. Pain or the seat of disease in the body, is often transferred from one part to another. NWAD TRANSFER.2
2. To make over; to pass; to convey, as a right, from one person to another; to sell; to give. The title to land is transferred by deed. The property of a bill of exchange may be transferred by indorsement. Stocks are transferred by assignment, or entering the same under the name of the purchaser in the proper books. NWAD TRANSFER.3
TRANSFER, n. The removal or conveyance of a thing from one place or person to another. NWAD TRANSFER.4
1. The conveyance of right, title or property, either real or personal, from one person to another, either by sale, by gift or otherwise. NWAD TRANSFER.5
TRANSFERABLE, a. That may be transferred or conveyed from one place or person to another. NWAD TRANSFERABLE.1
1. Negotiable, as a note, bill of exchange or other evidence of property, that may be conveyed from one person to another by indorsement or other writing. The stocks of the public and of companies are transferable. NWAD TRANSFERABLE.2
TRANSFERRED, pp. Conveyed from one to another. NWAD TRANSFERRED.1
TRANSFERREE, n. The person to whom a transfer is made. NWAD TRANSFERREE.1
TRANSFERRER, n. One who makes a transfer or conveyance. NWAD TRANSFERRER.1
TRANSFERRING, ppr. Removing from one place or person to another; conveying to another, as a right. NWAD TRANSFERRING.1
1. A change of form; particularly, the supernatural change in the personal appearance of our Savior on the mount. See Matthew 17:2. NWAD TRANSFIGURATION.2
2. A feast held by the Romish church on the 6th of August, in commemoration of the miraculous change above mentioned. NWAD TRANSFIGURATION.3
TRANSFIGURE, v.t. [L. trans and figura.] To transform; to change the outward form or appearance. NWAD TRANSFIGURE.1
--And was transfigured before them. Matthew 17:2. NWAD TRANSFIGURE.2
TRANSFIGURED, pp. Changed in form. NWAD TRANSFIGURED.1
TRANSFIGURING, ppr. Transforming; changing the external form. NWAD TRANSFIGURING.1
TRANSFIX, v.t. [L. transfixus, transfigo; trans and figo.] NWAD TRANSFIX.1
To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; as, to transfix one with a dart or spear. NWAD TRANSFIX.2
TRANSFIXED, pp. Pierced through. NWAD TRANSFIXED.1
TRANSFIXING, ppr. Piercing through with a pointed weapon. NWAD TRANSFIXING.1
TRANSFORM, v.t. [L. trans and forma.] NWAD TRANSFORM.1
1. To change the form of; to change the shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as a caterpillar transformed into a butterfly. NWAD TRANSFORM.2
2. To change one substance into another; to transmute. The alchimists sought to transform lead into gold. NWAD TRANSFORM.3
3. In theology, to change the natural disposition and temper of man from a state of enmity to God and his law, into the image of God, or into a disposition and temper conformed to the will of God. NWAD TRANSFORM.4
Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2. NWAD TRANSFORM.5
4. To change the elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ. NWAD TRANSFORM.6
5. Among the mystics, to change the contemplative soul into a divine substance, by which it is lost or swallowed up in the divine nature. NWAD TRANSFORM.7
6. In algebra, to change an equation into another of a different form, but of equal value. NWAD TRANSFORM.8
TRANSFORM, v.i. To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. NWAD TRANSFORM.9
His hair transforms to down. NWAD TRANSFORM.10
TRANSFORMATION, n. The act or operation of changing the form or external appearance. NWAD TRANSFORMATION.1
1. Metamorphosis; change of form in insects; as from a caterpillar to a butterfly. NWAD TRANSFORMATION.2
2. Transmutation; the change of one metal into another, as of copper or tin into gold. NWAD TRANSFORMATION.3
3. The change of the soul into a divine substance, as among the mystics. NWAD TRANSFORMATION.4
4. Transubstantiation. NWAD TRANSFORMATION.5
5. In theology, a change of heart in man, by which his disposition and temper are conformed to the divine image; a change from enmity to holiness and love. NWAD TRANSFORMATION.6
6. In algebra, the change of an equation into one of a different form, but of equal value. NWAD TRANSFORMATION.7
TRANSFORMED, pp. Changed in form or external appearance; metamorphosed; transmuted; renewed. NWAD TRANSFORMED.1
TRANSFORMING, ppr. Changing the form or external appearance; metamorphosing; transmuting; renewing. NWAD TRANSFORMING.1
1. a. Effecting or able to effect a change of form or state; as the transforming power of true religion. NWAD TRANSFORMING.2
TRANSFREIGHT, v.i. transfra’te. To pass over the sea. [Not in use.] NWAD TRANSFREIGHT.1
TRANSFRETATION, n. [L. trans and fretum, a strait.] NWAD TRANSFRETATION.1
The passing over a strait or narrow sea. [Little used.] NWAD TRANSFRETATION.2
TRANSFUSE, v.t. transfu’ze. [L. transfusus, transfundo; trans and fundo.] NWAD TRANSFUSE.1
1. To pour, as liquor, out of one vessel into another. NWAD TRANSFUSE.2
2. To transfer, as blood, from one animal to another. NWAD TRANSFUSE.3
3. To cause to pass from one to another; to cause to be instilled or imbibed; as, to transfuse a spirit of patriotism from one to another; to transfuse a love of letters. NWAD TRANSFUSE.4
TRANSFUSED, pp. Poured form one vessel into another. NWAD TRANSFUSED.1
TRANSFUSIBLE, a. That may be transfused, etc. NWAD TRANSFUSIBLE.1
TRANSFUSING, ppr. Pouring out of one vessel into another; transferring. NWAD TRANSFUSING.1
TRANSFUSION, n. transfu’zhon. The act of pouring, as liquor, out of one vessel into another. In chimistry and pharmacy, transfusions of liquors are frequent. NWAD TRANSFUSION.1
1. The act or operation of transferring the blood of one animal into the vascular system of another by means of a tube. NWAD TRANSFUSION.2
TRANSGRESS, v.t. [L. transgressus, transgredior; trans and gradior, to pass.] NWAD TRANSGRESS.1
1. To pass over or beyond any limit; to surpass. NWAD TRANSGRESS.2
2. In a moral sense, to overpass any rule prescribed as the limit of duty; to break or violate a law, civil or moral. To transgress a divine law, is sin. Legislators should not transgress laws of their own making. NWAD TRANSGRESS.3
TRANSGRESS, v.i. To offend by violating a law; to sin. 1 Chronicles 2:7. NWAD TRANSGRESS.4
TRANSGRESSED, pp. Overpassed; violated. NWAD TRANSGRESSED.1
TRANSGRESSING, ppr. Passing beyond; surpassing; violating; sinning. NWAD TRANSGRESSING.1
TRANSGRESSION, n. The act of passing over or beyond any law or rule of moral duty; the violation of a law or known principle of rectitude; breach of command. NWAD TRANSGRESSION.1
He mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. Ezra 10:6. NWAD TRANSGRESSION.2
Forgive thy people all their transgressions. 1 Kings 8:50. NWAD TRANSGRESSION.3
1. Fault; offense; crime. NWAD TRANSGRESSION.4
TRANSGRESSIONAL, a. That violates a law or rule of duty. NWAD TRANSGRESSIONAL.1
TRANSGRESSIVE, a. Faulty; culpable; apt to transgress. NWAD TRANSGRESSIVE.1
TRANSGRESSOR, n. One who breaks a law or violates a command; one who violates any known rule or principle of rectitude; a sinner. NWAD TRANSGRESSOR.1
The way of transgressors is hard. Proverbs 13:15. NWAD TRANSGRESSOR.2