trumpet 
The elfplmnt --n i !<<! up liis trunk. gave one shrill tnnn- 
pel, and made off into the hush. f*. Xicholat, XVII -I 
5. A funnel- or trumpet-shaped conductor or 
guide used in many l'i inns < if 1 1 rawing, doubling, 
spi lining, or otlirr machines to guide tin- sliv- 
ers, roving*, yiirns, wire, ov otlii-r material-, I" 
the machine, 'and at once to compact them. It 
is made in timny shapes, lint in all the thiriiu,' 
trumpet-mouth is suggested. 6. The (luring 
mouth of a draw-head of a railway-car, serving 
to guide the coupling to the pin or other fa -ten 
ing. 7. A trumpet-shell or sea-trumpet; atri- 
ton. See cuts under e/mn/V 2 and Triton. 8. One 
of the pitcher-plants, fiitrrncritia flam. See 
triini/n tli'df. Feast of trumpets, a feast among the 
Jews, enjoineil tty the law of Moses, held, an a celebration 
of the New Year, on the lirst and second days of the month 
TiHri, the seventh month of the .leu M!I rh il year and the 
first of the i><rle*i:i.-ln'.il 51 ;ir. It derived Its nalliv from 
the especial use of trumpets In Its aolemnttien. Flourish 
oftrumpets. see ./louri**. Hearing- trumpet. Same 
tut eiir-tfinii/"'!. Marine trumpet. Same aa ttaJrum- 
vet. Speaking trumpet. St-r wak-iii'j trumpet. To 
blow one's own trumpet. Set- w..wi. Trumpet 
marine. Hume a* *, c tr>ni</t. 
trumpet (tnun'pet), t'. [< F. trompc tfr = Sp. 
trnmpeifnr = It. troinln tlun- : from the noun.] 
1. trnnx. 1. To publish by sound of trumpet; 
hence, to blaze or noise abroad ; proclaim ; cel- 
ebrate. 
So tart a favour 
To trumpet such good tidings ! 
Shot., A. and C., U. 8. 80. 
2. To form with a swell or in the shape of a 
bell or funnel. 
Their ends [of wire] were passed into two small trum- 
peted holes in a stout brass plate and soldered to the back 
of the plate. Philoo. Mag., 5th ser., XXVIII. 95. 
II. intrant. To sound a trumpet; also, to 
emit a loud trumpet-like sound or cry, as an 
elephant. 
They [elephants) became confused and huddled, and 
jostled each other until one old bull, furiously trumpeting, 
led the way to the shore. St. Nicholas, XVII. 768. 
trumpet-animalcule (trum'pet-an-i-mal'kul), 
?i. A stentor. See cuts under Folliculina and 
Stentnr. 
trumpet-ash (t rum 'pet-ash), . See trumpet- 
creejifi-. 
trumpet-banner (trum'pet-ban'er), . A small 
liar; attached to a trumpet so as to hang down 
and be displayed when the trumpet is sounded. 
In the middle ages It was customary to depict upon the 
flag the arms of the noble in whose service the trumpet 
was sounded. 
trumpet-call (trum'pet-kal), ?i. A call by the 
sound of the trumpet; hence, any loud or im- 
perative summons to action. 
trumpet-conch (trum'pet-kongk), n. A trum- 
pet-shell ; a member of the Tritonidx. See cut 
under Triton. 
trumpet-creeper (trum'pet-kre'per), w. A 
woody climbing vine, Tecoma radicans, native in 
the south of the United States, and cultivated 
elsewhere for ornament. It bears pinnate leaves with 
nine- or eleven-toothed leaflets, and flowers with a tubular 
funnelform corolla approaching 3 Inches in length. It Is 
quite hardy anil a vigorous grower, climbing high trees, or 
covering walls, by means of aerial rootlets. It is at Ita 
best In alluvial soils southward. More often, but less 
specifically, called trumpet-flower, sometimes trumpet-vine 
and trumpet-ash. See cut under Bi>jnoniace&. 
trumpeter (trum'pet-er), H. [= D. trompetter 
= G. Dan. trompeter = Sw. trumpetare; as 
trumpet + -erl. Cf. OF. trompeteur, trompet- 
tcur; also Sp. trontnetero = Pg. trombeteiro = 
It. trombcttiere,] I. One who sounds a trum- 
pet. 
Trumpeters, 
With brazen din blast you the city's ear. 
Shale., A. and 0., Iv. 8. 86. 
2. One who proclaims or publishes. 
Is it not meant damnable In us, to be trumpeters of our 
unlawful Intent* ? Shak., All's Well, iv. 3. 82. 
3. A breed of domestic pigeons, so called from 
the peculiarity of their cooing. There are sev- 
eral color- varieties. 4. A South American 
bird of the genus Psophia or family Psopliiidn: 
The common or gold-breasted trumpeter is f. crepitant ; 
there are several others. See cut under ayami. 
5. The trumpeter-swan, Olor buccinator, the 
largest swan of North America, distinguished 
from the common swan, or whistler, by having 
no yellow spot on the bill, which is also differ- 
ently shaped, the nostrils occupying a different 
relative position, as well as by its notably larger 
size. It inhabits chiefly western parts of the continent, 
but has been seen in Canada. See cut In next column, and 
compare hooper?, a name of an English swan, 
6. A large food-Ash of New Zealand and Aus- 
tralian waters, Lntrix limit* in, belonging to the 
family Cirritidjt, and attaininga weight of about 
6501' 
(in pound*. -Sergeant trumpeter. See ttrftmt.- 
Trumpeter's muscle, In mutt., tin- buccinator. - Trum- 
peter-swan 
trumpet-fish (tnim'pet-fish), 71. 1. A fish of 
the family Cintriacidee, as Centrums scolopax ; 
a bellows-fish or sea-snipe : so called from the 
long tubular snout. See cut under snipe-fish . 
2. A fish of the family Fistulariidte ; a to- 
bacco-pipe fish. 
trumpet-flower (trum'pet-flou'er), 7i. 1. A 
phi ni of the genus Tecoma or of the allied genus 
/iii/iiiiniii : so called with reference to the shape 
of the flowers. The best-known, perhaps. Is T. radi- 
cant, the trumpet-creeper. T. yrandijtora, the great 
trumpet-flower of China and Japan, is a less hardy and 
less high-climbing, but even more showy vine, having 
orange-scarlet bell-shaped flowers 3 Inches broad, home In 
clusters, each flower drooping. T. stanx, the shrubby trum- 
pet-flower, is a neat shrub 4 feet high with lemon-yellow 
flowers In large clusters, hardy only southward. Green- 
house species are T. Capennt of South Africa with curved 
orange flowers, u\AT.ja*minoideol Australia with white 
flowers purple In the throat Bignonia capreolata of the 
southern United .States, the cross-vine or quarter-vine (see 
both words), or tendrlled trumpet-flower, has large red- 
dish-yellow flowers borne singly, and Is moderately hardy 
at the north. B. tenufta from Brazil is a gorgeous green- 
house climber with scarlet flowers. 
2. One of various plants of other genera, as 
Solandra, Brunfelia,Catalpa(West Indies),and 
Datura, especially D. suaveolens and .other South 
American species, being trees with pendent 
blossoms Evergreen trumpet-flower, the yellow 
jasmine, (Jelnemium gempereirens, once classed in the ge- 
nus Bignonia. Peach-colored trumpet-flower, So- 
landra grandijtora. Shrubby trumpet-flower. .See 
def. l. Tendrlled trumpet-flower. See def. i. Vir- 
ginian trumpet-flower, a foreign name of the trumpet- 
creeper. 
trumpet-fly (trum'pet-fli), M. Same as gray- 
fly- 
trumpet-gall (trum'pet-g&l), H. A small trum- 
pet-snaped gall occurring commonly upon 
grape-vines in the United States. The adult fly 
Is not known, but from the gall alone the species has been 
called by Osten Sacken Ceciiiomyia eitit-nticola. 
trumpet-gourd (trum'pet-gord), n. Seegourd, 1. 
trumpet-honeysuckle (trum'pet-hun'i-suk-l ), 
. See honeysuckle, 1. 
truncate 
trumpet-reed (trnm'i" t-re.i i. . See,-.,,/i. 
trumpetry trum'p. t-ri),n. [< trumprt+ -(<)/-;/.] 
Trumpets collectively. [ lime. I 
A iipidigloiis annual pageant, chariot, progress, and flour- 
ish of fruit'/ 
/'A.i.;. ,,i.,. IsMDstabOSjl r.ip i . l sMHsl e, '! < HMM 
trumpet-shaped i iruni'pet-shapi ,a. Formed 
like a trumpet; specifically, in .mil. and Imt.. 
tubular with one end dilated, like a trumpet. 
trumpet-shell (trnm'pel-shel), H. A shell of 
the genus Triton, us T. tritmiin; any one of the 
Tntoiiiilii : a triloii: a sea-trumpet. Theso concha 
attain a large site, some being a foot or more In length, and 
are used for blowing upon like trumpet*. The name ex- 
tends to any con, -h, ul.ieh are or may be blown. See cuts 
uii'lir r/ci/ii- and Triton. 
trumpet-tone (trmn'pet-tdn), w. Thesound or 
sounding of a trumpet; hence, a loud voice: 
generally in the plural: as, proclaim the truth 
in trii ni i" i-tinit *. 
trumpet-tongued (trum'pet-tungd), a. Hav- 
ing a tongue vociferous as a trumpet. 
His virtues 
Will plead like angels, trumpct-tongued, against 
The deep damnation of his taking oft. 
Shalt., Macbeth, L 7. 19. 
trumpet-tree (trmn'pet-tre), T. A tree, Cecro- 
jiin iM-ltntii. with hollow stem and very large 
peltate leaves. Also trumpeteood and ftnaif- 
irnixl. 
trumpet-vine (Irnm'iiet-vin), N. Sameasfruni- 
pet-creeper Trumpet- vine seed-worm, the larva of 
a e 
Trumpet-vine Seed-worm {Clyttanofttrtm tttomm}. 
a. part of pod broken so as to show larva, natural size: A, larra. 
side view ; , pupa, ventral view ; rf. male moth expanded ; e, female 
moth at rest ; /. hole from which moth Issued. (Hair lines show 
natural sizes.) 
a tortrlcld moth, Clydonopleron tetonut, which lives In the 
seed-pods of the trumpet-creeper, Tecoma i ' 
by or as by sounding a trumpet. 2. In coal- 
mining, a division made in a shaft for ventila- 
tion or other purposes. What Is generally called 
trumpeting is a compartment or passageway built verti- 
cally along one corner of the shaft by an arched brattice 
of brick. 
trumpet-jasmine (trum'pet-jas'min), n. See 
Tecoma. 
trumpet-keck (trum'pet-kek), n. See keck 3 . 
trumpet-lamp (trum'pet-lamp), n. The name 
given by coal-miners in England to the Mueseler 
or Belgian safety-lamp. See safety-lamp. 
trumpetleaf (trum'pet-lef). n. One of several 
species of Sarracenia or pitcher-plant, found in 
the southern United States, with leaves more 
like trumpets than like pitchers. Of these 8. jam. 
yellow trumpetleaf or trumpets, has yellow flowers, and 
erect leaves from 1 to 3 feet long with an open mouth and 
erect hood ; S. mrioiarii, spotted trutnpetleaf, also yel- 
low-flowered, has the leaves spotted toward the end, 
broadly winged, with an ovate hood overarching the 
mouth ; S. rvbra, red-flowered trumpetleaf, has crimson 
flowers and slender leaves, with an erect hood around the 
mouth ; and S. Drvmmondii, great trumpetleaf. has simi- 
lar but longer leaves, with the hood variegated and pur 
ple-vciued, the flowers deep-purple and very large. 
trumpet-lily (trum'pet-lil'i), n. The calla-lily, 
Kiclinrdiii Africann; also, Lilium longiflorum, 
and some other true lilies. 
trumpet-major (trum'pet-ma'jor), . A head 
trumpeter in a band or regiment. 
trumpet-milkweed (trum'pet-milk'wed), . 
Same as irild lettuce (b) (which see, under let- 
tuce). Also trunipettrnit. 
2. The joepye-weed or gravelroot, j 
U77I purpurcum: so called from the use to which 
the stems are put by children. 
They were hidden and shaded by the broad-leaved horse- 
and trumpct-med* In the fence-row. 
The Century, XXXVI. 80. 
3. Same as wiW lettuce (b) (which see, under 
lettuce). 
trumpetwood (trum'pet-wud), n. Same as 
trumpet-tree. 
trumpie (tmm'pi), n. [Origin obscure.] A 
skua-gull or jftger. See cuts under skua and 
Stercorariu*. [Orkneys.] 
truncal (trung'kal), a. [< L. truncwt, trunk, + 
-ai.l Of or pertaining to the truncug or trunk 
of the body. 
truncate (trung'kiit), r. /. ; pret. and pp. triin- 
i-at'd, ppr. truncating. [< L. truncatus, pp. of 
truncare, cut off, reduce to a trunk: see trunk, r.] 
1. To reduce in size or quantity by cutting; 
cut down ; maim. 
The examples are too often Injudiciously truncated. 
Johnmn, Diet., Pret. 
2. In crystal., to cut off an angle or edge by a 
plane section. 
If a rhomhohedron be positioned so as to rest npon one 
of it* apices, the faces of one hexagonal prism would 
truncate the lateral edges of the rhomhohedron, while the 
faces of the other hexagonal prism would tnmcate its 
lateral solid angles. Kiuyf. Brit., XVL 348. 
Truucated cone or pyramid, a cone or a pyramid whoae 
vertex Is cut off by a plane parallel to Its base ; the tins- 
