traversellite

[After Traversella, Piedmont, where found; suff. -ite ( Min. ).] Mineralogy: 1. A variety of pyroxene (q. v.), containing little or no alumina, occurring in long, transparent crystals, with marked longitudinal str iæ, frequently green and colorle at opposite ends. 2. A leek-green pyroxene (q. v.), opaque. with a fibrous structure, frequently terminating in asbes tiform threads. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia I. Ord. Lang.: One who traverses; a traveler. II. Technically : Lest any should betray his lady treacherously." Spencer: F. Q., V. vi. 26. "The trawlers on a few occasions have delivered from sixty to a hundred dozen hake."- Field , April 4, 1885. A fisherman who used unlaw. *trawler-man, s. IMG:content-1371.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1372.png:[blocks in formation] caught being cod, hake, whiting, and soles. Trawl- ing is only adapted for a smooth bottom, as a rough bottom would destroy the net. The term is also applied to a mode of catching herrings with a seine- locked bays is generally opposed by fishermen who adopt other methods of operation. They believe that it destroys the spawn of food-fishes. Experi- ments to ascertain the actual results of trawling ter is still in an unsettled state. have been carried on in a few places, but the mat tray (1), *trey, *treie, *treye, s. [A. S. treg = a tray; cogn, with troh =a trough.] 1. A small shallow trough or wooden ve el, some times scooped out of a piece of timber and made hollow; used for various domestic purposes, as kneading, mincing, .; a trough generally. "A gardener, of peculiar taste, On a young hog his favor plac'd, Who fed not with the common herd; His tray was to the hall preferr'd." IMG:content-1373.png:[blocks in formation] *trěaçh-er, *treach'-õur, *trech-our, *trecch- orr, *trych-or, s. [O. Fr. tricheor : Fr. tricheur a trickster, from O. Fr. tricher , trichier , trecher =to cheat, to cozen, from M. H. Ger. trechen to draw, push, entice; cf. Dut. trek =a draught, a trick.] [TRICK, 8. ] A traitor. "To this by theym was answered, that they myght nat come to the counsayll of trechours and guyle full men."- Fabyan: Chronyole, ch. cexi. trěach-er-oŭs, *trech-er-ous, adj . [English *treacher; -ous .] 1. Characterized by or acting with treachery; violating allegiance, traitorous; betraying a trust, disloyal. 2. Characterized by or involving treachery; of the from the treacherous behavior of its inhabitants."-Cook: Second Voyage , bk. iii., ch. iv. 3. Faving a good, fair, or sound appearance, but worthle or bad in character or nature; deceptive, illusory; not to be depended on; as, treacherous ice, a treacherous memory. English treacle : Bot .: Teucrium Scordium . treacle-mustard, s . treacle worm-seed, s. [TREACLE-MUSTARD (2).] trea-cle-wõrt, s. [Eng. treacle , and wort .] Bot.: Thlaspi arvense . tread 2. To crush under the foot; to stamp or trample on. "Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us."- Psalm xliv. 5. 3. To accomplish, perform, or execute with the feet; to walk, to dance. "They have measured many a mile To tread a measure with you on this gra ." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost , v. 2. 4. To put in action by the feet. "They tread their wine-pre es, and suffer thirst." Job xxiv. 11. 5. To copulate with; to cover. (Said of male birds.) "The cock that treads them." Shakesp.: Pa ionate Pilgrim , 338. 1. To tread down: To crush or destroy, as by walking or stamping on. "Tread down the wicked." Job xl. 12. 2. To tread on (or upon ): (1) Lit .: To stamp or trample on; to set the foot on, as in contempt. "Triumphantly tread on thy country's ruin, And bear the palm." Shakesp.: Coriolanus, v. 3. (2) Fig .: To follow closely. 3. To tread on (or upon) the heels of: To follow close upon. "With many hundreds treading on his heels." Shakesp.: King John, iv. 2 4. To tread out : (1) To pre out with the feet by stamping. "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn."- Deuteronomy xxv. 4. (2) To destroy, extinguish, or put out by stamping or treading on. "A little fire is quickly trodden out." Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt . III ., iv. 8. 5. To tread the stage (or boards ): To act as a stage-player; to play in a drama. 6. To tread under foot : (1) Lit .: To tread or stamp on. (2) Fig .: To set the foot on, as in contempt; to treat with contempt. 7. To tread water : In swimming, to move the feet and hands regularly up and down, while keeping the body in an erect position, in order to keep the head above the water, as when a swimmer is tired or the like. trěad, 8. [TREAD, v.] I. Ordinary Language: 4166 at each end; these are alternately raised and lowered by reversing the movement of the wheel. A form of tread-wheel in which a donkey walks inside of a large wheel is used in pumping from the deep well of Car is brook Castle, England; turn-spit dogs were formerly used in turning the spit upon which Tread-wheel. meat was roasted; and dogs are employed in some dairies to turn the barrel-churns or agitate the vertical dashers of plunger-churns. Like the modern treadmill, the tread-wheel was formerly used as a means of punishment and prison discipline. "At one of the provincial prisons, at which a similar use of the tread- wheel was made, the authorities recently declared that they could buy flour cheaper than they could grind it." -London Daily News . tread-er, subst. [Eng. tread, v; -er.] One who treads. "The treaders shall tread out no wine in their pre es." -Isaiah xvi. 10. tread-le (le as el), *trěd'-dle, *tred-yl, subst. [A. S. tredel.] [TREAD.] 1. A foot-lever connected by a rod to a crank to give motion to a lathe, sewing-machine, circular saw, or other small mechanism. A treadle is distinct from a pedal, whose use is in musical instruments to raise a damper, open a valve, work a bellows, or what not, and is not designed to produce a rotary motion. "While with her foot on the treadle she guided the wheel."-Long fellow: Miles Standish, iii. 2. The albuminous cords which unite the yolk of the egg to the white, so called because formerly believed to be the sperm of the cock. tread-mill, s. [Eng. tread, and mill.] A wheel IMG:content-1374.png:[blocks in formation] bear. 5. Shipwright.: The length of a ship's keel. 6. Vehicles : The bearing surface of the wheels of a carriage or of the runners of a sled.