trematode 
trematode (trem'a-tod), . antln. [ir. 
ruAi/f. liaviii^iiiaiiy holes: see trciimttiitl. ) Same 
a> In iiiiilniil. 
trematoid (trein'a-toid), it. uiul n. [< llr. 
*rpv//7'/i/>V. eontr. r/iv//rr./il//i, having many 
holes, < Ti>>ifia(T-), holt 1 : SIM- Trfinn. \ I. u. I lin- 
ing many holes; suctorial, as an enioparjisite 
worm; of the 1 nature of or resembling a 11 nke : 
of or pertaining to the 'I'niinilnilii. 
II. H. A trematoid worm, or Hukt 1 : a mem- 
ber of tlit' TrriiiifliMln. 
Trematoideaftrem-a-toi'tle-a). : ///. [Ni, .:..' 
tremtttmil.] Samp as Trtmatoda, ~. 
Trematosaurus (trem'a-to-s;'i'ni*), H. [Nh. 
(Braun, 1841), < Or. rpfyia(r-\ holo,+ aai'/mf, liz- 
ard.] A genus of extinct labyrinthodout am- 
Side and Top Views of Skull of Trtmalosaurus : cranial sculpture 
omitted from lower half of latter, to show sutures more distinctly. 
phibians, having the skull mailed and sculp- 
tured. 
tremblablet (trem'bla-bl), n. [< tremble + 
-able.'] Calculated to cause fear or trembling. 
But, what is tremblable and monstrous, there be some 
who, when God smites them, they fly unto a witch or an 
fnchauntresse, and call for succour. 
Dr. G. Beiaon. (Imp. Did.) 
tremble (trem'bl), r. ('. ; pret. and pp. trembled, 
ppr. treniMina. [< ME. tremblen, tremlen, < OF. 
Iri'mbler, tremeler, F. trembler = Pr. tremblar = 
Sp. temblor = It. iremolare, < ML. tremnlare, 
tremble, fear, hesitate, ( L. trewultm, trembling, 
< tremere ("> It. tremere = Sp. Pg. tremer = OF. 
tremer) = Gr. rptfteiv, tremble. From the same 
L. verb tremere are also ult. E. tremor, trem ulotis, 
etc.] 1. To be affected with slight, quick, and 
continued vibratory movements; be moved in 
a quivering manner by some external force. 
The mountayne that the werke was settc on gan to 
tremble, that thei semed it wolde synke. 
Xerlin (E. E. T. 8.), I. 27. 
2. To be affected with involuntary muscular 
agitation; be agitated convulsively from either 
a physical or a moral cause; be in a tremor; 
quake; shake: as, to tremble with fatigue ; his 
hand trembled from excitement. 
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and 
judgment to come, Felix trembled. Acts xxiv. 2f. 
Scarce can my knees these trembling limbs sustain. 
And scarce my heart support its load of pain. 
Pope, Iliad, i. 100. 
3. To feel or manifest a quivering agitation ; 
be tremulous or shaky; quiver; quaver: as, 
his voice trembled from emotion. 
Patience perforce with wilful choler meeting 
Makes my flesh tremble. Shot., K. and J., I 5. 92. 
Her red lips trembled, and her eyes were wet 
With tears that fell not, 
William Morrit, Earthly Paradise, II. 289. 
4. Figuratively, to be in doubt or suspense ; 
oscillate between certainty and uncertainty; 
hang upon chance. 
Seeking but to borrow 
From the tnmtHtff hope of morrow 
Solace for the weary d:iy. 
Whitlier, The Ranger. 
Their serried masses, overwhelming superiority of num- 
bers, and bold bearing made the chances of victory to 
tremble in the balance. The Century, XXXI. 458. 
To tremble for, to be in fear on account of : as, to trem- 
ble for one's safety. 
I tremble for the cause of liberty, from such an example 
to kings. I tremble for the cause of humanity, in the un- 
punished outrages of the most \\ irkrd ,,f mankind. 
Burke, Rev. in France. 
Trembling palsy. Same as paralytu affilans (which see, 
under pamlytii). Trembling poplar. See poplar. 
Trembling prairie. [Tr. F. prairie trnnblunt' . limitcil 
in use to parts of Louisiana : also called shaking prairif.] 
See the quotation. 
8487 
Also, In the vicinity of the niimeroui lakei of the 
[ l.a r'omrb'-, l.nui-i in:i rxiftt Immense tracts called 
Hiini ;.m,r.,x I \ti- si-mi t,i be a surface composed of 
tin- man, -,l '- .ni'l 'Ircayed stalksof the marsh vegeta- 
tion, Moat INK it {ton water in some Instances, and upon v, i \ 
noft mini in othiT. Over these prairies it is practicable 
to walk, and cattlr trrazt- ii]n.n th> in. although they vi- 
brii.. at every tread, and a cut of a few feet in depth will 
nl was , .li ver a substratum of water. 
S. II. Locltett, Sec. Ann. Rep. Topug. Surv. of Louisiana, 
[1871, p. 10. 
Trembling tree, the trembling poplar, or more often 
the American aspen, Populus tremulindet. 
tremble (tn-m'bl), w. L< //>//./, r.] 1. The 
act or state of trembling; an involuntary quiv- 
ering or shivering as from cold or fear. 
There stood Emmy In a tremble. 
Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Ixv. 
2. ill. A form of disease or diseased condition 
in man or animals, characterized by continued 
trembling or tremulousness ; specifically, in 
some parts of the United States, a disease of 
domestic animals, under peculiar local condi- 
tions, affecting the quality of the milk and flesh, 
and known as iHill.--xirktieiui when communicated 
through these to human beings. See mill 
ness. 
The flesh of an animal suffering from tremblei, or in the 
prodromlc stages of tremble*, would also produce the din- 
ease. Budt'i Handbook of Med. Science*, V. 9. 
Workers In mercury . . . are apt to suffer from a pecu- 
liar form of shaking palsy, known as "the tremble*," or 
mercurial tremor. Encyc. Brit., XIX. 277. 
All of a tremble, trembling all orer ; in a state of gen- 
eral agitation or excitement. (Colloq.J 
Mrs. GUI . . . came '' allaf a tremble," as she said her- 
self. Charlotte. Bronte, Shirley, xx. 
tremblement (trem'bl-ment), . [< F. tremble- 
nii nt (= Pr. tremolament}, a trembling or quak- 
ing, < trembler, tremble : see tremble and -ment.~\ 
1. In music, a trill or shake. 2. A tremor; a 
quivering. [Rare.] 
The wood . . . 
Thrills in leafy treiiMeinent, 
Like a heart that, after climbing, beateth quickly through 
content. Mn. Hnnrniit'j , Lost Bower, St. 4. 
trembler (trem'bler), n. [= F. trtmbleur; as 
tremble + -erl.] 1. One who trembles; espe- 
cially^ person or an animal that trembles from 
fear. 
Those base submissions that the covetous mammonlst, 
or cowardly trembler, drudges under. 
Hammond, Works, IV. 479. (Latham.) 
Well had the boding trembler* learned to trace 
The day's disasters In his morning face. 
Ooldtmith, Des. Vil., 1. 199. 
2. [cap.] One of a religious sect of the time 
of Queen Elizabeth. Imp. Diet. 
These quaint-primitive dissemblers 
In old Queen Bess s days called Trembler*. 
Iliiiliurax ftedimmtg. 
3. That which trembles or vibrates; specifical- 
ly, an automatic vibrator used for making and 
breaking the circuit of an induction-coil; an 
electric bell. 
Audible signals are given . . . on board the locomotive 
by a trembler bell. Jour. Franklin Intt., CXXI. 69, Supp. 
trembling-jock, trembling-jocky (trem' bling- 
jok, -jok'i), H. The quaking-grass, Bri:a media, 
supposed to be obnoxious to mice. [Prov. Eng.] 
tremblingly (trem'bliug-li), adv. In a trem- 
bling manner; tremulously. 
Tremblingly she stood, 
And on the sudden dropp'd. 
Shak., A. and C., v. 2. 346. 
trembly (trem'bli), a. [< tremble + -y 1 .] 
Trembling; tremulous. [Colloq.] 
So frankly coy, so full of trembly confidences. 
l.iiii'.-ll. Birch Tree. 
She [a rabbit | sot thai- ez upright an* trembly et me. 
./. X. Murfrer, Great .Smoky Mountains, xiil. 
Tremella (tre-mel'S), . [NL. (Fries), so called 
in allusion to the gelatinous texture of the 
plants; < L. tremere, tremble, + dim. -ella.] A 
genus of gelatinous hymeuomycetous fungi, 
typical of the order Tremellineee, having a non- 
papillate hymenium which surrounds the whole 
of the fungus. See fairy-butter. 
Treniellineae (trem-e-lin'e-e), n. pi. [NL>., < 
Tremella + -inex.] An order of hymenomyce- 
tous fungi. They are gelatinous, of not very definite 
form, commonly of wavy outline, and re saprophytlc on 
old and dead wood. Also Tremellini. 
tremellineous (trem-e-lin'e-us), a. In bot., be- 
longing, pertaining to, or resembling fungi of 
the group Trrmellinese. 
tremelloid (trem'e-loid), a. [< Tremella + 
-niil.] In hot., resembling the fungus Tremella 
in substance; jelly-like. 
tremellose (trem'e-los), a. [< L. tremere, trem- 
ble, + -ella + -one.] In bot., jelly-like ; shaking 
like jelly ; of a gelatinous consistence. 
tremor 
tremendous Ore-men'. ins i, . r= Sj>. Pg. It. 
' mill. <. I.. If nit iiilnx, fearful, terrible. K 1 '- 
rundive of tri-nun-, quake, tremble: see trim 
till .] 1. Sin-li as may or .I",-- .-vile trembling. 
1'ear.nrnwe; over|iu\M'rinu in enaraeter or i|tial- 
ity; awful; dreadful: as, a trrim ml'in* explo- 
nion; tremendous invei-tive. 
Secondly, (a precept) about blessing, or rattier not blu- 
|ili< iniiiK the trrmeiiduiu name of Goo. 
JfK/jm, True Religion, II. IT 
The battle of Ravenna, one of those tremttulmii dayi Into 
which human folly and wickedness compress the whole 
devastation of a famine or plague. 
Mataulay, Machlavelll. 
Hence 2. Such as to e.xeite astonishment or 
awe; unexampled ; womlerfnl in a high de- 
gree; overwhelming; astounding: used inten- 
sively or hyperbolically. 
The floor of each story was arched, the walls of tremen- 
data thlckneu. Scott, Kenllworth, xxvl. 
From the tree* we sometime* saw banging pythoni of 
tremendou* girth. /'. RMnttm, I nder the Sun, p. 18a 
The skllfullest crew that ever launched a life boat would 
be dashed In pieces In a moment In those trtmautota 
roller*. t'routle, Sketches, p. 198. 
= 8yn. 1. Frightful, terrlflc, horrible, appalling. 
tremendously (tre-men'dus-li), adr. In a tre- 
mendous manner: in a manner to awe or aston- 
ish; with excessive force or magnitude. 
tremendousness (tre-nien'dnn-iies), . The 
state or property of being tremendous. 
Tremex (t re racks), n. [Nh. (Jiirine, 1807), ir- 
reg. < Gr. rpf/fia, a hole.] 1. A notable genus 
of hymenopterous insects, of the family Uroee- 
ridje, separated from the typical genus L'rocertm 
only by the venation of the wings. T. columba Is 
a large and handsome North American homtail. the larva 
of which bore* the trunks of shade-trees, particularly the 
maple, and Is known as the pigeon-tremex. 
2. [' <'] A horntail of this genus: as, the 
pigeoii-frcwej". 
tremolando (trem-o-lan'dp), adr. [It., ppr. of 
tremolare, tremble: see tremble.] In mvxie, in 
a tremulous manner; in a manner character- 
ized by a tremolo. Also tremando. 
tremolant (trem'6-lant), n. [< It. tremolante: 
see ti-i nnilnni.] Same as tremolo (d). 
tremolite (trem'o-lit), n. [< Tremola (Val Tre- 
mola, a valley near Airolo in the Alps, where 
the mineral was discovered) + -ite 2 .] A vari- 
ety of amphibole, having usually a white to 
gray color, and occurring in fibrous or columnar 
crystalline masses. It differs from other varieties of 
amphibole In containing little or no Iron, being essen- 
tially a silicate of calcium and magnesium. Also called 
yrammatite. 
tremolitic (trem-o-lit'ik), a. [< tremolite + 
-ic.] Pertaining to or characterized by the 
presence of tremolite: as, tremolitic marble. 
tremolo (trem'o-16), . [It., < L. tremulua, shak- 
ing, quivering: see tremulous.] In music: (a) 
A tremulous or fluttering effect in vocal music, 
intended to give a sentimental or passionate 
quality to the tone, but often carried to a pe- 
dantic and offensive extreme, (b) A similar 
effect in instrumental music, produced by a 
rapid reiteration of a tone or chord, (c) A 
similar effect in organ music, produced in the 
pipe-organ by means of a delicately balanced 
bellows attached to one of the wind-trunks. 
and in the reed-organ by a revolving fan. (rf) 
The mechanical device in an organ by which a 
tremolo is produced ; a tremulant. The use of 
such a mechanism is usually controlled by a 
stop-knob. Also tremolant, tremulant. 
tremor (trem'or or tre'mor), n. [Formerly also 
tremour; < OF. trenieur, F. tremeur = Sp. Pg. 
tremor = It. tremore, < L. tremor, a shaking, a 
quivering, < tremere. shake, tremble: see trem- 
ble.] 1. A shaking or quivering caused by some 
external impulse; a close succession of short 
vibratory or modulatory movements; a state 
of trembling in a living object or substance : as, 
the tremor of the aspen-leaf. 
Moraufa. Bauaria, and Dacla 
Were with the earths like-horrid feuera shaken ; . . . 
One of these Tremor* lasted forty dayes, 
When six and twenty tow'rs and castles fell. 
Hrywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. &70. 
Each wave-length of light resulting from a molecular 
tremor of corresponding wave-length. 
J. -V. Lockyrr, Spect AnaL, p. 118. 
Modern research has shown a typical earthquake to 
consist of a series of small tremor* succeeded by a shock, 
or series of shocks. J. Milne, Earthquakes, ii. 
2. An involuntary or convulsive muscular shak- 
ing, quaking, or quivering, as from weakness, 
disorder, or emotion. 
At first a tremor of silent fear . . . 
Over the heart* of the people went. 
Vkitticr. The Preacher. 
