trankum

[Shortened from trinkum - trankum (q. v.).) An ornament of dre , a fallal, a trinket. "The shawl must be had for Clara, with the other trankums of muslin and lace."- Scott: St. Ronan's Well, ch. xviii. *trăn-lāçe', v. t. [Lat.trans=acro , and Eng. lace.] To transpose. "The same letters being by me to ed and tranlaced five hundred times." -Putten ham: Eng . Poesie, bk. ii. trăn-nel, s. [TREENAIL.] A trenail, or treenail. "With a small trannel of iron, or a large nail ground to a sharp point, they mark the brick."- Moxon : Mechanical Exercises. trăn-quil, *trăn-quill, a . [Fr. tranquille , from Lat. tranquillus calm, still, quiet; from trans = beyond, hence, surpa ingly, and the base of quies = rest; quietus quiet; Sp. tranquilo ; Ital. tran quillo .] Calm, peaceful, quiet, undisturbed; not agitated, physically or mentally. trăng-, pref . [Lat.] A Latin preposition, largely used in composition in English as a prefix, and signifying: (1) Acro , beyond; as, Transalpine= acro or beyond the Alps; (2) through; as, trans fix; (3) change; as, transform , transfigure. Trans sometimes becomes tra- , as in tradition, traduce, tramontane; and tran- , as in tranquil, transept, transpire. trănş-ăct', v. t. & i. [Formed from the noun transaction (q. v.).] Α. Trans .: Τo do, to perform, to carry through, to manage, to complete. "A country fully stocked in proportion to all the busine it had to transact."-Smith: Wealth of Nations, bk. 1., ch. ix. *B. In trans.: To do busine ; to conduct matters; to treat, to act, to negotiate, to manage. "They had appointed six persons of their own body to transact and conclude with the lords."-Strype: Eccles. Mem. Henry VIII . (an. 1540).