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TRANSE, trânse. s. A temporary absence of" Though bent on speed, so here the Archangel the soul, an ecstacy. TRANSELEMENTATION, trâns-êl-è-mên-tà'-"Betwixt the world destroy'd and world restor'ů, shan. s. Change of one element into an- "If Adam aught perhaps might interpose, other. "Then with transition sweet new speech resumes." Milton.

To TRANSFER, trâns-fer'. v. a. To convey, or make over from one to another; to remove, to transport.

TRANSFER, trâns'fër. s. 492. The act of conveying from one person to another.-Ash. TRANSFERABLE, tråns-fer'â-bl, or tråns'fèr-â- || bl. a. Capable of being transferred.

I have met with this very common and useful word in no Dictionary but Entick's, where the accent is very properly placed on the second syllable; as all words of this form ought as much as possible to retain the accent of the verb from which they are derived. TRANSFIGURATION, trans-fig-u-rà'shûn. Change of form; the miraculous change of our blessed Saviour's appearance on the mount. To TRANSFIGURE, trans-fig'yure. v. a. To transform, to change with respect to outward appearance.

To TRANSFIX, trâns-fiks'. v. a. through.

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To pierce To TRANSFORM, trâns-form'. v. a. To metamorphose, to change with regard to external) form.

To TRANSFORM, trâns-form'. v. n. To be metamorphosed.

TRANSFORMATION, trâns-för-må'shån. S. State of being changed with regard to form. TRANSFRETATION, trâns-frè-ta'shun. s. Passage over the sea.

To TRANSFUSE, trâns-faze'. v. a. out of one into another.

To pour

TRANSFUSION, trầns-fu’zhân. s. The act of pouring out of one into another. To TRANSGRESS, trâns-grẻs'. v. a. To pass over, to pass bevond; to violate.

To TRANSGRESS, trans-grẻs'. v. n. To offend by violating a law.

TRANSGRESSION, trâns-grêsh'un. s. Violation of a law, breach of a command; offence, crime, fault.

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TRANSITORILY, trân'sẻ-tur-è̟-è. ad. With speedy evanescence, with short continuance. TRANSITORINESS, trân ́sè-tur-è-nès. s. Speedy evanescence.

TRANSITORY, tran'sè-tůr-è. a. 557. Continuing but a short time, speedily vanishing.-Sce DOMESTICK.

To TRANSLATE, trån-slåte'. v. u. To transport, to remove: it is particularly used of the removal of a bishop from one sec to another; to transfer from one to another, to convey; to change; to interpret in another language; to explain.

TRANSLATION, trân-slå'shôn. s. Removal, act of removing; the removal of a bishon to another see; the act of turning into another language; something made by translation, version. TRANSLATOR, trần-slå tår. s. 166. One that turns any thing into another language. TRANSLATORY, trans-là'tår-è. a. 512. Trausferring.

TRANSLOCATION, trâns-lỏ-kà'shêm. s. Removal of things reciprocally to each other's place.

TRANSLUCENCY, trâns-lu'sên-se. s. Diapha

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neity, transparency, TRANSLUCENT, trâns-lu'sent. TRANSLUCID, trâns-lu'sid. rent, diaphanous, clear. TRANSMARINE, tråns-mâ-rèèn'. a. 112. Lying on the other side of the sea, found beyond sea. Faulty, TRANSMIGRANT, trâns'me-grânt. a. Passing into another country or state. Law-To TRANSMIGRATE, trâns’mè-gråte.

TRANSGRESSIVE, trans-grès'siv. a. culpable, apt to break laws. TRANSGRESSOR, trâns-grès'sår. s. 166. breaker, violator of command, offender.` TRANSIENT, trấn shè-ent. a. 512. Soon passed, soon passing, short, momentary. TRANSIENTLY, trån'shé-ent-lè. ad. In passage, with a short passage, not extensively. TRANSIENTNESS, trấn chè-ent-nes. s. Shortness of continuance, speedy passage. TRANSILIENCE, tran-silvense. TRANSILIENCY, trận-silyẻn sẻ. Leap from thing to thing.

S. 113.

TRANSIT, trân'sit. s. In Astronomy, the passing of any planet just by or under any other planet or fixed star.

TRANSITION, trân-sizh'an, or trån-sish'ån. s. 29.-See TRAGEDIAN. Removal, passage change passage in writing or conversation from one subject to another.

v. n.

To pass from one place or country into another.

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TRANSMIGRATION, trans-me-grà ́shûn. Passage from one place or state into another. TRANSMISSION, trâns-mish'un. s. The act of sending from one place to another. TRANSMISSIVE, trans-mis'siv. a. Transmitted, derived from one to another. TRANSMITTAL, tråns-mit'tål. s. The act of transmitting, transmission. TRANSMUTABLE, trâns-mu'tâ-bl. a. Capable of change, possible to be changed into another nature or substance.

TRANSMUTABLY, trâns-mu'tå-blè. ad. With capacity of being changed into another substance or nature.

TRANSMUTATION, trâns-mu-ta'shôn.s. Change into another nature or substance: the great aim of alchymy is the transmutation of base metals into gold.

TRANSMUTE, trâns-mute'. v. n. To change from one nature or substance to another. TRANSMUTER, trâus-mu'tår. S. One that TRANSPARENCY, trâns-pårên-sẻ. s. Clearness, diaphaneity, translucence, power of transmitting light.

I prefer the first mode of pronouncing this word to the second, though, at first sight, it appears not so regular. My reason is, the aversion our language has to a repetition of exact-To ly similar words. The s in the prefix trans is always sharp and hissing, and that inclines us to vary the succeeding aspiration, by giving it the flat instead of the sharp sound. This is the best reason I can give for the very prevailing custom of pronouncing this termination in this word contrary to analogy.-When I asked Mr. Garrick to pronounce this word, he, without premeditation, gave it in the first manner; but when I desired him to repeat his pronunciation, he gave it in the second:

As one who in his journey bates at noon,

transmutes.

TRANSPARENT, trâns-pà'rent. a. Pervious to the sight, clear, pellucid, diaphanous, translu

cent.

TRANSPICUOUS, trâns-pik'ù-ås. a. Transparent, pervious to the sight.

To TRANSPIERCE, trans-pèèrse', or trans

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To TRANSPLACE, trâns-plåse'. v. a. To remove, to put into a new place.

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To TRANSPLANT, trans-plânt'. v. a. To re-
move and plant in a new place; to remove.
TRANSPLANTATION, trans-plan-tà'shan.
The act of transplanting or removing to an-
other soil; conveyance from one to another;
removal of men from one country to another.
TRANSPLANTER, trans-plânt'år. s. One that
transplants.

To TRANSPORT, trâns-pòrt'. v. a. 492. To
convey by carriage from place to place; to
carry into banishment, as a felon; to sentence
as a felon to banishment; to hurry by violence
of passion; to put into ecstacy, to ravish with
pleasure.

TRANSPORT, trâns'port. s. 492. Transportation, carriage, conveyance; a vessel of carriage, particularly a vessel in which soldiers are conveyed; rapture, ecstacy. TRANSPORTANCE, trans-pór'tânse. s. Conveyance, carriage, removal. TRANSPORTATION, trans-por-th'shån. s. Removal, conveyance, carriage; banishment for felony; ecstatick violence of passion. TRANSPORTER, tråns-pòrt'år. s. One that transports.

TRANSPOSAL, trâns-pò'zâl. s. The act of putting things in each other's place.

To TRANSPOSE, trâns-pòze'. v. a. To put each in the place of other; to put out of place. TRANSPOSITION, trans-po-zish'an. s. The act of putting one thing in the place of another;} the state of being put out of one place into another.

To TRANSSHAPE, trans-shape'. v. a. To transform, to bring into another shape.

To TRASH, trâsh. v.
crush, to humble.

TRASHY, trash'è. a. Worthless, vile, useless.
To TRAVAIL, tråvil. v. n. 203. To labour, to
toil; to be in labour, to suffer the pains of child-
birth.

To TRAVAIL, trâv'îl. v. a. 208. To harass, to
tire.
TRAVAIL, trâv'il. s. Labour, toil, fatigue; labour
in childbirth.

To TRAVEL, trâvîl. v. n. 99. To make journies;
to pass, to go, to move; to make journies of
curiosity; to labour.

To TRAVEL, trâvil. v. a. To pass, to journey over; to force to journey.

TRAVEL, trâvil. s. Journey, act of passing from place to place; journey of curiosity or instruction; labour, toil; labour in childbirth. Travels; account of occurrences and observations of a journey.

TRAVELLER, trâv-år. s. 406. One who goes
a journey, a way-farer; one who visits foreign
countries.

TRAVELTAINTED, trávîl-tånt-êd. a. Harass-
ed, fatigued with travel.
TRAVERSE, trå-verse'. ad. Crosswise, athwart.
In the folio edition of Johnson the word
Traverse, when an adverb or a preposition, is ac-
cented on the last syllable as I have marked it;
but in the quarto, it is every where accented on
the first. Mr. Sheridan accents only the pre-
position on the last. Dr. Ash says the verb
was formerly accented on the last, and Bucha-
nan has given it so accented; all the rest of
our orthoepists accent the word every where on
the first; but the distinction in which 1 have fol-
lowed Dr. Johnson's folio, I must think the
most accurate.

To TRANSUBSTANTIATE, trån-sub-stân'shèáte. v. a. To change to another substance. TRAVERSE,tra-verse'. prep. Through, crosswise. TRANSUBSTANTIATION, trau-sub-stán-she-à-TRAVERSE, traverse. a. Lying across, lying

shûn. s. A change of the elements of the Eucharist into the real body and blood of Christ. TRANSUDATION, trån-shu-da'shun. s. The act of passing in sweat, or perspirable vapour, through any integument.

To TRANSUDE, trân-súde'. v.n. To pass through in vapour.-See FUTURITY.

TRANSVERSAL, trâns-vèr'sâl. a. Running crosswise

TRANSVERSALLY, trâns-ver'sål-lè. ad. In a cross direction.

TRANSVERSE, trâns-verse'. a. Being in a cross direction.

TRANSVERSELY, trâns-vêrs'lè. ad. In a cross
direction.

TRANSUMPTION, trans-sum'shon. s. The act
of taking from one place to another.
TRAP, tráp. s. A snare set for thieves or vermin;
an ambush, a stratagem to betray or catch un-
awares; a play at which a ball is driven with a
stick.

To TRAP, tråp. v. a. To ensnare, to catch by a
snare or ambush; to adorn, to decorate.
TRAPDOOR, trap-dore'. s. A door opening and
shutting unexpectedly.

To TRAPE, trape. v. a. To run idly and sluttish-
By about. Coinmonly written and pronounced
Traipse.

TRAPES, tråpes. s. A slatternly woman.
TRAPSTICK, trap'stik. s. A stick with which
boys drive a wooden ball.

TRAPEZIUM, tra-pe zhè-ům s. A quadrilateral

athwart.

TRAVERSE, trâv'êrse. s. Any thing laid or

built across.

To TRAVERSE, trâv'èrse. v. a. To cross, to lay athwart; to cross by way of opposition, to thwart with obstacles; to oppose so as to annul; to wander over, to cross; to survey, to examine thoroughly.

To TRAVERSE, traverse. v. n. To use a posture of opposition in fencing.

TRAVESTY, trav'ês-tè. a. Dressed so as to be
made ridiculous.

TRAUMATICK, tråw-mátîk. a. 503. Vulnerary.
TRAY, trå. s. 220. A shallow trough in which
meat is carried.
A kind of play.
TRAYTRIP, tra trip. s.
TREACHEROUS, trẻtsh ́êr-ñs. a. 234. Faith-
Jess, perfidious, guilty of betraying.
TREACHEROUSLY, tretsh'ër-us-le. ad. Faith-
lessly, perfidiously, by treason, by stratagem.
TREACHEROUSNESS, tretsh'èr-as-nês. s. 314.
The quality of being treacherous.
TREACHERY, tretsh'êr-d. s. 555. Perfidy,
breach of faith.

A medicine
TREACLE, trè'kl. s. 227, 405.
maie up of many ingredients; molasses.
To TREAÐ, trẻd. v. n. Pret. Trod; Part. pass.
Trodden. 234. To set the foot; to trample, to
set the feet in scorn or malice; to walk with
form or state; to copulate as birds.
To TREAD, trẻd. v. a. To walk on, to feel un
der the foot; to press under the foot; to beat,

559.-Fate, får, fåll, fåt;—mè, mêt ;-pine, pin ;—

dig into pits or ditches.

to track; to walk on in a formal or stately ||To TRENCH, trẻnsh. v. a. To cut; to cut or manner; to crush under foot, to trample in contempt or hatred; to put in action by the feet; to love as the male bird the female. TREAD, trêd. s. 234. Footing, step with the foot; way, track, path; the cock's part in the

egg.

TRENCH, trênsh. s. A pit or ditch; earth thrown up to defend soldiers in their approach to a town, or to guard a camp. TRENCHANT, tren'shânt. a. Cutting, sharp. TRENCHER, trên'shår. s. A piece of wood on which meat is cut at table; the table; food, pleasures of the table. the|TRENCHERFLY, trên'shår-fill. s. One that haunts tables, a parasite.

TREADER, trêd'år. s. He who treads. TREADLE, trêd'dl. s. 405. A part of an engine on which the feet act to put it in motion; sperm of the cock.

feeder, an eater.

TREASON, trẻzin. s. 103, 227, 170. An offence|TRENCHERMAN, trên shủr-mẫn. s. 3. A committed against the person of majesty, or against the dignity of the commonwealth. TREASONABLE, trè'z'n-â-bl. TREASONOUS, trè'z'n-ås.

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the nature or guilt of treason. TREASURE, trezh åre. s. 452. Wealth

Having

TRENCHERMATE, trên'shår-måte. s. A table companion, a parasite.

To TREND, trend. v. n. To tend, to lie in any particular direction. Not in use. hoard-TRENDLE, trên'dl. s. 405. Any thing turned

To hoard, to

ed, riches accumulated. To TREASURE, trêzh ́úre. v. a. reposit, to lay up. TREASUREHOUSE, trêzh'ure-house. s. Place where hoarded riches are kept. TREASURER, trêzh ́ú-r3r. s. One who has care of money, one who has charge of treasure. TREASURERSHIP, trẻzh'ù-rår-ship. s. Office or dignity of treasurer. TREASURY, trẻzh'ů-rẻ. s. A place in which

riches are accumulated.

To TREAT, trète. v. a. 227. To negociate, to settle; to discourse on; to use in any manner, good or bad; to handle, to manage, to carry on; to entertain.

To TREAT, trète. v. n. To discourse, to make discussions; to practise negociation; to come to terms of accommodation; to make gratuitous entertainments.

TREAT, trète. s. An entertainment given; something given at an entertainment. TREATABLE, trè'tâ-bl. a. 405. Moderate, not violent.

TREATISE, trẻ tz. s. 140, 227. Discourse,

written tractate.

TREATMENT, trète'ment. s. Usage, manner of using, good or bad.

round.

TREPAN, trè-pân'. s. An instrument by which
chirurgeons cut out round pieces of the scull;
a snare, a stratagem.

To TREPAN, trẻ-pån'. v. a. To perforate with
the trepan; to catch, to ensnare.
TREPIDATION, trêp-e-da'shun. s. The state
of trembling; state of terrour.
To TRESPASS, três pâs. v. n. To transgress,
to offend; to enter unlawfully on another's
ground.
TRESPASS, três pås. s. Transgression, offence;
unlawful entrance on another's ground.
TRESPASSER, trẻs pâs-sår. s. An offender, a
transgressor; one who enters unlawfully on
another's ground.

TRESSED, três'sed. a. 104, 366. Knotted or
curled.

TRESSES, três'siz. s. 99. Without a singular.
A knot or curl of hair.
TRESTLE, três'sl, s. 472. The frame of a table;
a moveable form by which any thing is sup-
ported.

TRET, trẻt. 8. An allowance made by mer
chants to retailers, which is four pounds in

every hundred weight, and four pounds for
waste or refuse of a commodity.

TREATY, trẻ tè. s. 227. Negociation, act of
treating; a compact of accommodation re-
lating to publick affairs; entreaty, supplica-TREY, trà. s. A three at cards.
tion, petition. In this last sense not in use.
TREBLE, trêb'bl. a. 405. Threefold, triple;
sharp of sound.-See CODLE.

TREVET, tre vit. s. 99. Any thing that stands
on three legs.

To TREBLE, trêb'bl. v. a. To multiply by three, to make thrice as much.

To TREBLE, trẻb'bl. v. n. To become threefold. TREBLE, trẻb'bl. s. A sharp sound; the upper part in musick.

TREBLENESS, trêb'bl-nês. s. The state of be-
ing treble.

TREBLY, trêb'ble. ad. Thrice told, in threefold
number or quantity.
TREE, trèè. s. A large vegetable rising with
one woody stem to a considerable height; any
thing branched out.

TREFOIL, trè foil. s. A plant.

TRELLIS, trellis. s. Is a structure of iron, wood, or osier, the parts crossing each other like a lattice.

TRIABLE, triâ-bl. a. 405. Possible to be esperimented, capable of trial; such as may be judicially examined.

||TRIAD, triad. s. 88. Three united.

TRIAL, trial. s. 88. Test, examination ; experiment, act of examining by experience; esperience, experimental knowledge; judicial examination; temptation; test of virtue ; state of being tried.

TRIALOGUE, triâ-lög. s. 519. A colloquy of three persons.

TRIANGLE, triâng-gl. s. 405. A figure of three angles.

TRIANGULAR, tri-âng'gd-lår. a. Having three angles.

TRIBE, tribe. s. A distinct body of the people as divided by family or fortune, or any other characteristick: it is often used in contempt. TRIBULATION, trib-u-là'shôn. s. Persecution, distress, vexation, disturbance of life.

judge; a court of justice.

To TREMBLE, trêm'bl. v. n. 405. To shake as with fear or cold, to shiver, to quake, to shud-TRIBUNÁL, tri-bd'nâl. s. 119. The seat of a der; to quiver, to totter; to quaver, to shake as a sound. TREMBLINGLY, trẻm'bling-lè. ad. So as to shake or quiver. TREMENDOUS, trè-mên'dus. a. Dreadful, horrible, astonishingly terrible. See STUPENDOUS. TREMOUR, trè'mur. s. 314. The state of trembling; quivering or vibratory motion. Now generally written Tremor.

TREMULOUS, trẻm'd-lås. a. 314. Trembling, fearful; quivering, vibratory. TREMULOUSNESS, trêmulủs-nes. s. The state of quivering.

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TRIBUNE, trib'une. s. An officer of Rome cho-
sen by the people; the commander of a Roman
legion.
TRIBUNITIAL, trib-ù-nish'âl.
TRIBUNITIOUS, trib-d-nîsh'às.
a tribune, relating to a tribune.
TRIBUTARY, trib ́ù-tâ-rè. a. Paying tribute s
an acknowledgment of submission to a master
subject, subordinate; paid in tribute.
TRIBUTARY, trib'u-ta-rè. s. One who pe
a stated sum in acknowledgment of sub
tion.

-nò, môre, nôr, nót;-tube, tüb, ball;—¿ï ;--põând;-thin, Tms. TRIBUTE, tribute. s. Payment made in ac-||TRIO VOMETRICAL, trig-o-no-mét trẻ-hal. d. knowledgment of subjection. Pertaining to trigonometry.

TRICE, trise. s. A short time, an instant, a||TRILATERAL, ri-lätër-ål. a. 119. Having stroke.

TRICHOTOMY, trl-kôt'tó-mè. s. 513, 119, 353.
Division into three parts.
TRICK, trik. s. A sly fraud; a dexterous arti-
fice; a vicious practice; a juggle, an antick,||
any thing done to cheat jocosely; an unexpect-
ed effect; a practice, a manner, a habit; a
number of cards laid regularly up in play.
To TRICK, trik. v. a. To cheat, to impose on,
to defraud; to dress, to decorate, to adorn;
perform by slight of hand, or with a light touch.
To TRICK, trik. v. n. To live by fraud.
TRICKER, trik år. s. 98. The catch which be-
ing pulled disengages the cock of the gun, that||
it may give fire.

three sides.

TRILL, trill. s. Quaver, tremulousness of mu-
sick.

To TRILL, trill. v. a. To utter quavering.
To TRILL, trill. v. n. To trickle, to fall in drops
or slender streams; to play in tremulous vi-
brations of sound.

TRILLION, tril'yun. s. 113. A million of mil-
lions of millions.
to||TRILUMINAR, tri-lu'mîn-âr.
TRILUMINOUS, trl-lumin-us. a. 119. Hav.
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TRICKING, triking. s. 410. Dress, ornament. TRICKISH, trikish. a. Kuavishly artful, fraudulently cunning, mischievously subtle.

To TRICKLE, trik kl. v. n. 405. To fall in drops, to rill in a slender stream.

TRICKSY. trik'sè. a. 433. Pretty. Obsolete. TRICORPORAL, tri-kôr'pó-râl, a. 119. Having three bodies.

TRIDENT, tri'dent. s. 514. A three-forked scep-
tre of Neptune.

TRIDENT, trident. a. 514. Having three teeth.
TRIDUAN, trid ju-án. a. 293, 376. Lasting three
days; happening every third day.
TRIENNIAL, tri-en'yal. a. 113, 119.

TRIM, trim. a. Nice, snug, dressed up.
To TRIM, trim. v. a. To fit out; to dress, to
decorate; to shave, to clip; to make neat, to
adjust; to balance a vessel: it has often Up
emphatical.

To TRIM, trim. v. n. To balance, to fluctuate
between two parties.

TRIM, trim. s. Dress, gear, ornaments.
TRIMETER, trim'è-ter. a. Consisting of three
measures. Mason.-See TRIGONAL.
TRIMLY, trim'le, ad. Nicely, neatly.
TRIMMER, tran'mar. s. 93. One who changes
sides to balance parties, a turncoat; a piece
of wood inserted.

TRIMMING, trim'ming. s. 410. Ornamental ap-
pendages to a coat or gown.
LastingTRINAL, trinal. a. 3. Threefold.

three years; happening every third year. TRIER, triür. s. 98. One who tries experimentally; one who examines judicially; test, one! who brings to the test.

TRINE, trine. s. An aspect of planets placed in three angles of a trigon, in which they are supposed by astrologers to be eminently benign. To TRINE, .ne. v. a. To put in a trine aspect. To TRIFALLOW, tri'fäl-ló. v. a. To plough land|TRINITARIAN, trin-è-tà'rè-an. s. One who bethe third time before sowing.

TRIFID, trifid. a. 119. Cut or divided into three parts.

lieves in the doctrine of the Trinity. TRINITY, trầm'è-tè. s. The incomprehensible union of the three persons in the Godhead.

TRIFISTULARY, tri-fis'tshu-là-rẻ. a. Having|TRINKET, tring kit. s. 99. Toys, ornaments of three pipes.

To TRIFLE, trifl. v. n. 405. To act or talk without weight or dignity, to act with levity; to mock, to play the fool; to indulge light amusement; to be of no importance.

To TRIFLE, trľ ́d. v. a. To make of no impor

tance.

TRIFLE, trifl. s. 405. A thing of no moment.
TRIFLER, trißl-ûr, s. One who acts with levity,||
one who talks with folly.

TRIFLING, trifl-ing. a. 410. Wanting worth,
unimportant, wanting weight.
TRIFLINGLY, tri-ing-le. ad. Without weight,
without dignity, without importance.
TRIFORM, triform. a. Having a triple shape.
TRIGGER, trig'gür. s. 98. A catch to hold

dress; things of no great value, tackle, tools. To TRIP, trip. v. a. To supplant, to throw by striking the feet from the ground by a sudden motion; to catch, to detect.

To TRIP, trip. v. n. To fall by losing the hold of the feet; to fail, to err, to be deficient; to stumble, to titubate; to run lightly; to take a short voyage.

Divided

TRIP, trip. s. A stroke or catch by which the wrestler supplants his antagonist; a stumble by which the foothold is lost; a ilure, a mistake; a short voyage or journey. TRIPARTITE, trip'pår-tite. a. 155. into three parts, having three correspondent copies.-See TRIGONAL and BIPARTITE. the|TRIPE, tripe. s. The intestines, the guts it is used in ludicrous language for the human belly. TRIPEDAL, trip'è-dal. a. Having three feet.— See TRIGONAL.

TRIPETALOUS, tri-pêt'â-lus. a. 119. Having a flower consisting of three leaves.

wheel on steep ground; the catch that being pulied looses the cock of the gun. TRIGINTALS, tri-jin'tålz. s. 119. A number of masses to the tale of thirty. TRIGLYPH, triglif. s. 119. A member of the frize of the Dorick order, set directly over eve-TRIPHTHONG, trip thông. s. 413. A coalition ry pillar, and in certain spaces in the interco- of three vowels to form one sound.-See ОPHlumniations. THALMICK and TRAGEDIAN.

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I have made the first syllable of this word short, as I am convinced it is agreeable to the genius of English pronunciation to shorten every antepenultimate vowel except u, when not followed by a diphthong. 535. This is evident in tripartite, triplicate, and a thousand other words, notwithstanding the specifick meaning of the first syllable, which, in words of two syllables when the accent is on the first, and in polysyllables when the accent is on the second, ought, according to analogy, to have the i long. See Principles, No. 530, 535. TRIGONOMETRY, trig-ó-nom'è-trẻ. s. The art of measuring triangles.

TRIPLE, trip'pl. a. 405. Threefold, consisting
of three conjoined; treble, three times repeat-
ed. See CoDLE.

To TRIPLE, trip'pl. v. a. To treble, to make
thrice as much, or as many; to make threefold.
TRIPLET, trip lit. s. 99. Three of a kind; three
verses rhyming together.
TRIPLICATE, iriple-kate. a. Made thrice as
much.

TRIPLICATION, trip-lè-ka'shun. s. The act of
trebling or adding three together.
TRIPLICITY, tri-plis'è-tè. s. Trebleness, state
of being threefold.
TRIPMADAM, trip'mâd-âm. s.
TRIPOD, tri'pôd, or trip'ôd. s. 514. A seat with
three feet, such as that from which the priest-
ess of Apollo delivered oracles.

An herb.

559.-Fåte, får, fåll, fåt ;--mẻ, mêt;—pine, p?n;—

victory; rejoicing as for victory; victorious,
graced with conquest.

TRIUMPHANTLY, trl-åmf'ânt-lè. ad. In a tri-
umphant manner, in token of victory, joyfully
as for victory; victoriously, with success; with
insolent exultation.
TRIUMPHER, tri'am-för. s. 98. One who tri-
umphs.

}s. A coalition

The first mode of pronouncing this word is
that which is adopted by Mr. Sheridan, Dr.
Kenrick, Bailey, Buchanan, and Perry; and
the second, by Dr. Ash, Mr. Nares, Mr. Scott,
Entick, and Fry. I do not hesitate to pro-
nounce the former the most agreeable to Eng-
lish analogy: not only because the prefixes, bi
and fri, when no other law forbids, ought to be
made as distinct as possible, but because all
words of two syllables with the accent on the
first, and having one consonant between two
vowels, ought, if custom does not absolutely for-
bid, to have the vowel in the first syllable long.||
This is the genuine English analogy; the mode
in which we pronounce all Latin words of this
form, let the quantity be what it will, 544; and
the mode in which we should have pronounced
all English words of this form, if an affectation!
of Latinity had not often prevented us. For
the same reason, therefore, that we pronounced TRODE, trod. The pret. of Tread.
biped, trigon, and trident, with the i long, we|TROD, trod.
ought to adopt the first pronunciation of the
word in question, and not the second.-See
DRAMA.

TRIUMVIRATE, tri-âm'vè-rât.
TRIUMVIRI, tri-ảm'vè-rl.
or concurrence of three men.
TRIUNE, tri-ine'. a. At once three and one.
TROCAR, tro'kår. s. A chirurgical instrument
used in tapping for a dropsy.
TROCHAICAL, tró-kå ́é-hál. a. 353. Consisting
of trochces.

TRIPOLY, trip'pò-lè. s. A sharp cutting sand.
TRIPOS, tri'pos. s.-See TRIPOD. A tripod.
TRIPPER, trip'pår. s. 93. One who trips.
TRIPPING, trip'ping. a. 410. Quick, nimble.
TRIPPING, tripping. s. Light dance.
TRIPTOTE, trip tote. s. Triptote is a noun used

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TRITURATION, trit-tshd-rà'shån. s. Reduction
of any substance to powder upon a stone with
a muller, a colours are ground.
TRIVET, trivit. s. 99. Any thing supported by
three feet.

TRIVIAL, triv'yâl. a. 113. Vile, worthless, vul-
gar; light, trifling, unimportant, inconsidera-
ble.

TROCHEE, trò'ke. s. 333. A foot used in Latin poetry, consisting of a long and short syllable.

Part. pass. of Tread.
TRODDEN, trod'd'n.
TROGLODYTE, trôg'ló-dite. s. 155. One who
inhabits caves of the earth.

To TROLL, troll. v. a. 406. To move circularly,
to drive about.

To TROLL, troll. v. n. 318. To roll, to run round; to fish for a pike with a rod which has a pulley towards the bottom.

TROLLOP, trôllåp. s. 166. A slatternly loose

woman.

TROOP, trôỏp. s. 306. A company, a number of
people collected together; a body of soldiers;
a small body of cavalry.

To TROOP, troop. v. n. To march in a body;
to march in haste; to march in a company.
TROOPER, troôp'ůr. s. 93. A horse soldier.
TROPE, trope. s. A change of a word from its
original signification.
TROPHIED, tròfid. a.
phies.
TROPHY, trò'fè. s. 413.

283. Adorned with tro

Something taken from an enemy, and shown or treasured up in proof of victory.

TROPICAL, trop'è-kál. a. 509. Rhetorically changed from the original meaning; placed near the tropick, belonging to the tropick. TROPICK, tropik. s. 544. The line at which the sun turns back, of which the North has the tropick of Cancer, and the South the tropick of Capricorn.

TROSSERS, trôs'sårz. s. Breeches, hose. Not in use.-See TROUSERS.

To TROT, trôt. v. n. To move with a high jolting pace; to walk fast, in a ludicrous or con

temptuous sense.

TROT, trôt. s. The jolting high pace of a horse;

an old woman.

TROTH, troth. s. Truth, faith, fidelity.
TROTHLESS, trôth'ies. a. Faithless, treacher-

ous.

TROTHPLIGHT, troth'plite. a. Betrothed, affianced.

TRIVIALLY, triv'yâl-è. ad. Commonly, vulgar-
ly; lightly, inconsiderably.
TRIVIALNESS, triv'yål-nès. s. Commonness,
vulgarity; lightness, unimportance.
TRIUMPH, triumf. s. 116. Pomp with which a
victory is publickly celebrated; state of being
victorious; victory, conquest; joy for success;
a conquering card now called trump.
To TRIUMPH, triảmf. v. n. To celebrate a vic-
tory with pomp, to rejoice for victory; to ob-To
tain victory; to insult upon an advantage
gained.

TROUBADOUR, tröð'bâ-dòòr, S. A general appellation for any of the early poets of Provence in France.-Muson.

TROUBLE, tråb'bl. v. a. 314. To disturb, to perplex; to afflict, to grieve; to distress, to make uneasy; to busy, to engage overmuch, to give occasion of labour to; to teaze, to ver; to disorder, to put into agitation or conimotion; to mind with anxiety; to sue for a debt. TROUBLE, tråb'bl. s. 405. Disturbance, përplexity; affliction, calamity; molestation, obstruction, inconvenience; uneasiness, vexa

This verb, says Mr. Nares, was, even till Dryden's time, pronounced with the accent either on the first or last syllable. Accenting the last, was according to the general rule. See Principles No. 503, n. But it is now, as Mr. Nares observes, invariably accented on the first, notwithstanding the analogy I have remarked, and the general propensity to give a dissylla-TROUBLER, tråb'bl-år. s. 91. Disturber, conble noun and verb a different accentuation. 492.

TRIUMPHAL, tri-åmf'ål. a. 38. Used in celebrating victory.

TRIUMPHANT, tri-amf'ânt. a. Celebrating a

tion.

founder.

TROUBLESOME, trub'bl-såm. a. Full of molestation, vexatious, uneasy, afflictive; burdensome, tiresome, wearisome; full of teasing business; slightly harassing; unseasonably en

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