tremble (trembl)

[ There stood Emmy in a tremble . Thackeray, Vanity Fair, lxv. 2. pl . A form of disease or diseased condition in man or animals, characterized by continued trembling or tremulousne ; specifically, in some parts of the United States, a disease of domestic animals, under peculiar local conditions, affecting the quality of the milk and flesh, and known as milk - sickne when communicated through these to human beings. See milk - sick IMG:content-0820.png:[blocks in formation] Hudibras Redivivus. 3. That which trembles or vibrates; specifically, an automatic vibrator used for making and breaking the circuit of an induction-coil; an electric bell. Audible signals are given... on board the locomotive by a trembler bell. Jour. Franklin Inst., CXXI. 69, Supp. trembling-jock, trembling-jocky (trem'blingjok, -joki), n. The quaking-gra , Briza media , supposed to be obnoxious to mice. [Prov. Eng.] tremblingly (trem'bling-li), adv . In a trem bling manner; tremulously. Acts xxiv. 25. Scarce can my knees these trembling limbs sustain, And scarce my heart support its load of pain. Pope , Iliad, x. 100. 3. To feel or manifest a quivering agitation; be tremulous or shaky; quiver; quaver: as, his voice trembled from emotion. Patience perforce with wilful choler meeting Makes my flesh tremble . Shak ., R. and J., 1. 5. 92. Her red lips trembled , and her eyes were wet With tears that fell not. William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 239. 4. Figuratively, to be in doubt or suspense; oscillate between certainty and uncertainty; hang upon chance. Seeking but to borrow From the trembling hope of morrow Solace for the weary day. Whittier, The Ranger. Their serried ma es, overwhelming superiority of numbers, and bold bearing made the chances of victory to tremble in the balance. The Century , XXXI. 458. Tremblingly she stood, And on the sudden dropp'd. trembly (trem'bli), a. Trembling; tremulous. Shak ., A. and C., v. 2. 346. [ So frankly coy, so full of trembly confidences. Lowell, Birch Tree. She [a rabbit] sot thar ez upright an' trembly ez me. M. N. Murfree, Great Smoky Mountains, xiii. Tremella (trē-mel'ä), n . [NL. (Fries), so called in allusion to the gelatinous texture of the plants; tremere , tremble, + dim. -ell a .] A genus of gelatinous hymenomycetous fungi, typical of the order Tremellineæ , having a non papillate hymenium which surrounds the whole of the fungus. See fairy - butter . Tremellineæ (trem-e-lin'ē-ē), n. pl . [NL., Tremella + -ineæ .] An order of hymenomycetous fungi. They are gelatinous, of not very definite form, commonly of wavy outline, and are saprophytic on old and dead wood. Also Tremellini . To tremble for, to be in fear on account of: as, to trem -tremellineous (trem-e-lin'ē-us), a. In bot., beble for one's safety. IMG:content-0821.png:[blocks in formation] longing, pertaining to, or resembling fungi of the group Tremellineæ.