train-oil 
tried out from the blubber of a whale ; espe- 
cially, ordinary oil from the right whale, us 
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traitorfult (tni'tor-fiil), a. 
traluce 
. frnin ..-iii-nii nil. 
Make in a readiness all such caske as shalbv needfull 
for trtiiii' ":/!>, ullour, or any tliint-r else. 
A betrayal. [Rare.] 
train-road (triin'rod), . 1. On railroads, a the loyal clergy ... are charged with traitoritm of 
TME traitourfull So* tne poslpoaltl'in of tin- ilnative case to the 
nirjuu, ^^ 
'Iraitorons: treacherous. J^ffbot the Latlne will .Llt th: f tin- 
wonts. ''../.-, SVoikn(H.;j), ill. I. 
li-intiir + -ful.] 
My traitour/ull torne [actlonl he turment my tene, 
Kor* rtayt, p. 8lfl. tr - ect (tra-jck't.,-ri ), w. : pi. trqftrtoritv 
traitorism (tra'tor-i/.m), H. [< traitor + -ism.] (_ r j 7 .). f_ \.\ <,,-,., .,,,, . trajectory. OF. the 
end of a funnel, also adj.. passing over, < ML. 
*truj<i-t<ii'tii<: lielll. tiiljii-liii-iiiin. ;i funnel, < L. 
temporary construction-track for transporta- their principles. Roger North, Examen, p. 328. (Daeia.) 
tion of materials, etc. 2. In mining, a tempo- traitorlyt (tra'tor-li), a. [< traitor + -ly 1 .] 
rary track in a mini -, used for light loads. Treacherous; perfidious. 
train-rope 1 1 m n'rop), H. Same as tmin-tiickle. Thege traitorty n^^ whose miseries are to be smiled 
train-tackle (ti-an'tak'l), H. See tackle. ,t, their offences being so capital. SAo*.,W. T.,lv. 4. 821. 
trainway (trau'wii), . A platform hinged to traitorous (tra' tor-us), a. [Formerly also trai- 
i wharf, and forming a bridge from the wharf h , roull . < M g. traitorous; < traitor + -ou*.] 1. 
Guilty of treason; in general, treacherous; 
perfidious; faithless. 
More of his [majesty's] friends have lost their lives In 
this rebellion than of his traiturout subjects. 
lo the deck of a ferry-boat. /-'. //. Knight. 
trainyt (tra'ni), . [< train'* + -y 1 .] Greasy 
like train-oil. 
Where huge hogsheads sweat with (rainy oil. 
Way, Trivia, U. 262. 
traipse, r. and ii. Seo truiirs. 
traist, Same as trace 2 . Chaucer. 
traise't, f. t. [ME. traisen, traysen, traissen, 
(nutshell, < OF. trains-, stem of certain parts of 
Iruir, betray: see tray 3 .] To betray. 
This lechecraft, or heled thus to be, 
Were wel sittynge, if that I were a fend, 
To traysen a wight that trewe is unto me. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 438. traitorously (tra'tor-us-li), adv. 
She hath the tramhed withoute wene. terously, treterously"; < traitorous +~-ly'- i .] In a 
Rom. of the Rote, 1. 8231. traitorous manner; in violation of allegiance 
traise 2 t, '. . A Middle English form of trace 1 , and trust; treacherously; perfidiously, 
traisont, traisount, . Middle English forms ^^ ,,,, tnitonutly endeavoured to subvert the fun- 
of trttixnn. damental laws. Clarendon. 
trait (trat, in Great Britain tra), H. [<OF. trait, traitorousness (tra'tor-us-nes), w. The quali- 
tniii-t, a line, stroke, feature, tract, etc., F. trait, ty of bein(? traitorous or treacherous ; treach- 
trnjii-iii. ]('. tniji-rtim. throw over: see tnijn-t.] 
1. The path described by a bo<ly moving under 
the action nf given fn'n-es; specifically, the 
curve described by a projectile in its flight 
through the air. Compare range, 4. 2. In 
fl'iiiu., a curve or surface which cuts all the 
curves or surfaces of a given system at a con- 
stant angle. When the constant angle ix a 
right angle, the trajectory is called an orthog- 
onal trajectory. 
traietourt, Same as tn iii-tour. Gover. 
Additon, Freeholder, No. 31. traietryt, . Sal is lui/etry. 
2. Consisting in treason; characterized by tralationt (tra-la'shon), . [= It. tralasione, < 
treason; implying breach of allegiance j per- 
fidious: as, a traitorous scheme or conspiracy. 
Vol. My name's Volturtius, 
I know Pomtlnlus. 
I '"in But he knows not you, 
While you stand out upon these traitorma terms. 
B. Jonton, Catiline, iv. 7. 
stroke, point, feature, fact, act, etc., = 
r. trait, trag, Irak = It. tratto, a line, etc., < tra'itoryt (tri'tor-i'),n. [ME. traitorie, traiterye, 
. trill-tux, a drawing, course: see traefl, n., of < OF> . traitorie" < traitor, a traitor: see traitor.] 
a lin 
Pr. 
L. 
which trait is a doublet. Cf. also trace 2 , orig. 
train, pi. of OF. trait.] I. A stroke; a touch. 
By this single trait, Homer makes an essential difference 
between the Iliad and Odyssey. 
W. Brootne, Notes on the Odyssey, i. 9. 
From talk of war to traiti of pleasantry. 
ery. Bailey, 1727. 
L. tralatio(n-), equiv. to triinxlatiii(n-), a trans- 
ferring, translation : so- transition.] A change 
in the use of a word, or the use of a word in a 
less proper but more significant sense. 
According to the broad tralatum of his rude Rhemlsta. 
/;/<. Hull, Honour of Married Clergy, L 1 14. 
IX ME ,rai- tralatitiont (tral-a-tish'on), w. [IiTeg. for tra- 
Intiiin (after tralatitious).] A departure from 
the literal use of words; a metaphor. 
tralatitioU8t(tral-a-tish'u8),. [=It. tralati:in, 
< L. tralaticins, tritlatitius, equiv. to translati- 
ons, translatitius, < translatus, pp. of tranxferre, 
transfer: see translate.] Metaphorical; not 
literal. 
Unless we could contrive a perfect set of new words, 
there is no speaking of the Deity without using our old 
ones in a tralatititnu sense. Staclchmue, Hist. Bible, Iv. 1. 
Treachery; betrayal; treason. 
Tho com another companye 
That had ydon the traiterye, 
The harm, the grete wikkednesse, 
That any herte couthe gesse. 
Chaucer, Bouse of Fame, L 1812. 
Ttimymn, Lancelot and Elaine, traitress (tra'tres), *. [< F. traltresse; as traitor tralineatet (tra-lin'e-at) 
tralatitiouslyt (tral-a-tish'us-li), adv. Meta- 
phorically ; not in a literal sense. 
Written Language 1s tralatitiotaly so called, because it 
is made to represent to the Eye the same Letters and 
Words which are pronounced. 
llMrr, Elements of Speech, p. 8. 
[After It. trali- 
2. A distinguishing or peculiar feature ; a pe- 
culiarity : as, a trait of character. 
He had all the Puritanic traitf, both good and evil. 
Hawthorne, Scarlet Letter, Int., p. 8. 
One of the most remarkable trait* in modern Egyptian 
superstition is the belief in written charms. 
K. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 818. 
traiteriet, An old spelling of traitory. 
traitor (tra'tor), . and a. [Early mod. E. also 
traitour ; < ME. traitour, traytour, treitur, < OF. 
traitor, traitur, traiteur, traintre, F. traltre = Pr. 
trahire, traire, trahidor, traidor, traitor = Sp. 
Pg. traidor = It. traditorc, < L. traditor, one who 
betrays, a betrayer, traitor, lit. ' one who deliv- 
ers,' and hence in LL. also a teacher, < traderc, 
give up, deliver: see tradition, trayS, and cf. 
traditor.] I. . 1. One who violates his alle- 
giance and betrays his country; one who is 
guilty of treason. See treason. 
God wole not that it be longe in the Hondcs of Tray- 
touret ne of Synneres, be the! Cristene or othere. 
Mandemlle, Travels, p. 74. 
Alle tho that ne wolde not come, he lete hem well wlte 
that thel sholde haue as streyte lustice as longed to 
tlieuis and traytourei. Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), ii. 206. 
William's Fortune secures him as well at home against 
Traitnrn as in the Field against his Enemies. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 25. 
There is no difference, in point of morality, whether a 
man calls me traitor In one word, or says I am one hired 
to betray my religion and sell my country. Swift. 
2. One who betrays any trust ; a person guilty 
of perfidy or treachery ; one who violates con- 
fidence reposed in him. 
If you flatter him, yon are a great traitor to him. 
Bacon. 
= Syn. 1. Rebel, etc. See insurgent, 
fi. a. Of or pertaining to a traitor; traitorous. 
And there Is now this day no gretter trcson thanne a 
raiireSS I I rifc \>rv91,n. l\f.nutncoov f onwtwi i -r * - . .. 
+ -ew>.] A woman who betrays her trust; a <(are, degenerate, < L. trans, across, + linea, 
,. _*__. _i_i_ti__ ,_*A__ i l,,,o* *...i. Imr- \ \ it <uVMltn 111 Cl^rirsp or n !!*<*- 
perfidious woman; a female traitor: of ten used line: Me MM".] 
in a weakened, half-playful sense. 
Ah, little traitrriu ! none must know . . . 
What vanity full dearly bought, 
Joined to thine eye's dark witchcraft, drew 
My spell-bound steps to Benvenue. 
Scott, L. of the L., vl. 28. 
traject (tra-jekf), f. t. [< L. trajectus, pp. of 
trajicere (LL. also rarely transjacere), throw or 
cast over, carry over, ship over, transport, also 
transfix, < trans, through, across, + jacere, 
throw: see jft 1 .] To throw or cast (across or 
through). [Bare.] 
Thou knowst that to be Cerberus, and him 
The ferriman who from the rivers brim 
Trajected thee. 
Ueyicooi, Dialogues (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, VI. 236). 
If the sun's light be trajecttd through three or more 
cross prisms successively. 
Seicton, Opticks, I. L, Exper. 10. 
traject (traj'ekt), n. [< OF. traject, trajet, a 
ferry, a passage over, = It. tragetto, tragitto, < 
L. trajectus, a passage over, < trajicere, throw 
over : see traject, v. Cf . treget.] It. A ferry ; 
a passage or place for passing over water with 
boats (by some commentators said to mean the 
boat itself). 
Bring them, I pray thee, with imagln'd speed 
Vnto the tranect [read traiect, i. e. traject, as in various 
modern editions), to the common ferry 
Which trades to Venice. 
Shale., M. l V., Ill, 4. 64 (folio 1623). 
2. A trajectory. [Rare.] 
The traject of comets. It. Taylor. (Imp. Diet.) 
3. The act of throwing across or transporting; 
transmission; transference. [Bare.] 
At the best, however, this traject (that of printing from 
Asia) was but that of the germ of life, which Sir W. Thom- 
son, In a famous discourse, suggested had been carried to 
To deviate in course or direc- 
If you tralineate from your father's mind, 
What are you else but of a bastard-kind ? 
Dryden, Wife of Bath, 1. 398. 
Trallian (tral'ian), a. [< L. TralliaiiHs (< Or. 
TpaAX/aiiof ), of f ralles, < Trallctt, also Trallis, < 
Gr. IfiaMt if, also 1pd)Mf, a city of Lydia.] Of 
or pertaining to the ancient Greek city of Tral- 
les, in Asia Minor, or its inhabitants. Trallian 
school, a school of Oreek Hellenistic sculpture of the 
third century B. c., of which the great surviving work is 
rom some other sphere by meteoric agency. 
Athi-iuriiiH. (Imp. Diet) 
gcntille woman to yeue her selff to a traitour lals churle, son, In a fai 
Warned with vices, for there is mani of hem decelued bl this earth fi 
the foule and grete fals othes that the fals men vsen to 
swere to the women. Knight of La Tour Landry, p. 2. trajection (tra-jek'shon), . [= It. trnji:iiin< . 
.,__, .,: j _. it* trajectio\n-), a 'crossing over, passage, 
transposition (of words), < trajicere, throw over, 
convey over: see trqject.] 1. The act of tra- 
To act Jecting ; a casting or darting through or across ; 
a crossing; a passage. 
My due for thy trajection downe here lay. 
Heyuxxxf, Dialogues (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, VT. 432). 
Their silent war of lilies and of roses, 
Which Turqiiin view'd in her fair face's field. 
In their pure ranks his traitor eye encloses. 
Sltat., Lucrecf, 1. 73. 
traitort (tra'tor), c. t. [< traitor, n.] 
the traitor toward ; betray. 
But time, It traitort me. Lithgow. (Imp. Diet.) 
traitoress (tra'tor-es), H. [< traitor + -ess.] A 
female traitor; a traitress. 
Fortune, . . . 
The false trautereste pervers. 
Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 818. 
TrdlUaa Sch*x>l of Sculpture. The group called the I-'amese Bull, 
in the Muscu Nazionale, Naples. 
the large group known as the Fariu-se Bull, in the Mu- 
seum at Naples. This important work, w hile transgressing 
the proper limitations of sculpture in the round, exhibits 
originality, vigor, skill in composition, and a high decora- 
tive quality. H is to be paralleled with the Laocoon group 
Is 8o'rrmlght^e\he spectre at the Rubicon, Ciesar trainee* (tra-lus'), I', i. [= It. tralucere, < L. tra- 
hesiutlng that trajection. Evelyn, T e Religion, I. 144. lucere, translucere, shine through : see translH- 
2 lu grant, and rhet., transposition: same as cent.] To shiue through. Sylvester, tr. of Du 
hyperbaton (a). [Bare.] Bartas's Weeks, i. 2. 
