train1 (tran)

[Early mod. E. also traine, trayne; A Bar on e e may haue no trayne borne; but, haueing a goune with a trayne , she ought to beare it her self. Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. 8.), p. 26. She shall be dignified with this high honour - To bear my lady's train . Shak . , T. G. of V., ii. 4. 159. But pray, what is the meaning that this transparent lady holds up her train in her left hand? for I find your women on medals do nothing without a meaning. Add is on, Ancient Medals, ii. Yet first he cast by treatie and by traynes Her to persuade that stubborne fort to yilde. Spenser, F. Q., I. vi. 3. Devilish Macbeth By many of these trains hath sought to win me Into his power. Shak., Macbeth, iv. 3. 118. Most justly they the Cities scorne are made, Who will be caught, yet see the traine that 's laid. Heywood , Anna and Phillis (Works, ed. 1874, VI. 323). You laid that Train , I'm sure, to alarm, not to betray, my Innocence. Steele, Tender Husband, v. 1. Vndertaker of treyne , of talkyng but litill, Neuer myrth in his mouthe meuyt with tong. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), L. 3789. For als tyte mon I be taken With tresoune and with trayne. York Plays , p. 245. Accommodation train. See accommodation . - Cheap Trains Act, a British statute of 1883 (46 and 47 Vict., c. 34), abolishing the duty on railway-fares not exceeding one penny per mile, and reducing the duties on higher fares. -Epicyclic train. See epicyclic. - Limited train. (a) A train the weight of which (or the number of cars) is limited, to correspond to the hauling power of the engine. (b) A train limited to first-cla pa engers. - Merchant, mixed, parliamentary train. See the adjectives.- Puddle-bar train. Seemuck -rolls. - Rolling-mill train, the system of grooved rollers by which iron bars are gradu ally drawn down from balls or blooms; a roll-train. - Sir, I invite your highne and your train To my poor cell. Shak ., Tempest, v. 1. 300. The muses also are found in the train of Bacchus. Bacon, Fable of Dionysus. God helpe the man so wrapt in Errours endle e traine ! Spenser, F. Q., I. i. 18. train2+ (trān), n. [Early mod. E. traine , trayne, trane (chiefly in comp. train -oil); D. traan = MLG. tran , LG. traan (> G. thran = Sw. Dan. tran ), train-oil, also in MD. liquor tried out by fire; a particular use of MD. traen , D. traan = OHG. trahan , MHG. trahen, tran (pl. trahene , trehene , also traher), G. trähne , a tear, akin to OHG. zahar , MHG. zaher , G. zaher , zähre , etc., a tear, = E. tear : see tear2 .] Same as train -oil. The leakage of the traine doth fowle the other wares much. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 308. trainable (tra'na-bl), a. [ train + -able .] Capable of being trained, educated, or drilled. Youth [is] by grace and good councell traynable to Lusty Juventus. train-band (tran'band), n. [Short for trained band , early mod. E. trayned band ; also called trained company .] A force of citizen soldiery identified with London; especially, one com- pany or division of this force. The service ren- dered by the train-bands to the Parliament during the civil war caused their di olution by Charles II., but the force was reorganized later, and continued for many years. There was Colonel Jumper's Lady, a Colonel of the Train Bands , that has a great Interest in her Parish. A train - band captain eke was he Of famous London town. Couper , John Gilpin. train-bearer (tran'bar"ėr), n. One who holds up the train of a robe; especially, such a person appointed to attend on the sovereign or some high official on an occasion of cere- mony. train-bolt (tran'bolt), n. A bolt to which the training-tackle of a gun is hooked. train-boy (tran'boi), n . A lad who sells news- papers, magazines, books, candy, and other arti- cles on railway-trains. [U. S. and Canada.] trained (trand), p . a . [ train1 , v.] 1. Having a train. He swooping went Each serving man, with dish in hand, March'd boldly up, like our train'd band. Suckling , Ballad upon a Wedding. trainelt (trā'nel), n. [ trainel (cf. F. trai- neau), dim. of train , a drag: see train1 .] A trail-net; a drag-net. Holland . trainer (tra'ner), n. [ training-wall (tra'ning-wâl), n . A wall built up to determine the flow of water in a river or trainle (tran'les), a. [ train1 + -le .] Hav- ing no train: as, a trainle dre . trainman (tran'man), n.; pl. trainmen (-men). A man employed on a railway-train, as a brake- man or a porter. A special train was on the way from St. Paul with a double complement of engineers and trainmen . Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 566. trainmentt (tran'ment), n. [ -ment .] Training. traiselt, v. t. [ME. traisen, traysen, trai en , tra hen, trai - , stem of certain parts of trair , betray: see tray3 .] To betray. This lechecraft, or heled thus to be, Were wel sittynge, if that I were a fend, To traysen a wight that trewe is unto me. traitorfult (tra'tor-ful), a. [ME. trait our full ; 2. Consisting in treason; characterized by treason; implying breach of allegiance; per- fidious: as, a traitorous scheme or conspiracy. While you stand out upon these traitorous terms. B. Jonson, Cat i line, iv. 7. W. Broome, Notes on the Ody ey, i. 9. From talk of war to traits of pleasantry. Tennyson, Lance lot and Elaine. 2. A distinguishing or peculiar feature; a pe- culiarity: as, a trait of character. He had all the Puritanic traits , both good and evil. Hawthorne , Scarlet Letter, Int., p. 8. One of the most remarkable traits in modern Egyptian superstition is the belief in written charms. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 318. terously , treterously ; traitorous + -ly -ly2.] In a traitorous manner; in violation of allegiance and trust; treacherously; perfidiously. They had traitorously endeavoured to subvert the fun- damental laws. Clarendon. traitorousne (trāʼtor-us-nes), n. The quali- ty of being traitorous or treacherous; treach- ery. Bailey , 1727. traitoryt (tra'tor-i), n. [ME. traitorie , traiterye, Tho com another companye That had ydon the traiterye , The harm, the grete wikkadne e, That any herte couthe ge e. Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 1812. traitre (trā'tres), n. [F. traître e ; as traitor + -e .] A woman who betrays her trust; a perfidious woman; a female traitor: often used in a weakened, half-playful sense. Ah, little traitre ! none must know... What vanity full dearly bought, Joined to thine eye's dark witchcraft, drew My spell-bound steps to Benvenue. trajectory (trā-jek'tō-ri), n.; pl. trajectories (-riz). [= F. trajectoire , trajectory, OF. the end of a funnel, also adj., pa ing over, traject or i us , neut. trajectorium , a funnel, traject us , throw over: see traject .] 1. The path described by a body moving under the action of given forces; specifically, the curve described by a projectile in its flight through the air. Compare range , 4.-2. In geom., a curve which cuts all the curves or surfaces of a given system at a constant angle. When the constant angle is a right angle, the trajectory is called an orthogonal trajectory. trajetourt, n. Same as tregetour . Gower. trajetryt, n. Same as tregetry. tralationt (trā-lā'shon), n. [= It. tralazione , tralatio (n-), equiv. to translatio ( n- ), a trans- ferring, translation: see translation .] A change in the use of a word, or the use of a word in a le proper but more significant sense. According to the broad tralation of his rude Rhemists. Bp . Hall , Honour of Married Clergy, i. § 14. tralatitiont (tral-a-tish'on), n. [Irreg. for tra- lati on (after tralatitious ).] A departure from the literal use of words; a metaphor. tralatitioust (tral-a-tish'us), a. [=It. tralatizio , tralaticius , tralatitius , equiv. to trans lati- cius, trans lat it i us , trans lat us , pp. of transferre , transfer: see translate .] Metaphorical; not literal. If you tralineate from your father's mind, What are you else but of a bastard-kind? Dryden, Wife of Bath, 1. 396. Trallian (tral'ian), a. [L. Trallianus ( Τραλλιανός ), of Tralles, Tralles , also Trallis , the traitor toward; betray. Lithgow. ( Imp . Dict .) But time, it traitors me. traitore (tra'tor-es), n. [ traitor + -e .] A female traitor; a traitre . Fortune,... cast over, carry over, ship over, transport, also transfix, trans , through, acro , jacere , throw: see jet1 .] To throw or cast (acro or through). [Rare.] Thou knowst that to be Cerberus, and him The ferriman who from the rivers brim Trajected thee. Heywood , Dialogues (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, VI. 236). If the sun's light be trajected through three or more cro prisms succe ively. Newton , Opticks, I. i., Exper. 10. traject (traj'ekt), n. [OF. traject , trajet, a ferry, a pa age over, = It. tragetto , tragitto , traject us , a pa age over, trajicere , throw over: see traject , v. Cf. treget .] 1. A ferry; a pa age or place for pa ing over water with boats (by some commentators said to mean the boat itself). Bring them, I pray thee, with imagin'd speed Vnto the tranect [read traiect , i. e. traject , as in various modern editions), to the common ferry Which trades to Venice. 2. A trajectory. [Rare.] The traject of comets. Is. Taylor. ( Imp . Dict .) 3. The act of throwing acro or transporting; transmi ion; transference. [Rare.] At the best, however, this traject [that of printing from Asia) was but that of the germ of life, which Sir W. Thom- son, in a famous discourse, suggested had been carried to this earth from some other sphere by meteoric agency. Athenæum. ( Imp . Dict .) trajection (trā-jek's hon), n. [=It. trajezione , trajectio (n-), a cro ing over, pa age, transposition (of words), trajicere , throw over, convey over: see traject .] 1. The act of tra- jecting; a casting or darting through or acro ; IMG:content-0711.jpg:[merged small][graphic] IMG:content-0712.png:[blocks in formation] Trametes (trā-mētēz), n. [NL. (Fries, 1836), tram a , weft: see tram a .] A genus of po- lyporoid fungi, having the pores sub rotund, obtuse, entire, often unequal in depth, and sunk in the surface of the pileus. The species grow on decaying wood. trammels or restrains.-2. One who uses a trammel-net. The net is love's, right worthily supported; Bacchus one end, the other Ceres guideth; Like trammellers this god and godde sported To take each foule that in their walkes abideth. Or like Aurora when with pearl she sets Her long disc he veld rose-crowned tram me lets . trammel (tram'el), n. [Early mod. E. also tramel, tramell ; tramayle , tramail , F. tramail , more commonly trémail , also tramel , trameau = Sp. trasmallo = Pg. trasmalho , a net (cf. Pg. trambolho , a clog or trammel for a horse), = It. tramaglio , dial. tramagio , trimaj , tremagg , a fish-net, bird-net, tramacula , tramagula , also tremaculum , tremacle, tremale, trimacle , a fish-net, bird-net, trammel (the forms are confused, indicating uncertainty as to the etymology); prob. orig. ML. *tri macula, lit. a 'three-mesh' net, i. e. a net of three layers (dif- fering in size of meshes), tres (tri-), three, + macula , a mesh: see maill , macula . In defs. 5, 6, 7 the sense suggests a connection with tram1 , a bar or beam, but they are appar. par- ticular uses of trammel in the sense of shackle.' Cf. tram3.] 1. A net for fishing; a trawl-net or trawl; a drag-net. See trammel - net . Nay, Cupid, pitch thy trammel where thou please, Thou canst not fail to take such fish as these. Her golden lockes she roundly did uptye In breaded tramels . Spenser, F. Q., II. ii. 15. 'tram-car' it is prob. short for tram - car , but 2t. A net for binding up or confining the hair. tram as a 'mine-car' (def. 6) may represent the Sw. word in the sense 'a kind of sled.'] 1. A beam or bar: as, gallows trams . [Scotch.] -2. The shaft of a cart, wheelbarrow, or vehicle of any kind. [Scotch.] -3t. A plank road. IMG:content-0713.png:[blocks in formation] 3. A shackle; specifically, a kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse, and making him amble.-4. Whatever hinders ac- tivity, freedom, or progre ; an impediment. is loose, easy, and free from trammels . Goldsmith, Pref. to Poetical Dict. It is impo ible not to be struck with his [William IV.'s) extreme good-nature and simplicity, which he cannot or will not exchange for the dignity of his new situation and the trammels of etiquette. Greville, Memoirs, July 24, 1830. 5. An implement hung in a fireplace to support and other culinary ve els. Trammels are hung from the back-bar or from a crane; they are often so constructed in two parts that they can be lengthened and shortened. Our own warm hearth seemed blazing free, The crane and pendent trammels showed, The Turks' heads on the andirons glowed. IMG:content-0714.png:[blocks in formation] trammel (tram'el), v . t.; pret. and pp. tram- meled, trammelled , ppr. trammeling , trammelling . [ trammel , n.] 1. To catch as in a net; make captive; restrain. [Obsolete or archaic.] Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease succe , While I am striving How to entangle, trammel up, and snare Your soul in mine. tram, weft, tram a , woof, weft, L. tram a, 2. To shackle; confine; hamper. weft.] A kind of double silk thread, in which two or more strands or singles are twisted to- gether in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles, used for the weft or cro -threads of gros-de-Naples velvets, flowered silks, and the best varieties of silk goods. Also called shute. tram a (tra'mä), n. [NL., tram a , weft.] In bot ., the hyphal ti ue which lies in the mid- dle of the lamella on the pileus in hymenomy- cetous fungi. Also called di epiment , and in- Mard on i us would never have persuaded me, had dreams and visions been le constant and le urgent. What pious man ought to resist them? Neverthele , I am still surrounded and trammelled by perplexities. IMG:content-0715.png:[blocks in formation] Hackneyed and trammelled in the ways of a court. Pope , To Gay, Oct. 16, 1727. trammeled, trammelled (tram'eld), p . a . 1. Caught; confined; shackled; hampered.-2. Having blazes or white marks on the fore foot and hind foot of one side, as if marked by trammels: said of a horse. - Cro -trammeled, having a white fore foot on one side and a white hind foot on the other, as a horse. trammeler, trammeller (tram'el-èr), n. trammel + -er1.] 1. One who or that which trammel-wheel (tram'- el-hwel), n . A mechan- ical device for convert- ing a reciprocating into a circular motion. It con- sists of a wheel having on one side four slots, like a trammel, in which move two blocks placed on an arm con- Trammel-wheel with six slots. nected with a piston-rod. The IMG:content-0716.png:[blocks in formation] A happine Those tramontanes ne'er tasted. Mas singer , Great Duke of Florence, ii. 2. Hush! I hear Captain Cape's voice-the hideous tra- montane ! A. Murphy , Old Maid, iii. 1. 2. The north wind. See tramontana . tram ose rice ous (tram"ō-sē-rish'ius), a . [ tram a , weft (see tram4 ), + LL. sericeus , silken: see sericeous .] In entom., having a luster re- sembling that of satin, as the elytra of certain beetles. tramoso (trä-mōzō), n. See lupine2 . tramountaint, a. and n. [ tramountaine , tramontane , the polar star, the north wind: see tramontane .] I. a. Same as tramontane . Fuller, Worthies, II. 49. II. n. The pole-star. I [Lucifer] schal telde vp my trone in the tra mountayne . Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 211. [ trampen = MLG. LG. trampen (MHG. freq. trampeln , > G. trampeln ) = The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary tramp Sw. Norw.tramp a = Dan.trampe, tramp, stamp, tread, trample, a secondary verb, from a strong verb seen in Goth. an a trim pan, tread upon (pre upon); perhaps ult. akin to trap, D. G. trappen, tread: see trap1, trap2.] I. trans. 1. To tread under foot; trample. It is like unto the camamele; the more ye tread it and trampe it, the sweter it smelleth, the thicker it groweth, the better it spreddeth. T. Stap let on , Fortre of the Faith (1565). ( Latham .) 2. To tread (clothes) in water, so as to cleanse or scour them. [Scotch.] -3. To travel over on foot: as, to tramp a country. II. in trans. 1. To walk, especially to walk with heavy step; tread; march; go on foot. .. How often did he dread to look over his shoulder, lest he should behold some uncouth being tramping close behind him! Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 425. He had tramped about the fields of the vacant farm, trying helple ly to look after things which he did not understand. Mrs. Oliphant , Poor Gentleman, v. 2. To go about as a vagrant or vagabond. tramp (tramp), n. [ Then came the tramp of horse. Scott , Antiquary, xxvi. The unmercifully lengthened tramp of my pa ing and returning footsteps. Hawthorne , Scarlet Letter, Int., p. 38. 2. An excursion or journey on foot; a walk. It was his delight... to organize woodland tramps, and H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 429. to start us on researches similar to his own. We shook hands with them all, men, women, and children, resuming our tramp about eleven o'clock. We still kept the main traveled road. The Century , XL. 615. 3. A plate of iron worn by ditchers, etc., under the hollow of the foot, to save the shoe in pre ing the spade into the earth.-4. An instrument for trimming hedges.-5. An itiner ant mechanic: same as tramper, 2.-6. An idle vagrant; a homele vagabond. Also tramper. Another cla , that of importunate sturdy tramps, has been perambulating the country, composed generally of young, idle, and insolent able-bodied men, unamenable to discipline, threatening and committing lawle acts of vio lence in the workhouses where they obtain nightly shelter. A. Owen, quoted in Ribton-Turner's Vagrants and [Vagrancy, p. 267. The "sturdy beggars" who infested England two or three centuries ago reappear in our midst under the name of tramps . J. F. Clarke, Self-Culture, p. 280. 7. A freight-ve el that does not run in any regular line, but takes a cargo wherever the shippers desire: also used attributively, as in tramp steamer. Also called ocean tramp. [Slang.] tramper (tram'per), n. [ They had suddenly perceived... a party of gipsies. How the trampers might have behaved had the young ladies been more courageous must be doubtful; but such an invitation for attack could not be resisted. Jane Austen, Emma, xxxix. D'ye think his honour has naething else to do than to speak wi' ilka idle tramper that comes about the town? Scott, Heart of Mid-Lothian, xxvi. IMG:content-0718.png:[blocks in formation] 'Tis the presumptnous and proud man alone who dares to trample on those truths which the rest of the world reverence. Bp . Atterbury , Sermons, I. v. I trample on your offers and on you. Tennyson, Prince , iv. Sudden and steady the music, as eight hoofs trample and thunder. Swinburne , Hesperia.