transversus 
transversus tlri'ins-ver'susi, /<.: |il 
(-si). [NL.: see /mw.Mvr.vr. | In mini..-.! trans- 
verse muscle; a transvcrsalis. Transversug 
auriculae, H small mim-le on tin- hack of ilir t ar, iixii 
niriitury In man. Transversua menti, a jHirllon of tin 
MI -piv-Mo r annul! oris. Transversus nuchae, nn annum 
lous mnscli orcniTiiiK not infiTi|ii'ntly in man, arising 
from the occipital protabennee and insntt-il into, 
the tmilon ol tin: Hternoma.stoid. Al.so rail 
partial*. <>cri]iitnti* tm*. Transversus orbitse, an Oc- 
casional Illiisr! i of 111:111 t) ,i\ rl .sin;,' till- 11])] i" I ] ill It of tin 
ori)it. Transversus pedis. See ;'. -Transversus 
perinsBi, the transpcrfncal muscle, which traverses the 
hai-k pint oft In- pcrliic from tlir tnhcrnsityof thclschi- 
ini to the mriliaii raphr or in tin- female to the sphincter 
vaglmv. Transversus thoracis. Same tternucotlalu. 
transvertt ttrtaB-vert'), <. /. [< ME. tramtrrr- 
liii, < OK. "InnixriTlir = Sp. Iniii.iri i lir, tran- 
ri'i'/n- = !'<;. Iransn ilir. < I,, triiimn rti >>, turn 
across: sec tiimxri'mi . \ To change liy turning; 
I lira about. CrnJ't <>/' l.on r*. 1. 41!). 
transvertiblc (tri'ms-ver'ti-bl), <i. [< transvert 
+ -ilili .] Capable of hciiiK tninsvertcil. Sir T. 
/.'/!<<. (Ini/i. IHcl.) [Rare.] 
transview (triins-vu'), r. t. [< Iran*- + rieir.~\ 
To look through. [Kare.] 
Let vs with eagles eyes without offence 
Transview the obscure things that do remain. 
Darfff, Miruni in Modum, p. V. (Itamet.) 
transvolationt (trins-vo-la'shon), . [< L. 
tranmiolare, pp. tranimolatus, fly over or across, 
< trans, over, 4- volare, fly: see rolant.] The 
act of flying beyond or across. 
Such things as these . . . are extraordinary egression* 
and tramvolatioiu beyond the ordinary course of an even 
piety. Jtr. Taylor, Works (ed. 18S5X I. 781. 
transvolvet (trans-volv'), t'. t. [< LL. transvol- 
rere, unroll, < L. trans, over, + roltere, roll, 
wrap: see volute. C1. convolve, evolve, rerolre, 
etc.] To overturn; breakup. 
Welcome be the Will of God, who traiuvolvt* Kingdoms, 
tumbles down Monarchies as Mole-hills, at his Pleasure. 
Homll, Letters, ill. 22. 
transwaftt (trans-waff), v. t. [< trans- + waft.] 
To waft over or across. [Rare.] 
loves Trull 
Ruropa he from Sidon into Greet 
Tramtmafted, whllest the wane ne're toucht her feet. 
Ileywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 128. 
Transylvanian (tran-sil-va'ui-an), a. and w. 
[< Transylraiiia (see def.), lit. 'the land beyond 
the forest,' namely, the ancient forest separat- 
ing the country from Hungary, < L. trann, be- 
yond, + sylrn, silra, forest: see sylra, sylran.} 
I. a. Of or pertaining to Transylvania, former- 
ly a grand principality, since 1868 incorporated 
with Hungary. 
II. . A native or an inhabitant of Transyl- 
vania. 
trant (trant), . t. [Formerly also traunt; < 
ME. tranten, < MD. D. trantcn, walk slowly.] 
1. To walk; go about as a peddler. Compare 
tranter. [Prov. Eng.] 
And had some trannting merchant to his sire, 
That tramck'd l>oth by water and by flre. 
IlaU't Satire*, IV. II. (.Yaw.) 
2f. To turn ; play a trick. 
Queii thay seghe hym (a fox] with syjjt, thay sued hym 
fast, . . . 
<t he trantei & tornayeez thurg mony tene greue [rough 
grove). 
Sir Qawaync and the Qrecn Knight (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 1707. 
trantt (trant), . [< ME. trant, < MD. trant = 
S w. dial, tra n t, a step ; from the verb. ] A turn ; 
a trick ; a stratagem. 
For alle his fare I hym dellle. 
I knowe his trantis fro toppe to talle, 
He leuys with gaudls and with gilery. 
York Ptayi, p. 381. 
Humine [hunters] fel in the fute, ther the fox bade, 
Traylez ofte a trayteres, hi traunt of her wyles. 
Sir timi-ii'iii,' and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1700. 
tranter (tran'ter), . [Formerly also traunter; 
< trant + -rri.] An itinerant peddler; a car- 
rier. Formerly also called ripper. [Prov. Eng.] 
Dick Dewy's father, Reuben, by vocation a tranter, or 
Irregular carrier. 
T. Hardy, Under the Greenwood Tree, L 2. 
trap 1 (trap), . [< ME. trappe, < AS. trteppe, 
tri'/ipi- = MD. trappe = OHG. trappa, trapa, a 
snare, trap; of. OF. trappe, a trap, pitfall, F. 
trappe, a trap-door, a pitfall, = Pr. trappa = 
Sp. tra HI pa = Pg. trapa = It. dim. trappola, < 
M I., inippii, tnipa. a trap (< OHG.); connected 
with MIKI. li-i/ijii; II-K/I/H; (_i. treppe, a flight 
of steps, stair, ladder, = D. trap, a stair, etc., 
ML). D. MLG. G. trappen, tread: see trap?, 
trape, tramp. Hence ult. trapan.~\ 1. A con- 
trivance, as a pitfall or some mechanical device 
that shuts suddenly, often by means of a spring, 
used for taking game and other animals. 
i;i n 
-In- wolde weep* If that she sawn a mnim 
I'aUKht In a traiii*. If It wen- deed or lilcddr. 
I'rol. to r. T., I. 14.V 
\\ liavi- lork^ t safeguard uecewarlea, 
And pri'tt.v /;./;.- tn c alrli tin ],,-tlj tl 
>Vl<-., 'ill M. \ 1 
A sudden sharp and bitter cry, 
As of a wild thing taken in the trap. 
Tenitymii, (ienlnt. 
2. A device for conflning and suddenly releas- 
ing or tossing into the air objects to be shot at, 
as live pigeons or glass ball-. 
The trap* are usually five In number, the sldet beliiK 
hinged so that upon the curd being pulled they collapse 
entirely, leaving the pigeon In the open. 
H". ". Greener, The Gun, p. SOI. 
3. A kind of fish-net used especially in Nar- 
ragansett Bay, consisting of an oblong im-l<>- 
sure of netting on three sides and at the bot- 
tom, anchored securely by the side of the chan- 
nel. Int., this the tlsh enter, and, the bottom of the net 
being lifted to the surface at the open end, they are 
penned In and driven into a lateral Inclosure, where they 
are kept until needed. 
4. A double-curved pipe, or a U-shaped sec- 
tion of a pipe, with or without valves, serving 
A, B, common traps ; C, I), modifications of A and B screw-cap*, as 
<hown At a. l>ein added for cleaning out the traps; E. F, G. venti- 
lating traps with air-pipes at b leading to the exterior of a building. 
to form a water-seal to prevent the passage of 
air or gases through a pipe with which it is 
connected. Traps are made in a great variety of shapes, 
the aim being In all to cause a portion of liquid to lodge 
In a depression and form a seal, lite most common 
forms are without valves. Air-pipes used In connection 
with traps (see the figures) not only conduct away foul 
gases, but prevent any regurglUtlon of gas through the 
water or siphoning out of the water-seal resulting from 
changes of pressure in the soil-pipe, snch as sometimes 
occurs In unventilated traps, undue pressure in which 
causes the gas to pass the water-seal, while a very slight 
fall below atmospheric pressure causea the water to siphon 
over into the soil-pipe and thus destroy the seal. Various 
special forms are called ija*-trap*, greoK-trapt, etc. Also 
called trapping. 
6. A piece of wood, somewhat in the shape of 
a shoe, hollowed at the heel, and moving on a 
pivot, in which the ball is placed in playing 
trap-ball; also, the game itself. See trap-ball. 
Indeed, I have heard you are a precious gentleman, 
And in your younger [days] could play at trap well. 
Shirley, Hyde Park, ii. 4. 
6. A trap-door. 
With that word he gau uudon a irapve. 
Chaucer, Trollus, ill. 741. 
DoBB ye scholde fallen there, 
In a pyt syxty fadme deep : 
Therfore beware, and tak good keep ! 
At the paasyng ovyr the trappe. 
Richard Coer de Lion (Weber's Metr. Rom., II. 182). 
Tram under the stage so convenient that Ophelia could 
walk from her grave to her dressing-room with perfect 
ease. J. Jefenon, Autobiog., iv. 
7. Any small complicated structure, especially 
one that is out of order; a rickety thing: so 
called in contempt. Compare rattletrap. [Col- 
loq.] 8. A carriage. [Colloq.] 
Florae's pleasure was to drive his Princess with four 
hones into Newcome. He called his carriage his trappe, 
his "drague," Thackeray, N'ewcomes, Ivii. 
"I think yon must make room for me inside the trap." 
It is remarkable how much men despise close carriages, 
and what disrespectful epitheU they Invent for them. 
Jean Ingdow, Off the Skelltga, n. 
9. Any device or contrivance to betray one into 
speech or act, or to catch one unawares; an 
ambush ; a stratagem. 
How will men then curse themselves for their own folly 
In being so easily tempted ; and all those who laid traps 
and snares to betray them by? Stilling/tee!, Sermons, I. xl. 
10f. Contrivance; craft. 
Some cunning persons that had found out hit) foible and 
Ignorance of trap first put him In great fright. 
Roger North, Examen, p. 549. (Datitt.) 
11. A sheriff's officer, or a policeman. [Slang.] 
The trap* have got him [for picking a pocket], and that 's 
all about it. DicJcem, Oliver Twist, xiti. 
Dick's always in trouble; . . . there 's a couple of (rapt 
in Belston after him now. 
H. Kinysley, Geoffry Hamlyn, vi. (Danes.) 
Flgure-of-four trap. See fgwre. Running trap. See 
mnmnii-trap. Smart as a steel trap. See martl. 
Steel trap, a trap for catching wild animals, consisting 
trap 
of two Iron-toothed jaws, which 
ful steel spring when tin- animal ilistilllm the catch ol 
tonK'l'- l>y which thi-yatc krpt oprn. To bCUP to trapt, 
to understand trapt, to be ver> knowing or wide-awake. 
ryliiKoni. split my Wind I'lpc, sir, you are a Fool, and 
dnn 't understand Traji. the whole World's a Cheat. 
Tom Awn, Works (ed. 1706). (Aihton.) 
trap 1 (trap), r. ; pret. mid pp. tra/i/ml. ppr. tnifi- 
fiiiii/. | < \1K. Iriipiii n faUn in com p. 'uf //</ D n I, 
< AS. 'Irifp/iaii (in emnp. ///,/ 1>/< I ^ Ml). 
ti-'i/i/M ii. trap : I'rnm the imun.] I. trim*. 1. To 
Mtn in a trap: as. in Irn/i foxes or beaver. 
Mere vcniiin, worthy to he trapp'd. 
Cotrper, Task, II. 8s: :. 
2. Ti> insnarc: lake by stratagem : applied t.. 
persons. 
S'lnirod (snatching Fortune by the treues) . . . 
Leanes hunting lleaste*. ami hunteth Men to trap. 
Syltettar, tr. of Du Itartas's Weeks, II., Babylon. 
3. To capture (fish) by means of a trap or 
trap-net. 4. To put in a trap and release to 
be shot at, as pigeons or glass balls. 5. In 
plumbing, to furnish with a trap. 
To trap the soil pipe before iU entrance into the drain. 
The American, VII. 828. 
6. Tlifat., to furnish (a stage) with the requisite 
traps for the plays to be performed. Saturday 
Ben., LXI. 20. 7. To stop and hold, as the 
shuttle of a loom in the warp, or gas, a liquid, 
heat, etc., by an obstruction or impervious or 
sealed inclosure, as in the case of liquids or 
gases, or by insulating substances, as with heat 
or electricity ; specifically, to stop and hold by 
a trap for the purpose of removing, as air car- 
ried forward by or entangled in water flowing 
through pipes, etc., water deposited from com- 
Sressed atmospheric air when cooled, or cou- 
ensed from steam in the passage of the lat- 
ter through pipes, or air from pipes or recep- 
tacles into or through which steam is to be 
passed. 
II. intrant. 1. To set traps for game: as, to 
trap for beaver. 
He generally went out alone Into the mountains, and 
would remain there trapping by himself for several montlm 
together, his lonely camps being often pitched In the vi- 
cinity of hostile savages. The Century, X LI. 771. 
2. To handle or work the trap in a shooting- 
match. 3. To become stopped or impeded, as 
steam through accumulation of condensed wa- 
ter in a low part of a horizontal pipe, or in a 
steam-radiator by the presence of air which 
cannot escape, or the flow of water through a 
siphon by accumulation of air in the upper 
part of the bend, etc. 
trap 2 (trap), n. [< D. trap, a step, degree, = 
MLG. trappe, treppe, G. treppe, a step, round of 
a ladder, = Sw. trappa = Dan. trappe, a stair: 
see trap 1 and tcentletrap.'] A kind of movable 
ladder or steps ; a ladder leading up to a loft. 
Simmonds. [Rare in the singular.] 
trap 3 (trap), n. [= G. traup Dan. trap, < Sw. 
trapp, trap (rock), so called (by Bergmann, a 
Swedish mineralogist) with ref. to the ter- 
raced or stair-like arrangement which may be 
observed in many of these rocks, < trappa, a 
stair: see trap 2 .'} In geol., any dark -colored 
rock having more or less of a columnar struc- 
ture and apparently volcanic or eruptive in 
origin. It la the old and more or less metamorphosed 
eruptive rocks, and especially the various forms of basalt, 
which are most commonly thus designated. The name la 
a convenient one for use before the exact nature of the 
rock In question has been ascertained by microscopic ex- 
amination. 
The term Trap is an indefinite, and therefore sometimes 
a very convenient, term applied to eruptive rocks which 
cannot be Identified in the field. 
Woodward, Geol. of Eng. and Wales (2d ed.), p. 562. 
Glassy trap. See tardacaliie. 
trap 4 (trap), M. [< ME. trappe, < OF.'trap, drop. 
F. drop = Pr. drop = Cat. drop = Sp. Pg. tra- 
po = It. druppo, < ML. drajtpux, drapis, trap- 
pus, trapus, a cloth, a horse-cloth, trapping; 
Erob. of Teut. origin; cf. drab 2 , drape.'} If. A 
orse-cloth; an ornamental cloth or housing 
for a horse: ornamental harness: a trapping: 
usually in the plural. 
Mony trappe, mony croper. 
King Alitaunder (Weber's Metr. Rom., 1. 142). 
I'pon a stede whyte so miike 
His trapyt/i wer off tuely (scarlet] sylke. 
Kichard Coer dt Lion (1515). (Steal Diet) 
2. pi. Belongings; appurtenances; impedi- 
menta: used frequently of baggage. [Colloq.] 
A couple of hone* carry us and our trapt, you know, 
and we can stop where we like. 
Thacteray, Newcomes, xxx. 
The other was a sort o' storeroom, where the old cap'n 
kep' all sorts o' trapt. II. II Statrf, (lldtown. p. 147. 
