tranationt (tranashon)

[L. tranare ( trans nare), pp. tranatus, swim acro , traneen, tra-nen. See the quotation under traject. [ train in , traithnin , a little stalk of gra , the herb-bennet.) A gra , Cynosurus cristatus. Britten and Holland. [Irish.]-Not worth a traneen, not worth a rush. trangamt, trangamet, n. Same as trangram. trangle (trang'gl), n. [Origin obscure.] In her., one of the diminutives of the fe e, by some writers considered as a bar, by others as a closet or barrulet. trangramt (trang'gram), n. [Also trangam, trangame, trankum; appar. an arbitrary var. of tangram or perhaps of anagram.] Something trumpery, unusual, or of no value; a gimcrack. But go, thou Trangame, and carry back those Trangames, which thou hast stol'n or purloin'd. Wycherley, Plain Dealer, iii. 1. What a devil 's the meaning of all these trangrams and gimcracks, gentlemen? Arbuthnot, Hist. John Bull, iii. 6. "But, hey-day, what, have you taken the chain and medal off from my bonnet?" "And meet time it was, when yon usher, vinegar-faced rogue that he is, began to inquire what popish trangam you were wearing." Scott , Abbot, xix.