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by speaking , written language is tralatitiously so called, 
because it is made to represent to the eye the same words 
which are pronounced. Holder. 
TtlALEE, a town of Ireland, in the county of Kerry, near 
a small river*Vhich discharges itself into a large bay of the 
Atlantic, measuring two leagues by three, called the bay of 
Tralee. This town was destroyed in the rebellion of 1641; 
it also suffered severely in the wars carried on in Ireland, in 
the time of James II. The entrance into Tralee bay is between 
two small islands called the Sampler isles. Vessels of light 
burdens can sail up to the town at high water. Prodigious 
quantities of herrings are taken in this bay in the fishing sea¬ 
son. Tralee returns one member to the imperial parliament; 
144£ miles south-west of Dublin, 50 south-west of Limerick, 
and 45 north-west of Cork. Lat. 52. 16. N. long. 9.35. W. 
To TRALI'NEATE, v. n. To deviate from any direction. 
If you tralineate from your father’s mind. 
What are you else but of a bastard kind ? 
Do then, as your progenitors have done, 
And by their virtues prove yourself their son. Drydeoi. 
TRALLES (Balthasar-Lewis),. an eminent physician, was 
born at Breslau, in 1708, and having studied medicine at 
Hall, under Frederic Hoffman, settled in his native city, 
where he gained great reputation. His works were numerous 
and valuable, and caused him to be admitted into the Im¬ 
perial Academy at Vienna, and the Royal Society of Berlin. 
But his most celebrated work was that on opium, entitled 
“ Usus Opii salubris et lioxius in Morborum Medela, solidis 
et certis principiis superstructus,’’ 1757-1762, 2 vols. 4to. 
TRALLONG, a parish of Wales, in Breconshire; 5 miles 
from Brecon. 
TRALU'CENT, adj. [tralucens, Lat.] Clear; translu¬ 
cent.—The clouds were of relievo, embossed and tralucent. 
B. Jon son. 
TRAMANDI, a settlement of Brazil, on a river of the same 
name which runs into the Atlantic. Lat. 27. 15. S. 
TRAMEYES, a small town in the east of France, depart¬ 
ment of the Saone and Loire. Population 1800; 9 miles 
west of Macon. 
TRAMEZZO, a village of Austrian Italy, in the Milanese, 
situated on the right bank of the lake of Como. It is beauti¬ 
fully situated, and contains a number of villas and country- 
houses. 
TRA'MMEL, s. [trama, tragula, Lat.] A net in 
which birds or fish are caught.—The trammel differeth not 
much from the shape of the bunt, and serveth to such use 
as the wear and haking. Carew. —Any kind of net. 
Her golden locks she roundly did upty 
In braided trammels, that no looser hairs 
Did out of order stray about her dainty ears. Spenser. 
A kind of shackles in which horses are taught to pace.— 
I may go shufflingly at first, for I was never before walked 
in trammels; yet"I shall drudge at constancy, till I have 
worn off the hitching in my pace. Dry den. 
To TRA'MMEL, v.a. To catch; to intercept. 
If the assassination 
Could trammel up the consequence, and catch 
With its surcease success. Shakspeare. 
TRA'MONTANE, s. [tramontani , Ital. “ those folks 
that live beyond the mountains !" F/orioJ] A foreigner; 
a stranger; a barbarian. The Italians gave this name, by 
way ot contempt, to all who lived beyond the Alps. 1 —A 
happiness those tramontanes ne’er tasted. Massinger. 
TRA'MONTANE, adj. Strange; foreign; barbarous. 
When virtue is so scarce. 
That to suppose a scene where she presides. 
Is tramontane, and stumbles all belief. Camper. 
TRAMONTI, a small town of Italy, in the west of the king¬ 
dom of Naples, in the Principato Citra. Population 2900. 
TRAMORE, a neat, regular, well built village of Ireland, 
m the county of Waterford, situated on a broad, open, and 
dangerous bay in St. George’s channel, often fatally mistaken 
for Waterford harbour in hazy weather, to the utter destruc¬ 
tion of both vessel and mariners; 80 j miles south-south-west 
of Dublin, and 6 south-west of Waterford. 
To TRAMP, v. a. \trampa, Su. Goth.; trampen, Dutch.] 
To tread.—It is like unto tbe camamele; the more ye tread 
it and trnmpe if, the sweter it smelleth, the thicker it groweth, 
the better it spreddeth. Stapleton. 
To TRAMP, v. n. To travel on foot: a vulgar expres¬ 
sion. 
TRAMP, or Tra'mper, s. A stroller; one who travels on 
foot; a beggar. Tramp is the Sussex term, according to 
Grose: tramper is a common vulgar word in many parts of 
England.—We shall be pestered with all the trampers that 
pass upon the road.— Trampers indeed ! I would have you 
to know his worship could have rode upon as good a gelding 
as any one in the country. Graves. 
To TRA'MPLE, v. a. \trampa, Su. Goth.; trampen, 
Dutch. See To Tramp.] To tread under foot with pride, 
contempt, or elevation.—My strength shall trample thee as 
mire. Milton. 
To TRA'MPLE, v. n. To tread in contempt. 
Your country’s gods I scorn. 
And tra?nple on their ignominious altars. Force. 
To tread quick and loudly. 
I hear his thundering voice resound, < 
And trampling feet that shake the solid ground. Dry den. 
TRA'MPLER, s. One that tramples. 
TRAMUTOLA, a town of Italy, in the south-west part of 
the kingdom of Naples, in the Basilicata. It contains 4000 
inhabitants, but is in other respects a place of little interest; 
28 miles north-east of Policastro, and 58 east-south-east of 
Salerno. 
TRAN, a small town of the north-east of Spain, in the pro¬ 
vince of Biscay, and district of Guipuscoa, near the river Bi- 
dassoa. 
TRANA'TION, s. \trano, Lat.] The act of swimming 
over. 
TRANCE, s. [ transe, Fr.; transitus , Lat. It might 
therefore be written transe. Dr. Johnson. See Transe.] 
An extasy; a state in which the soul is rapt into visions of 
future or distant things; a temporary absence of the soid 
from the body. 
Rapt with joy resembling heavenly madness. 
My soul was ravisht quite as in a trance. Spenser > 
7b TRANCE, v. a. To entrance. 
Would she but shade her tender brows with bay. 
That now lie bare in careless wilful rage; 
And trance herself in that sweet extacy, 
That rouseth drooping thoughts of bashful age! Bp. Half. 
TRA'NCED, adj. Lying in a trance or extacy. 
His grief grew puissant, and the strings of life 
Began to crack. Twice then the trumpets sounded. 
And there I left him tranc'd. Shakspeare . 
TRANCOSO, a small town in the north of Portugal, in the 
province of Beira; 9 miles west of Pinhel. Population 2000. 
TRANEKIAR, an ancient and strong fortress of Denmark, 
on the east side of the island of Langeland. It is situated on 
a hill, 9 miles from Rudkioping. 
TRANENT, a parish of Scotland, in Haddingtonshire, 
about 6 miles long and 3 broad, lying on the frith of Forth. 
The battle of Preston was fought partly in this parish, the 
scene of action lying about half a mile north of the church. 
Population 3036. 
TRANENT, a town of Scotland, in the above parish; 9 
miles east of Edinburgh, and 7 west of Haddington; through 
which the great east road to Dunbar, Berwick, &c. passes. It 
contains about 1400 inhabitants, who are mostly employed 
about the collieries, and in rural occupations. 
TRANFRANT, a small seaport of Algiers; 30 miles south¬ 
west of Oran. 
TRA'NGRAM, s. An odd intricately contrived thing.— 
What’s the meaning of all these frangrams and gimcracks ? 
What are you going about, jumping over my master’s hedges, 
and running your lines cross his grounds ? Arbuthnot. 
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