tremorless (tremor les)

[ The plain of the Channel sea stretched flat on either hand of me, tremorle as ebony. The Portfolio , N. S., No. 1, p. 6. The... tremorle atmosphere of eternal silence. G. Kennan, The Century, XXXV. 756. tremorous (trem'or-us), a . [ E. Ber liner . tremulant (trem'ū-lant), a. and n. [= It. trem olante, Haple De Brézé; doomed to survive long ages, in men's memory, in this faint way, with tremulent [read tremulant ] white rod! Carlyle, French Rev., I. v. 2. II. n. In music , same as tremolo ( d ). tremulation (trem-u-la's hon), n. [ tremu latio ( n- ), tremulare , tremble: see tremulant .] A trembling; a tremulous condition. [Rare.] I was struck with such a terrible tremulation that it was as much as three gulps of my brandy bottle could do to put my chill'd blood into its regular motion. Tom Brown, Works, II. 236. ( Davies .) tremulous (trem'u-lus), a. [= Sp. trémulo = Pg . tremulo = It. tremulo , tremolo , tremulus , shaking, quivering, tremere , shake, tremble: see tremble .] 1. Trembling; shaking; quivering; vibrating; unsteady. A sober calm Fleeces unbounded ether, whose least wave Stands tremulous. IMG:content-0823.png:[blocks in formation] And trench the strong, hard mould with the spade, Where never before a grave was made. Bryant, Two Graves. We found that the older trachytic lavas of the hills had been deeply trenched by lateral valleys. A. Geikie, Geol. Sketches, x. 3. In agri., to furrow deeply, especially with the spade; dig deeply and turn over thoroughly by means of a succe ion of contiguous trenches. In order to expedite the growth of ivy, the ground, previously to planting, should be trenched two feet deep. Sci. Amer., N. S., LVIII. 264. 4. In cabinet - making and the like, to work with a long continuous groove, as a rail which is to be fitted upon the heads of a series of bars or balusters. II. in trans. 1. To cut; slash. Temir the stout Rider who with sharpe Trenching blade of bright steele Hath made his fiercest foes to feele.. The strength of his braue right arme. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie (ed. Arber), p. 107. 2. Specifically, to form a trench or trenches; proceed by or as if by means of trenches. An underground pa age constructed by trenching down from the surface. Encyc. Brit ., XXIII. 622. 3. To encroach; infringe; obtrude as if by cut- ting into something: used of conduct, expres- sion, or the like, usually with on or upon : as, to trench upon another's rights. Also intrench. The boy with buttons, and the basket-wench, To vent their wares into my works do trench! B. Jonson, Time Vindicated. Madam, I am bold To trench so far upon your privacy. Mas singer, Bashful Lover, i. 1. 4+. To reach out; extend; tend. Many times the things deduced to judgment may be "meum" and "tuum," when the reason and consequence thereof may trench to point of estate. Every fibre is alive with feeling and tremulous with radiant thought. Stedman, Vict. Poets, p. 114. That old tremulous laugh which was half a cough. Mrs. Oliphant , Poor Gentleman, xx. feeble; wavering; timid. OF. * trenche, a trench (cf. OF. trenche, tranche, a slice, also a pruning-knife) (OF. also trenchee, F. tranchée = It. trincea, a trench), The tender tremulous Christian is easily distracted and amazed by them. Decay of Christian Piety, Those dry, forlorn, tremulous specimens of female mortality which abound in every village congregation. H. B. Stowe , Oldtown, p. 56. 3. In entom., finely wavy: as, a tremulous line. - Tremulous poplar. Same as trembling poplar. See poplar. tremulously (trem'ū-lus-li), adv. In a tremulous manner. So linger, as from me earth's light withdraws, Dear touch of Nature, tremulously bright! Lowell, The Eye's Treasury. IMG:content-0824.png:[blocks in formation]