transmute 
Lord, what an alchymist art tliou, whose skill 
Transmutes to perfect good from perfect ill ! 
Quarles, Emblems, IT. 4. 
A state of feeling in which the reasons which had acted 
on her conscience seemed to be transmuted into mere self- 
regard. Uearge Eliot, Mill on the Floss, vi. 13. 
= Syn. Metamorphose, etc. See transform. 
transmuted (trans-mu'ted), p. a. 1. Changed 
into another substance, form, or nature. 2. 
In her., same as amnterclunigcd. 
transmuter (trans-mu'ter), . [< transmute + 
-fr 1 .] One who transmutes. Imp. Dift. 
transmutual (trans-mu'tu-al), a. [< trans- + 
mutual.'] Reciprocal ; commutual. Colerirli/i-. 
Imp. Diet. [Bare.] 
transnaturation (trans-nat-u-ra'shou), . [< 
traimnaturc- + -<ili<t.~] The act or process of 
changing the nature of anything ; the state of 
being changed in nature. [Bare.] 
Save by effecting a total transnaturation or stagnation 
of the human mind, how could a language be prevented 
from undergoing changes? F. Hall, Mod. Bug., p. 280. 
transnature (trans-na'tur), v. t. [< trans- + na- 
ture.'} To transfer or transform the nature of. 
See the quotation under transelement. 
trans-Neptunian (trans-nep-tu'ni-an), a. [< 
L. truns, beyond, + Nejttnmts, Neptune, + -ian.} 
In astron., being beyond the planet Neptune. 
transnominatet (tr&ns-nom'i-nat), v. t. [< L. 
trans, over, -t- nominatus, pp. oinominare, name : 
see nominate.] To change the name of . [Bare.] 
He [Domitian] also trans-nominated the two moneths of 
September and October to Germanicus and Domitian. 
Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 523. 
transnormal (trans-nor'mal), a. [< trans- + 
normal.} Exceeding or beyond what is normal; 
abnormal by excess; supernormal. 
The distinctive features which already his [Euripides'sl 
quickwitted contemporaries found mirrored in his trans- 
normal productions. 
A. W. Ward, Eng. Dram. Lit., Int., p. xxiii. 
transoceanic (trans-6-she-an'ik), a. [< L. trans, 
beyond, , + oceanus, ocean, + -ic.~\ 1. Located 
or existing beyond the ocean : as, a transocean- 
ic country ; of or pertaining to what is across 
the ocean. 2. Crossing the ocean : as, the 
transoceanic flight of a, bird ; relating to the 
crossing of the ocean : as, a transoceanic theory 
of the dispersion of human races. 
I maintain against all the world that no man knows any- 
thing about the transoceanic power of migration. 
Edinburgh Rev., CXLV. 439. 
transom (tran'sum), . [Formerly transomc, 
late ME. traunnom; prob., through an OF. form 
not found, < L. transtrum, a cross-bank in a ves- 
sel, a thwart, in arch, a cross-beam, a transom; 
appav. < trans, across, + suffix -trum. Some 
take it to be an accom. form of a supposed Or. 
'Bpavurrpov, < Opnvof, a bench, bank.] 1. In 
arch., a horizontal bar of timber or stone across 
a window ; also, the cross-bar separating a door 
from the fanlight above it. See mullion. 
Transtra ; Seates whereon rowers sit in shippes boates, 
or galeis ; also a trangome goyng ouerthwarte an house. 
Vitruvius. Cooper, Thesaurus (ed. 1565). 
All seemed of gold the wall, the columns which run 
up to the central golden roof, and the transom* which con- 
nect them. The Century, XL. 196. 
2. Same as transom-window, 2. [U. S.] 
The dome lights and transoms are of rich mosaic glass, in 
admirable keeping with the woodwork. 
The Centura, XXXVIII. SOT. 
3f. A slat of a bedstead. 
Y e Transome of a bed; trabula. 
Levins, Manip. Vocab. (E. E. T. S.), p. 181. 
Item, to John Heyth a materaswith a trattnsom, a peire 
shetes, a peire blankettes, and a coverlight. 
Pastor, Letters, III. 288. 
4. Naut., one of several beams or timbers fixed 
across the stern- 
post of a ship to 
strengthen the 
after part and 
give it the figure 
most suitable to 
the service for 
which the vessel 
is intended. See 
also cut under 
counter. 5. In a 
saw-pit, a joist 
resting trans- 
versely upon the 
strakes. 6. One 
of two beams of 
wood or metal secured horizontally to the side 
frames of a railway car-truck. They are placed 
one on each side of the swing-bolster. 7. In 
ijttn., a piece of wood or iron joining the cheeks 
Transoms and Frame of Ship, 
inside of Stern. 
i, main transom ; z, 3, half transoms : 3, 
transom ; 4, 4, transom-knees ; 5, stern-post. 
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of gun-carriages, whence the terms traniiom- 
li/ates, transom-bolts, etc. 8. In surv., a piece 
of wood made to slide upon a cross-staff; the 
vane of a cross-staff Deck-transom, a beam or 
framework across the stem of a vessel, supporting the 
after part of the deck. 
transomed (tran'sumd), a. Fitted with a tran- 
som or with transoms, as a door or window. 
Ci>l<nii/il inul Indian Exhibition (1886), p. 100. 
transomert, . [Late ME., < transom + -er 2 .] 
A transom. 
Canvas in the Warderop and fyne Lynen Clothe of 
dyuei s sortes. . . . Item, iiij Iransomers. 
Ponton Letters, I. 480. 
transom-knee (tran'sum-ne), n. Inship-biiHil- 
iiuj, a knee bolted to a transom and after-tim- 
ber. 
transom-window (tran'sum-win // dd), . 1. A 
window divided by a transom. 2. A window 
over the transom of a door. Also called tran- 
som, 
transpadane (trans-pa'dan), . [< L. tranxpn- 
danus, < trans, beyond, + Padus,Po, Parian us, 
of or pertaining to the river Po.] Situated be- 
yond the river Po, especially with reference to 
Borne. Transpadane Republic, a republic formed 
in 1796 by Napoleon Bonaparte, out of Lornbardy, and 
modeled on that of France. In 1797 it was merged with 
the Cispadane Republic into the Cisalpine Republic. 
la it to the Cispadane or to the Transpadane republics, 
which have been forced to bow under the galling yoke of 
French liberty, that we address all these pledges of our 
sincerity * Burke, A Regicide Peace, ill. 
transpalatine (trans-pal'a-tin), a. and n. [< 
trans- + palatine^.} I. a. Transverse, as a pal- 
atine bone which extends on either side from 
the median line. 
II. . The transpalatine bone of certain sau- 
ropsidan vertebrates. 
transpalmar (trans-pal'mar), . [< L. trans, 
across, + palma, palm: see palm 1 , palmar.} 
Situated across the palm of the hand; lying 
crosswise in the palm. Transpalmar muscle, the 
transpalmaria. 
transpalmaris (trans-pal-ma'ris), 11.; pi. trans- 
palmares (-rez). [NL. : see transpalmar.] The 
transpalmar muscle of the hand ; the palmaris 
brevis. See palmaris. Coues, 1887. 
transpanamic (trans-pa-uam'ik), a. [< trang- 
+ Panama (see def.) + -tc.] Existing or locat- 
ed on the other side of the Isthmus of Panama 
from the position of the speaker. [Bare.] 
The Formicariidse . . . thin out very much in the 
Tranmanamic subreglon on the north. 
P. L. Sflater, Cat. Birds Brit, Mus., XV. 176. 
transparet (trans-par'), i: i. [= It. trasparere. 
trasparire, < ML. transparere, shine through, < 
L. trans, through, + parere, appear: see ap- 
pear.} To appear through something else ; be 
visible through something. 
But through the yce of that vniust disdain c, 
Yet still transpares her picture and my paine. 
Stirling, Aurora, Sonnet xcix. 
transparence (trans -par 'ens), . [Formerly 
also transparance; < F. transparence = Sp. trans- 
parencia, trasparencia = Pg. transparencia = 
It. trasparencia, trasparema, < ML. transparen- 
tia, < transparen(t-)s, transparent: see trans- 
parent.] Same as transparency. 
(The casements standing wide) 
Clearely through that transparance is espy'de 
This Glutton, whom they by his habit knew. 
Heyicood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 575. 
But breezes played, and sunshine gleamed, . . . 
Reddened the fiery hues, and shot 
Transparence through the golden. 
Wordsworth, Yarrow Revisited. 
transparency (trans-par'en-si), 11. [As trans- 
parence (see -cy).} 1. The property or state 
of being transparent; that state or property 
of a body by which it admits of the passage 
of rays of light so that forms, colors, and 
brightness of objects can be seen through it; 
diaphaneity. 
The clearness and transparency of the stream. 
Addison, Remarks on Italy (ed. Bohn, I. 367). 
Their silver wings flashing in the pure transparency of 
the air. Hawthorne, Marble Kaun, vi. 
2. Something intended to be seen by means of 
transmitted light, as a picture, a sign, or other 
representation; often, an announcement of 
news, painted on canvas or other translucent 
material and lighted from behind; hence, by 
extension, a frame or construction, usually of 
wood and muslin, containing the lights neces- 
sary, and having one, two, or four inscriptions, 
or the like, on different sides. 
Three transparencies, made in a rage for transparencies, 
for the three lower panes of one window, where Tintem 
transpass 
Abbey held its station between a cave in Italy and a moon - 
light lake in Cumberland. 
Jane Austen, Mansfleld Park, xvi. 
3. In photog., a positive picture on glass, in- 
tended to be viewed by transmitted light. 
Such pictures are in common use for hanging in windows 
as ornaments, and are still more common as lantern-slides, 
for projection on a screen by the magic-lantern or stereop- 
ticon. 
4. [cup.} A translation of the German title 
Durchlaueht (Seine Durchlaucht, literally 'His 
Perlustriousness,' used like the English Hi* 
Serene Highness). [Burlesque.] 
Then came his Transparency the Duke [of Pumpernick- 
el] and Transparent family. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Ixii. 
transparency-painting (trans-par'en-si-pan*- 
ting), n. A painting designed to be viewed by 
transmitted light ; also, the art of making such 
paintings. It is executed on muslin strained on a 
frame and sized with two coats of gilders' size, Isinglass, 
or gelatin size, which, when dry, is carefully rubbed with 
pumice-stone to confer a smooth, paper-like surface, on 
which a design is then traced or pounced and afterward 
secured by being touched with a lead-pencil, or a reed- 
pen charged with India ink. For painting, flat hog-hair 
brushes are used, but broad, flat, and thin tintings may 
be rubbed in with a fine sponge, and heavy masses of 
color dabbed on with a coarse honeycombed sponge. The 
painting may be executed in oil-colors mixed with any 
good vehicle, or in water-color with a solution of gum 
tragacanth. Pleasing effects are produced by the com- 
bination of two or three surfaces of muslin strained on 
different frames and placed one behind the other. If 
three are used, the nearest figures and foreground are 
painted on the one in front, the middle distance on the 
next, and the extreme distance on the surface behind. 
transparent (trans-par'ent), n. and n. [< F. 
transparent = Pr. transparent = Sp. transpa- 
rente, trasparente = Pg. trangparcnte = It. tras- 
parente, < ML. transparere, shine through: see 
transpare.] I. a. 1. Having the property of 
transmitting rays of light so that bodies situ- 
ated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen ; 
transmitting light-waves radiated from some 
source, without absorption or scattering; per- 
vious to light; diaphanous; pellucid: as, trans- 
parent glass; a transpare nt diamond: opposed 
to opaque, and distinguished from translucent. 
Nor shines the silver moon one half so bright 
Through the transparent bosom of the deep. 
Shale., L. L. L., iv. 3. 31. 
2. Admitting the passage of light through in- 
terstices. 
And Heaven did this transparent veil provide, 
Because she had no guilty thoughts to hide. 
Dryden, Epitaph on Monument of a Lady at Bath. 
3. Figuratively, easily seen through or under- 
stood; easily intelligible. 
He was to exhibit the specious qualities of the tyrant 
in a light which might render them transparent, and en- 
able us at once to perceive the covering and the vices 
which it concealed. Macaulay, History. 
Transparent discourse to a popular audience will be 
largely Saxon in its vocabulary. 
A. Phelps, English Style, p. 150. 
4. Bright; shining; clear. 
This fell tempest shall not cease to rage 
Until the golden circuit on my head, 
Like to the glorious sun's transparent beams. 
Do calm the fury of this mad-bred flaw. 
Shale., 2 Hen. VI., Hi. 1. 353. 
Transparent colors, in painting, colors such as will 
transmit light, or so delicately or thinly laid on as to veil 
without concealing the ground or other colors behind 
them : opposed to opaque colors, which only reflect light : 
also, colors which appear only by transmitted light, as 
those of stained glass, which, as correctly conceived,should 
be wholly transparent and with no opaque shadows. 
Transparent corpuscles of Norris, colorless bodies 
found in the blood, supposed to be decolorized red blood- 
corpuscles. Transparent gold ocher. See ocher. 
Transparent lacquer, leather, soap. See the nouns. 
Transparent oriel of chromium. See chromium. 
= Syn. 1. Bright, limpid, crystalline. 
II. n. A costume consisting of a dress of 
lace, tulle, gauze, or other thin fabric, worn over 
another dress of rich material. This fashion 
seems to have been introduced about 1675. 
transparently (trans-par'ent-li), adv. In a 
transparent manner ; so as to be seen through ; 
clearly. 
transparentness (trans-par'ent-nes), n. The 
property or state of being transparent ; trans- 
parency; diaphaneity. 
transpasst (trans-pas'), v. [< ML. transpassare, 
pass over, < L. trans, over, + ML. passare, pass: 
see pass. Cf. trespass, an older form of the 
same word.] I. trans. To pass over. 
The river Hyphasis, or, as Ptolemy calleth it, Bipasis, 
was Alexander's non ultra ; which yet he transpassea, and 
set up altars on the other side. 
Gregory, Notes on Scripture, p. 75. (Latham.) 
II. infraim. To pass by or away. 
Thy form and flatter'd hue, 
Which shall so soon transpass, 
Is far more fair than is thy looking-glass. 
Daniel, Description of Beauty. 
