Toyful Toy"ful adjective Full of trifling play. [ Obsolete] Donne.

Toyhouse Toy"house` noun A house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse.

Toyingly Toy"ing·ly adverb In a toying manner.

Toyish Toy"ish adjective 1. Sportive; trifling; wanton.

2. Resembling a toy.

-- Toy"ish*ly , adverb -- Toy"ish*ness , noun

Toyman Toy"man (toi"m a n) noun One who deals in toys.

Toyshop Toy"shop` (-shŏp`) noun A shop where toys are sold.

Toysome Toy"some (toi"sŭm) adjective Disposed to toy; trifling; wanton. [ R.] Ford.

Toze Toze transitive verb To pull violently; to touse. [ Obsolete]

Tozy To"zy adjective [ See Toze ] Soft, like wool that has been teased. -- To"zi*ness noun

Trabea Tra"be·a noun ; plural Trabeĉ . [ Latin ] (Rom. Antiq.) A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes. -- worn by kings, consuls, and augurs. Dr. W. Smith.

Trabeated Tra"be·a`ted adjective (Architecture) Furnished with an entablature.

Trabeation Tra`be·a"tion noun [ Latin trabs , trabis , a beam, a timber.] (Architecture) Same as Entablature .

Trabecula Tra·bec"u·la noun ; plural Trabeculĉ (-lē). [ Latin , a little beam.] (Anat.) A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ part.

Trabecular Tra·bec"u·lar adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a trabecula or trabeculĉ; composed of trabeculĉ.

Trabeculate Tra·bec"u·late adjective (Botany) Crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana stem.

Trabu Tra"bu noun (Zoology) Same as Trubu .

Trace Trace noun [ French trais . plural of trait . See Trait .] One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.

Trace Trace noun [ French trace . See Trace , transitive verb ] 1. A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace . Milton.

2. (Chem. & Min.) A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; -- hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr.

3. A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige.

The shady empire shall retain no trace
Of war or blood, but in the sylvan chase.

Pope.

4. (Descriptive Geom. & Persp.) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

5. (Fort.) The ground plan of a work or works.

Syn . -Vestige; mark; token. See Vestige .

Trace Trace transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle traced ; present participle & verbal noun tracing .] [ Old French tracier , French tracer , from (assumed) Late Latin tractiare , from Latin tractus , past participle of trahere to draw. Confer Abstract , Attract , Contract , Portratt , Tract , Trail , Train , Treat . ] 1. To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing.

Some faintly traced features or outline of the mother and the child, slowly lading into the twilight of the woods.

Hawthorne.

2. To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens. Cowper.

You may trace the deluge quite round the globe.

T. Burnet.

I feel thy power . . . to trace the ways
Of highest agents.

Milton.

3. Hence, to follow the trace or track of.

How all the way the prince on footpace traced .

Spenser.

4. To copy; to imitate.

That servile path thou nobly dost decline,
Of tracing word, and line by line.

Denham.

5. To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

We do trace this alley up and down.

Shak.

Trace Trace intransitive verb To walk; to go; to travel. [ Obsolete]

Not wont on foot with heavy arms to trace .

Spenser.

Trace Trace noun (Mech.) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, esp. from one plane to another; specif., such a piece in an organ-stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.

Traceable Trace"a·ble adjective Capable of being traced. -- Trace"a*ble*ness , noun -- Trace"a/bly , adverb

Tracer Tra"cer noun One who, or that which, traces.

Tracer Trac"er noun 1. A person engaged (esp. in the express or railway service) in tracing, or searching out, missing articles, as packages or freight cars.

2. An inquiry sent out (esp. in transportation service) for a missing article, as a letter or an express package.

Tracer/y Tra"cer/y noun ; plural Traceries (Architecture) Ornamental work with rambled lines. Especially: -- (a) The decorative head of a Gothic window.

» Window tracery is of two sorts, plate tracery and bar tracery . Plate tracery , common in Italy, consists of a series of ornamental patterns cut through a flat plate of stone. Bar tracery is a decorative pattern formed by the curves and intersections of the molded bars of the mullions. Window tracery is imitated in many decorative objects, as panels of wood or metal either pierced or in relief. See also Stump tracery under Stump , and Fan tracery under Fan .

(b) A similar decoration in some styles of vaulting, the ribs of the vault giving off the minor bars of which the tracery is composed.

Tracery Tra"cer·y noun A tracing of lines; a system of lines produced by, or as if by, tracing, esp. when interweaving or branching out in ornamental or graceful figures. "Knit with curious tracery ." Burns.

Trachea Tra"che·a noun ; plural Tracheĉ . [ New Latin ,from Latin trachia , Greek trachei^a (sc. ... windpipe), from ... rough, rugged: confer French trachée .]

1. (Anat.) The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung .

2. (Zoology) One of the respiratory tubes of insects and arachnids.

3. (Botany) One of the large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts.

Tracheal Tra"che·al adjective [ Confer F. tracheal .] Of or pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea.

Trachearia Tra`che·a"ri·a noun plural [ New Latin ] (Zoology) A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by means of tracheĉ. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen.

Tracheary Tra"che·a·ry adjective Tracheal; breathing by means of tracheĉ. -- noun (Zoology) One of the Trachearia.

Tracheata Tra`che·a"ta noun plural [ New Latin ] (Zoology) An extensive division of arthropods comprising all those which breathe by tracheĉ, as distinguished from Crustacea, which breathe by means of branchiĉ.

Tracheate Tra"che·ate adjective (Zoology) Breathing by means of tracheĉ; of or pertaining to the Tracheata.

Tracheate Tra"che·ate noun (Zoology) Any arthropod having tracheĉ; one of the Tracheata.

Tracheid Tra"che·id noun (Botany) A wood cell with spiral or other markings and closed throughout, as in pine wood.

Tracheitis Tra`che·i"tis noun [ New Latin See Trachea , and - itis .] (Medicine) Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe.

Tracheitis Tra`che·i"tis noun [ New Latin See Trachea ; -itis .] (Medicine) Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe.

Trachelidan Tra·chel"i·dan noun [ Greek ... neck.] (Zoology) Any one of a tribe of beetles ( Trachelides ) which have the head supported on a pedicel. The oil beetles and the Cantharides are examples.

Trachelipod Tra·chel"i·pod noun [ Greek ... neck + - pod :cf.F. trachelipode .] (Zoology) One of the Trachelipoda.

Trachelipoda Tra`che·lip"o·da noun plural [ New Latin See Trachelipod .] (Zoology) An extensive artificial group of gastropods comprising all those which have a spiral shell and the foot attached to the base of the neck.

Trachelipodous Tra`che·lip"o·dous adjective (Zoology) Having the foot united with the neck; of or pertaining to the Trachelipoda.

Trachelobranchiate Tra`che·lo·bran"chi·ate adjective [ Greek ... + English tranchiate .] (Zoology) Having the gills situated upon the neck; -- said of certain mollusks.

Trachelorrhaphy Tra`che·lor"rha·phy noun [ Greek ... neck + ... to sew.] (Medicine) The operation of sewing up a laceration of the neck of the uterus.

Trachenchyma Tra·chen"chy·ma noun [ New Latin ,fr. trachea + - enchyma as in English parenchyma .] (Botany) A vegetable tissue consisting of tracheĉ.

Tracheobranchia Tra`che·o·bran"chi·a noun ; plural Tracheobranchlae . [ New Latin See Trachea , and Branchia .] (Zoology) One of the gill-like breathing organs of certain aquatic insect larvĉ. They contain tracheal tubes somewhat similar to those of other insects.

Tracheobronchial Tra`che·o·bron"chi·al adjective (Zoology) Pertaining both to the tracheal and bronchial tubes, or to their junction; -- said of the syrinx of certain birds.

Tracheocele Tra"che·o·cele noun [ Greek ... the windpipe + ... a tumor: confer French tracheocele . ] (Medicine) (a) Goiter. (b) A tumor containing air and communicating with the trachea. Morell Mackenzie.

Tracheophonĉ Tra`che·oph"o·nĉ noun plural [ New Latin , from trachea + Greek fonei^n to sound.] (Zoology) A group of passerine birds having the syrinx at the lower end of the trachea.

Tracheoscopy Tra`che·os"co·py noun [ Trachea + -scopy .] (Medicine) Examination of the interior of the trachea by means of a mirror.

Tracheotomy Tra`che·ot"o·my noun [ Trachea + Greek ... to cut: confer French tracheotomie .] (Surg.) The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.

Trachinoid Tra"chi·noid adjective (Zoology) Of, pertaining to, or like, Trachinus , a genus of fishes which includes the weevers. See Weever .

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
You are here: Webster > Letter T > Page 78 of 124.
« Previous ¦70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 ¦ Next »