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ant of the genus Ceriornis, so called from the and the kanchil, or pygmy chevrotain, T. pyg- 
erectile fleshy horns on the head, suggestive of miens. The latter is very small, and is renowned for its 
Crimson Tragopan (Ceriorttis satyral. 
a faun or satyr ; a horned pheasant. They are 
also called satyrs. One of the best-known is 
the crimson tragopan, C. satyra. 2. [cap.} 
Same as Ceriornis. Cuvicr, 1829. 
TragOpOgonCtrag-o-po'gon),^ [NL (Tourne- *$**[$& er ear, a" particular use, 
- - 
--, 
fort, 1700), so called with pet to the Jong pap- 
pus ; < Gr. rpayof , goat + , beard.] A ge- 
Pygmy Chevrotain tj'ragulus pygmseits). male. 
cunning in the Asiatic isles as the fox is with us, being 
said to feign death when snared, and then to leap up and 
run off when disentangled from the snare. 
pi. tragi (-ji). [NL., < Gr. 
& 
the bunch of hairs upon it, of rpa- 
;. ' nibbler,' < rpu-yetv, rpayeiy, 
i. si i j. j.v. 4- -K /",;, 7, w Twfi a goa-i, in. niuuifi, \ i^w/ctf, i^u/ctc, m,. 
of composite plants, of the tribe C^chon- g*' *f < ^ " ^^ & ^ 
'. and subtribe bcorzoitercse. It is characterized .. ',5 , .tn , ? ti, Q *,***. 
aceie and subtribe Scorzonerese. It i 
by entire leaves and flower-heads with uniseriate acumi- 
nate involucral bracts, the achenes tapering into a long 
and slender or a very short beak, with plumose pappus. 
Over 50 species have been described, but not all are now 
accepted. They are natives of Europe, northern Africa, 
and temperate and subtropical Asia. They are biennial 
fleshy prominence at the entrance of the exter- 
nal ear, projecting backward from the anterior 
edge of the orifice, and partly closing it : the pro- 
jection opposite is the antitragus. See second 
cut under ear 1 . 2. In eool., a corresponding 
mous size and extraordinary shape, and believed 
to serve as a delicate tactile organ. 3. leap.'] 
[Haller, 1768.] A genus of grasses, of the tribe 
Zoysiese and subtribe Antliephorete. it is char- 
___ , . ______ _, _. - - acterized by flowers in a spike composed of fascicles which 
Waqler, 1830. 2+. In mammal., a genus of goat- are each formed of from three to flve spikelets, the terminal 
an/elopes with four horns, as Tragops bennetti : g^^f^J^TlSSW^ ^^ 
synonymous with Tetraceras. bee cut under T h e only species, 5T. racemosw, is widely diffused through 
ravine-deer. tropical and temperate regions. It is a branching annual 
grass with soft flat leaves and flowers in a rather loose 
terminal bur-like spike, whence it is known as burdock- 
grass. 
salsify, and for T. pratensis see goafs-beard, bucVs-beard, 
and noon-flower. Both species are locally naturalized in 
the United States. 
Tragops (tra'gops), n. [NL., < Gr. rfAyoc, a 
goat, + tty, face.] 1. A genus of reptiles. 
tragule (trag'ul), . [< NL. Tragulus.] An ani- 
mal of the genus Tragulus; one of the Tragu- 
,. rXTT . traictiset, An old form of treatise. 
TragulldiB (tra-gu'h-de), n. pi. [NL., < Tragu- booke ' C0 nteinyng . tra ictise of Justice. 
lus' + -idle.'] ' A family of small ruminants 
intermediate in character between deer and 
swine, sometimes miscalled musk-deer, and con- 
founded with the 
true musk-deer 
(of the genus 
Moschus), in con- 
sequence of their 
small size and 
the similar devel- 
opment of the 
canine teeth ; the 
chevrotains. The 
placenta is diffuse, 
not cotyledonary ; 
tVe" JSSS^ffg^SSSSfSSi 
the psalterium being psalterium to a mere passage between Rt, 
rudimentary* there thereticulum.and^fl, theabomasus. Rn, 
are no antlers; there j" en : ".esophagus; p y , pylorus; spi. 
are four complete sp ee 
toes on each foot, the second and fifth metapodials being 
complete ; the scaphoid, cuboid, and outer cuneiform 
t; da t r. f Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 248. (Davits.) 
'. track 1 , 
etc.; "cf. also Sw. Ir&lca, tug, trudge.] 1. To 
wander idly from place to place. 2. To wan- 
der sp as to lose one's self or itself: chiefly 
applied to the young of poultry. Jamieson. 
3. To be in a declining state of health ; become 
very ill ; give out. [Scotch in all uses.] 
But for the kindness and helpfulness shown me on all 
hands I must have traiked. 
Carlyle, in Froude (First Forty Years, xl., note 2). 
To traik after, to follow in a lounging or dangling way ; 
dangle after. 
Coming traikina after them for their destruction. 
Scott, Heart of Mid-Lothian, xxiv. 
iraik (trak), M. [Cf. traik, .] 1. A plague; 
a mischief; a disaster: applied both to things 
and to persons. Jamieson. 2. The flesh of 
sheep that have died of disease or by accident. 
Jamieson. [Scotch in both uses.] 
tarsal bones are united ; the odontoid process of the axis t ra j[t e t (tra'ket), p. a. [Pp. of traik, v.~\ Very 
is conical ; there are no upper incisors; the upper canines ra4-i. T 
are long, pointed, and projecting like tusks in the male; much exhausted; worn out. [Scotch.] 
the lower canines are like incisors ; and the molariform trail 1 (tral), n. [Early mod. I/, also traile, 
trayle; < ME. trail, traile, trayle, the train of a 
dress, a sled, < OF. traail, a reel, prob. also the 
train of a dress, and a drag or sled ; cf . Sp. trail- 
la, a drag for leveling ground, a leash (< F. ?), 
= Pg. tralha, a drag-net (cf. Pr. tralh, traces, 
track) ; ML. trahale, a reel, prob. also the train 
of a dress, and a drag or sled ; cf. L. tragula, a 
sled, tralia, a sled, ML. traga, a sled, a harrow; 
< L. trahere, draw, drag: see tract 1 . Cf. train 1 , 
v. Hence trail 1 , v. Cf. trail 2 . In some senses 
teeth are in continuous series, being three premolars and 
three molars above and below on each side. 
Tragulina (trag-u-ll'na), n. pi. [NL., < Tragu- 
lus + -inap.~] Same as Traguloidea. 
traguline (trag'u-lin), a. [< Tragulus + -ine 1 .] 
1 . Goat-like : noting a group of antelopes repre- 
sented by the steenbok, Nanotragus tragulus, 
and related forms. Hamilton Smith. See cut 
under steenbok. 2. Related to or belonging to 
the Tragulina, or chevrotains ; traguloid. 
traguloid (trag'u-loid), a. [< Tragulus + -oid.] 
Pertaining to the Traguloidea, or having their 
characters. 
Traguloidea (trag-u-loi'de-a), n. pi. [NL., < 
Tragulus + -oidea.~\ One of the prime divisiors 
of existent selenodont artiodactyls, or rumi- 
nants; the chevrotains, a superfamily consist- 
ing of the family Tragulidse alone. Its charac- 
ters are the same as those of the family. See 
chevrotain, kanchil, and cut under Tragulidse. 
Also Tragulina. 
Tragulus (trag'u-lus), re. [NL. , dim. of tragus, 
< Gr. rpayof, a goat : see tragedy.] A genus of s t re ets. 
small Asiatic deer, typical of the family Tra- 
gulidse, including T.javanicus, the napu of Java, 
the noun is from the verb.] 1 . A part dragged 
behind ; something drawn after ; a train ; a rear 
appendage. Specifically (a) The train of a skirt or 
robe. 
Trayle or trayne of a clothe. Prompt. Pan., p. 499. 
(b) A trailing part or organ ; a train : as, the trail of the 
peacock : often used figuratively. 
A sudden star, it shot through liquid air, 
And drew behind a radiant trail of hair. 
Pope, R. of the L., v. 128. 
It is no easy matter to picture to ourselves the blazing 
trail of splendour which in such a pageant [the corona- 
tion of Anne Boleyn] must have drawn along the London 
Froude, Sketches, p. 175. 
(c) In artillery, the lower end of the carriage ; in field- 
artillery, that part of the carriage which rests on the 
trail 
ground when unlimbered. See cut under gun-carriage. 
(d) Any long appendage, real or apparent, as a line or 
streak marking the path just passed over by a moving 
body : as, the trail of a meteor ; a trail of smoke. 
When lightning shoots in glitt'ring trails along. 
Howe, Royal Convert. 
(e) In astrtm., the elongated image of a star produced upon 
a photographic plate, which is not made to lullow the star's 
diurnal motion. The intensity of this trail is used as a 
measure of the star's brightness. 
2. The track or mark left by something dragged 
or drawn along the ground or over a surface : 
as, the trail of a snail. Specifically (a) The mark 
or scent left on the ground by anything pursued, as in 
hunting; the track followed by a hunter: especially in 
the phrase on the trail. 
How cheerfully on the false trail they cry ! 
Shalt., Hamlet, iv. 5. 109. 
These vaiiets pretend to be bent chiefly on their sun- 
down meal, but the moment it is dark they will be on our 
trail, as true as hounds on the scent. 
J. F. Cooper, Last of Mohicans, xxi. 
We were really on the trail of volcanic productions, 
and devoted most of our time to the hunt after them. 
A. Geikie, Geol. Sketches, x. 
(6) A path or road made by the passage of something, as 
of animals or men ; a beaten path, as across the prairies, 
a mountain, or a desert ; a rude path. 
A large part of the country of the Pacific coast has scarce- 
ly been penetrated outside of the roads or trails which lead 
from the seaports to the interior. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVIII. 722. 
3. Figuratively, a clue ; a trace. 4f. A vehicle 
dragged along ; a drag; a sled; a sledge. Hak- 
luyt's Voyages, III. 37. 5. The act of playing 
upon, or of taking advantage of, a person's ig- 
norance. See trail 1 , V., 6 Built-up trail, in artil- 
lery, a wrought-iron or steel trail of a gun-carriage com- 
posed of several pieces. It consists of two side-plates con- 
nected by three or more transoms, one or more assembling- 
bolts, and a lunette plate. In some forms the cheeks are 
separate plates'of metal riveted to the trail-plates and the 
structure is stiffened by assembling-bolts ; in others the 
trail-plate and cheek on each side are formed in a single 
piece. The latter is the more modern. The trail-plates 
are strengthened by angle-irons riveted to each edge, by 
flanging, or by T-rails. In some carriages the side- or 
trail-plates are metallic girders or brackets connected by 
transoms. This built-up system has superseded the solid 
wooden stock of the old forms of gun-carriage. To trash 
a trail. See <r<wA. (See also block-trail, bracket-trail.) 
= Syn. 2. Path, Track, etc. See way. 
trail 1 (tral), . [Earlymod. E. also traile, trayle; 
< ME. trailen, traylen, < OF. trailler, wind or 
reel (yarn), also trail game. The uses of the 
verb are mostly developed in E. from the noun.] 
1. trans. 1. To draw along behind. 
And bigg a cart of stone and lyme, . . . 
Robin Redbreast he must trail it name. 
The Elphin Knight (Child's Ballads, I. 279). 
Because they shall not trail me through their streets 
Like a wild beast, I am content to go. 
aaton, 8. A., 1. 1402. 
By the margin, willow-veil'd, 
Slide the heavy barges trail'd 
By slow horses. Tennyson, Lady of Shalott. 
2. To drag or draw loosely along the ground or 
other surface, as the train of a woman's dress. 
What boots the regal circle on his head, 
That long behind he trails his pompous robe. 
And, of all monarchs, only grasps the globe? 
Pope, R. of the L., iii. 73. 
Some idly trail'd their sheep-hooks on the ground, 
And some kept up a shrilly mellow sound 
With ebon-tipped flutes. Keats, Endymion, i. 
3. Milit., to carry in an oblique forward posi- 
tion, with the breech or the butt near the 
ground, the piece or the pike being held by the 
right hand near the middle : as, to trail arms. 
How proud, 
In the service of my country, should I be 
To trail a pike under your brave command ! 
Fletcher, Spanish Curate, i. 1. 
On Tuesday was sennight was the brave funeral of Sir 
John Barrow, at the king's charge. It was carried out of 
Durham House, with twelve hundred soldiers marching 
before it in arms of the companies of the city, with col- 
ours, spikes, and muskets trailed. 
Court and Times of Charles I., I. 281. 
4. To beat down or make a beaten path through 
by frequent treading; make a beaten path 
through: as, to trail grass. 5. To hunt or fol- 
low up by the track or scent; follow in the 
trail or tracks of; track. 
They [Indians] have since been trailed towards the Mes- 
calero agency, and, it is believed, will soon be arrested by 
the troops. Gen. Miles, Government Report, Sept., 1880. 
6. To draw out ; lead on, especially in a mis- 
chievous or ill-natured way; play upon the ig- 
norance or fears of. [Prov. Eng.] 
I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly 
termed) trailing Mrs. Dent : that is, playing on her igno- 
rance ; her trail might be clever, but it was decidedly not 
good-natured. Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xvii. 
To trail the oars. See oori. 
II. in trans. 1. To hang down or drag loosely 
behind, as the train of a woman's dress. 
