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Bot.: Waved in a cro direction. ( Paxton .) trans-ver-sion, 8. [TRANSVERSE (2), v .] The turning or converting prose into verse, or of verse into prose. *trănş-vert', v. t. [Lat. trans ver to.] [TRANSVERSE, a.] To cause to turn acro ; to transverse. "But of one thing I wold faine be expert, Why mens langage wol procure and trans vert The will of women and virgines innocent?" Chaucer: Craft of Lovers. *trăng-vērt-1-ble, a . [Eng. trans vert; -able .] Capable of being trans verted. *trăng-view' (iew as u), v . t . [Pref. trans- , and Eng. view . v. (q.v.)] To see or look through. "Trans view the obscure things that do remain." Davies: Mirum in Modum, p. 9. trăng-vō-lā-tion, subst . [Latin trans =acro , beyond, and volatum , super. of volo to fly.] The act of flying over or beyond. "Such things as these which are extraordinary egre ions and trans vol a tions beyond the ordinary course of an even piety, God loves to reward with an extraordinary favor; and gives them testimony by an extra regular ble ing."-Bp. Taylor: Sermons , vol. ii., ser. 4. *trăng-võlve', v. t. [Lat. trans = acro , over, and volvo =to roll.] To overturn, to break up. "He who trans volves empires." - Howell : Parly of Beasts , p. 110. trănt, v . i . [Dut. tranten to walk slowly.] To carry about wares for sale; to hawk. trănt-er, s. [Eng. trant; -er.] One who carries about wares for sale; a hawker, a peddler. trăp (1), *trappe, s . [A. S. treppe a trap: cogn. with O. Dut. trappe ; O. H. Ger. trapo = a snare, a trap; Low Lat. trappa ; Fr. trappe ; Sp. tramp a . From the same root as tramp (q. v.); cf. Dut. trap pen to tread; trap =a stair, a step; Ger. treppe =a flight of stairs; Sw.trappa =a stair.] 1. An instrument or device for ensnaring game or other animals; a snare; a contrivance that shuts suddenly, and often with a spring, for taking game and other animals. "She wolde wepe if that she saw a mous Caught in a trappe, if it were ded or bledde." Chaucer: C. T., Prol. 142. 2. Any contrivance for catching wild animals. "Then spake againe with fell and spite full heart, (So lions roar enclos'd in traine or trap .)" Fairefax : Godfrey of Boulogne , ii. 89. 4161 Darwin ( Descent of Man , pt. i., ch. iii.) remarks that animals "learn caution by seeing their breth ren caught or poisoned." 3. An ambush, a stratagem; a device or contrivance to catch one unawares. 4. A contrivance applied to drains and soil-pipes to prevent the escape of effluvia; a drain-trap. 5. A sheriff's officer; a police-constable. ( Slang .) *6. Sagacity, acutene , cunning, sharpne , penetration. 7. A familiar name in England for a carriage on springs, of any kind. (See extract.) "The old-fashioned gig had, under the seat, a sort of boot extending a few inches beyond the back of the seat. At the beginning of the century gigs were raised upon higher wheels than at present. On this raised vehicle the boot was lengthened behind, holding a brace of dogs for sporting purposes. In these 'dog carts' (thus named afterward) the dogs were at first placed in the boot at the front, and I dare say that the noble sportsmen' may occusionally have had their heels or with calves bitten by dogs with short tempers, and with scant liking for the confinement of the boot. This led to a great im prove ment, in the shape of an open latticed box, which was attached to the back of the body of the conveyance, and provided with a trap-door behind for the admi ion of the dogs. In proce of time the latticed box was found very convenient nient for the carriage of other things besides dogs, and as everything conveyed in the cart (chattels, not people) had to be put in through the trapdoor (soon curtailed into trap ; compare 'bus' for omnibus, 'cab' for cabriolet) the conveyance itself was eventually termed trap ."-Illustrated London News , Oct. 11, 1884, p. 339. 8. A game and also one of the instruments used in playing the game, the others being a small bat and a ball. The trap is of wood, made like a slipper, with a hollow at the heel end, and a kind of wooden spoon working on a pivot, in which the ball is placed. By striking the handle or end of the spoon the ball is projected up into the air, and the striker endeavors to hit it as far as po ible with the bat before it falls to the ground. The opponents endeavor to catch the ball, or to bowl it so as to hit the trap. Also called Trap-bat and Trap-bat and ball. 9. A machine for throwing targets into the air, at shooting matches. trap a and shutting off communication by a second trapdoor. When inside their dwelling, these spiders resist the opening of the trap-door by clinging to the lining of the tube and to the inner coat of silk composing the trap-door. trap-hole, s. [TROUS-DE-LOUP.] trap-net, subst . A fishing-net in which a funnel shaped piece leads the fish into a pound from which it is difficult to return.