Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 61
Tramble (v. t.) (Mining) To wash, as tin ore, with a shovel in a frame fitted for the purpose. -- Smart.
Trammel (n.) A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey. -- Carew.
Trammel (n.) A net for confining a woman's hair. -- Spenser.
Trammel (n.) A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
Trammel (n.) Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle.
[They] disdain the trammels of any sordid contract. -- Jeffrey.
Trammel (n.) An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire.
Trammel (n.) (Mech.) An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil.
Trammel (n.) (Mech.) A beam compass. See under Beam.
Trammeled (imp. & p. p.) of Trammel.
Trammelled () of Trammel.
Trammeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trammel.
Trammelling () of Trammel.
Trammel (v. t.) 束縛；用網捕捉 To entangle, as in a net; to catch. [R.] -- Shak.
Trammel (v. t.) To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
Compare: Ellipsograph
Ellipsograp (n.) 橢圓規 An instrument for describing ellipses; -- called also trammel.
Trammel (n.) （常複數）拘束，束縛；網 A fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh [syn: trammel net, trammel].
Trammel (n.) An adjustable pothook set in a fireplace.
Trammel (n.) A restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble.
Trammel (n.) A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) [syn: shackle, bond, hamper, trammel].
Trammel (v.) Catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" [syn: trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel].
Trammel (v.) Place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle].
Trammeled (a.) (Man.) Having blazes, or white marks, on the fore and hind foot of one side, as if marked by trammels; -- said of a horse. [Written also trammelled.]
Trammeler (n.) One who uses a trammel net. -- Nares.
Trammeler (n.) One who, or that which, trammels or restrains.
Tramming (n.) (Silk Manuf.) The act or process of forming trams. See 2d Tram.
Tramontane (a.) Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous.
Tramontane (n.) One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger.
Tramped (imp. & p. p.) of Tramp.
Tramping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tramp.
Tramp (v. t.) 踩，踐踏；走在，走過 To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
Tramp (v. t.) To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country. [Colloq.]
Tramp (v. t.) To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water. [Scot.] -- Jamieson.
Tramp (v. i.) 腳步沉重地行走 [Q]；踩，踐踏 To travel; to wander; to stroll.
Tramp (n.) [C] 沉重的腳步聲 [the S]；（長途）徒步旅行 A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp. -- Blackie.
Tramp (n.) A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond. -- Halliwell.
Tramp (n.) The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching. -- Sir W. Scott.
Tramp (n.) A tool for trimming hedges.
Tramp (n.) A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade.
Tramp (n.) A disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums" [syn: tramp, hobo, bum].
Tramp (n.) A person who engages freely in promiscuous sex [syn: swinger, tramp].
Tramp (n.) A foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) [syn: hiker, tramp, tramper].
Tramp (n.) A heavy footfall; "the tramp of military boots."
Tramp (n.) A commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule [syn: tramp steamer, tramp].
Tramp (n.) A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; "she enjoys a hike in her spare time" [syn: hike, hiking, tramp].
Tramp (v.) Travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition; "We went tramping about the state of Colorado."
Tramp (v.) Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" [syn: slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp].
Tramp (v.) Cross on foot; "We had to tramp the creeks."
Tramp (v.) Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond]. .
Tramper (n.) One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond; a tramp. -- Dickens.
Tramper (n.) Someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground [syn: stamper, stomper, tramper, trampler].
Tramper (n.) A foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) [syn: hiker, tramp, tramper].
Trample (n.) The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling. -- Milton.
The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. -- Lowell.
Trampled (imp. & p. p.) of Trample.
Trampling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trample.
Trample (v. t.) To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers. -- Dryden.
Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet. -- Matt. vii. 6.
Trample (v. t.) Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. -- Cowper.
Trample (v. i.) To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.
Trample (v. i.) To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.
Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own. -- Gov. of Tongue.
Trample (n.) The sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the trample of many feet" [syn: trample, trampling].
Trample (v.) Tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields" [syn: tread, trample].
Trample (v.) Injure by trampling or as if by trampling; "The passerby was trampled by an elephant."
Trample (v.) Walk on and flatten; "tramp down the grass"; "trample the flowers" [syn: tramp down, trample, tread down].
Trampler (n.) One who tramples; one who treads down; as, a trampler on nature's law. -- Cowper.
Trampler (n.) Someone who injures by trampling.
Trampler (n.) Someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground [syn: stamper, stomper, tramper, trampler].
Trampoose (v. i.) To walk with labor, or heavily; to tramp. [Law, U. S.] -- Bartlett.
Tramroad (n.) 軌道；礦車軌道 A road prepared for easy transit of trams or wagons, by forming the wheel tracks of smooth beams of wood, blocks of stone, or plates of iron.
Tramway (n.) Same as Tramroad.
Tramway (n.) A street railway laid in the streets of a town or city, or an interurban railway for local traffic, on which cable cars, or trolley cars, etc., are used, in distinction from an extended railway line for trains drawn by steam or electric locomotives.
Tramway (n.) A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers [syn: tramway, tram, aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway].
Tramway (n.) The track on which trams or streetcars run [syn: tramline, tramway, streetcar track].
Tramway (n.) 【英】電車軌道（或線路）；【美】纜車索道 A railway laid in the streets of a town or city, on which cars for passengers or for freight are drawn by horses; a horse railroad.
Tranation (n.) The act of swimming over. [Obs.] -- Bailey.
Trance (n.) A tedious journey. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Trance (n.) 催眠狀態；昏睡狀態；恍惚；出神，發呆 A state in which the soul seems to have passed out of the body into another state of being, or to be rapt into visions; an ecstasy.
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance. -- Acts. x. 10.
My soul was ravished quite as in a trance. -- Spenser.
Trance (n.) (Med.) A condition, often simulating death, in which there is a total suspension of the power of voluntary movement, with abolition of all evidences of mental activity and the reduction to a minimum of all the vital functions so that the patient lies still and apparently unconscious of surrounding objects, while the pulsation of the heart and the breathing, although still present, are almost or altogether imperceptible.
He fell down in a trance. -- Chaucer.
Tranced (imp. & p. p.) of Trance.
Trancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trance.
Trance (v. t.) 使昏睡；使恍惚；使出神；使入迷 To entrance.
And three I left him tranced. -- Shak.
Trance (v. t.) To pass over or across; to traverse. [Poetic]
Trance the world over. -- Beau. & Fl.
When thickest dark did trance the sky. -- Tennyson.
Trance (v. i.) To pass; to travel. [Obs.]
Trance (n.) A psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation [syn: enchantment, spell, trance].
Trance (n.) A state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep.
Trance (v.) Attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant].
Trance, () (Gr. ekstasis, from which the word "ecstasy" is derived) denotes the state of one who is "out of himself." Such were the trances of Peter and Paul, Acts 10:10; 11:5; 22:17, ecstasies, "a preternatural, absorbed state of mind preparing for the reception of the vision", (comp. 2 Cor. 12:1-4). In Mark 5:42 and Luke 5:26 the Greek word is rendered "astonishment," "amazement" (comp. Mark 16:8; Acts 3:10).
Tranect (n.) A ferry. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Trangram (n.) Something intricately contrived; a contrived; a puzzle. [Cant & Obs.] --Arbuthnot.
Trannel (n.) (Naut.) A treenail. [R.] -- Moxon.
Tranquil (a.) 平靜的；安靜的；安寧的；平穩的；穩定的 Quiet; calm; undisturbed; peaceful; not agitated; as, the atmosphere is tranquil; the condition of the country is tranquil.
A style clear, tranquil, easy to follow. -- De Quincey. Tranquilization
Tranquil (a.) (Of a body of water) Free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water" [syn: placid, quiet, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled].
Tranquil (a.) Not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country" [syn: calm, unagitated, serene, tranquil].
TRANQUIL, () 1966. ALGOL-like language with sets and other extensions, for the Illiac IV. "TRANQUIL: A Language for an Array Processing Computer", N.E. Abel et al, Proc SJCC 34 (1969).
Tranquilization (n.) Alt. of Tranquillization.
Tranquillization (n.) 安靜 The act of tranquilizing, or the state of being tranquilized. Tranquilize
Tranquilized (imp. & p. p.) of Tranquillize.
Tranquilliized () of Tranquillize.
Tranquilizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tranquillize.
Tranquillizing () of Tranquillize.
Tranquilize (v. t.) Alt. of Tranquillize.
Tranquillize (v. t.) (v. i.) （使）平靜；（使）鎮定 To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind.
Syn: To quiet; compose; still; soothe; appease; calm; pacify. Tranquilizer
Tranquilize (v.) Make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" [syn: calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still] [ant: agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on].
Tranquilize (v.) Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" [syn: sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise] [ant: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate].
Tranquilizer (n.) Alt. of Tranquillizer.
Tranquillizer (n.) One who, or that which, tranquilizes. Tranquilizing
Tranquilizer (n.) 鎮定劑，精神安定劑 A drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity [syn: tranquilizer, tranquillizer, tranquilliser, antianxiety agent, ataractic drug, ataractic agent, ataractic].
Tranquilizing (a.) Alt. of Tranquillizing.
Tranquillizing (a.) Making tranquil; calming. " The tranquilizing power of time." -- Wordsworth. -- Tran"quil*i`zing*ly or Tran"quil*li`zing*ly, adv.
Tranquilizing (a.) Tending to soothe or tranquilize; "valium has a tranquilizing effect"; "took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed" [syn: ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, tranquilizing, tranquillizing, tranquilising, tranquillising].
Tranquillity (n.) 平靜；安靜；安寧；穩定 [U] The quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; composure.
Tranquillity (n.) An untroubled state; free from disturbances [syn: {tranquillity}, {tranquility}, {quiet}].
Tranquillity (n.) A state of peace and quiet [syn: {tranquillity}, {tranquility}, {quietness}, {quietude}].
Tranquillity (n.) A disposition free from stress or emotion [syn: {repose}, {quiet}, {placidity}, {serenity}, {tranquillity}, {tranquility}].
Tranquillity, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 813
Housing Units (2000): 249
Land area (2000): 0.628300 sq. miles (1.627289 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.628300 sq. miles (1.627289 sq. km)
FIPS code: 80266
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 36.648199 N, 120.251549 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 93668
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Tranquilly (adv.) In a tranquil manner; calmly.
Tranquilly (adv.) Without emotional agitation; "tranquilly she went on with her work."
Tranquilness (n.) Quality or state of being tranquil.
Trans- () A prefix, signifying over, beyond, through and through, on the other side, as in transalpine, beyond the Alps; transform, to form through and through, that is, anew, transfigure.
Transacted (imp. & p. p.) of Transact.
Transacting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transact.
Transact (v. t.) 辦理，處理 To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; to transact business by an agent.
Transact (v. i.) 交易；談判 To conduct matters; to manage affairs. [R.] -- South.
Transact (v.) Conduct business; "transact with foreign governments."
Transaction (n.) 辦理，處置，執行 [the S]；交易；業務；買賣 [C]；（學會等的）議事錄，會報，會刊 [P]；【律】和解協議 [C] The doing or performing of any business; management of any affair; performance.
Transaction (n.) That which is done; an affair; as, the transactions on the exchange.
Transaction (n.) (Civil Law) An adjustment of a dispute between parties by mutual agreement.
Transaction of a society, The published record of what it has done or accomplished.
Syn: Proceeding; action; process.
Usage: Transaction, Proceeding. A transaction is something already done and completed; a proceeding is either something which is now going on, or, if ended, is still contemplated with reference to its progress or successive stages.
Note: " We the word proceeding in application to an affray in the street, and the word transaction to some commercial negotiation that has been carried on between certain persons. The proceeding marks the manner of proceeding, as when we speak of the proceedings in a court of law. The transaction marks the business transacted; as, the transactions on the Exchange." -- Crabb.
Transaction (n.) The act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities); "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me" [syn: transaction, dealing, dealings].
Transaction, () A unit of interaction with a DBMS or similar system. It must be treated in a coherent and reliable way independent of other transactions. See atomic.
Transaction, () contracts, civil law. An agreement between two or more persons, who for the purpose of preventing or putting an end to a law suit, adjust their differences by mutual consent, in the manner which they agree on; in Louisiana this contract must be reduced to writing. Civil Code of Louis, 3038.
Transaction, () Transactions regulate only the differences which appear to be clearly comprehended in them by the intentions of the parties, whether they be explained in a general or particular manner, unless it be the necessary consequence of what is expressed; and they do not extend to differences which the parties, never intended to include in them. Id. 3040.
Transaction, () To transact, a man must have the capacity to dispose of the things included in the transaction. Id. 3039; 1 Domat, Lois Civiles, liv. 1, t. 13, s. 1; Dig. lib. 2, t. 15, l. 1; Code lib. 2, t. 4, 1. 41. In the common law this is called a compromise. (q.v.)
Transactor (n.) [L.] 處理者；辦理人；做交易的人 [C] One who transacts, performs, or conducts any business. -- Derham.
Transactor (n.) Someone who conducts or carries on business or negotiations.
Transalpine (a.) Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, that is, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining to the region or the people beyond the Alps; as, transalpine Gaul; -- opposed to cisalpine. " Transalpine garbs." -- Beau. & Fl.
Transalpine (n.) A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy.
Transanimated (imp. & p. p.) of Transanimate.
Transanimating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transanimate.
Transanimate (v. t.) To animate with a soul conveyed from another body. [R.] -- Bp. J. King (1608).
Transanimation (n.) The conveyance of a soul from one body to another. [R.] -- Fuller.
Transatlantic (a.) Lying or being beyond the Atlantic Ocean.
Note: When used by a person in Europe or Africa, transatlantic signifies being in America; when by a person in America, it denotes being or lying in Europe or Africa, especially the former.
Transatlantic (a.) Crossing the Atlantic Ocean ; as, a transatlantic flight.
Transaudient (a.) [醫] 透聲的 Permitting the passage of sound. [R.] -- Lowell.
Transcalency (n.) The quality or state of being transcalent.
Transcalent (a.) 透熱的，傳熱的 Pervious to, or permitting the passage of, heat.
Transcended (imp. & p. p.) of Transcend.
Transcending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transcend.
Transcend (v. t.) 超越；優於 To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds. -- Howell.
Transcend (v. t.) To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed.
Such popes as shall transcend their limits. -- Bacon.
Transcend (v. t.) To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed.
How much her worth transcended all her kind. -- Dryden.
Transcend (v. i.) 超越；優於 To climb; to mount. [Obs.]
Transcend (v. i.) To be transcendent; to excel. [R.] Transcendence
Transcend (v.) Be greater in scope or size than some standard; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds" [syn: exceed, transcend, surpass].
Transcend (v.) Be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year" [syn: exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top].
Transcendence (n.) Alt. of Transcendency.
Transcendence (n.) 超越；卓絕；【宗】（神的）超然存在 The quality or state of being transcendent; superior excellence; supereminence.
The Augustinian theology rests upon the transcendence of Deity at its controlling principle. -- A. V. G. Allen.
Transcendence (n.) Elevation above truth; exaggeration. [Obs.] "Where transcendencies are more allowed." -- Bacon.
Transcendence (n.) A state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience [syn: {transcendence}, {transcendency}].
Transcendence (n.) The state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits [syn: {transcendence}, {transcendency}, {superiority}].