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Defn: A pathological process by virtue of which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side. Transfer day, one of the days fixed by the Bank of England for the transfer, free of charge, of bank stock and government funds. These days are the first five business days in the week before three o'clock. Transfers may be made on Saturdays on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d. Bithell. -- Transfer office, an office or department where transfers of stocks, etc., are made. -- Transfer paper, a prepared paper used by draughtsmen, engravers, lithographers, etc., for transferring impressions. -- Transfer table. (Railroad) Same as Traverse table. See under Traverse.

TRANSFERABILITY Trans*fer`a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being transferable.

TRANSFERABLE Trans*fer"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. transférable.]

1. Capable of being transferred or conveyed from one place or person to another.

2. Negotiable, as a note, bill of exchange, or other evidence of property, that may be conveyed from one person to another by indorsement or other writing; capable of being transferred with no loss of value; as, the stocks of most public companies are transferable; some tickets are not transferable.

TRANSFEREE Trans`fer*ee", n.

Defn: The person to whom a transfer in made.

TRANSFERENCE Trans"fer*ence, n.

Defn: The act of transferring; conveyance; passage; transfer.

TRANSFEROGRAPHY Trans`fer*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Transfer + -graphy.]

Defn: The act or process of copying inscriptions, or the like, by making transfers.

TRANSFERRENCE Trans*fer"rence, n.

Defn: See Transference.

TRANSFERRER Trans*fer"rer, n.

Defn: One who makes a transfer or conveyance.

TRANSFERRIBLE Trans*fer"ri*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being transferred; transferable.

TRANSFIGURATE Trans*fig"u*rate, v. t.

Defn: To transfigure; to transform. [R.]

TRANSFIGURATION Trans*fig`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. transfiguratio: cf. transfiguration.]

1. A change of form or appearance; especially, the supernatural change in the personal appearance of our Savior on the mount.

2. (Eccl.)

Defn: A feast held by some branches of the Christian church on the 6th of August, in commemoration of the miraculous change above mentioned.

TRANSFIGURE Trans*fig"ure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transfigured; p. pr. & vb. n. Transfiguring.] Etym: [F. transfigurer, L. transfigurare, transfiguratum; trans across, over + figurare to form, shape. See Figure, v. t.]

1. To change the outward form or appearance of; to metamorphose; to transform.

2. Especially, to change to something exalted and glorious; to give an ideal form to. [Jesus] was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. Matt. xvii. 2.

TRANSFIX Trans*fix", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transfixed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transfixing.] Etym: [L. transfixus, p. p. of transfigure to transfix; trans across, through + figere to fix, fasten. See Fix.]

Defn: To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart.

TRANSFIXION Trans*fix"ion, n.

Defn: The act of transfixing, or the state of being transfixed, or pierced. Bp. Hall.

TRANSFLUENT Trans"flu*ent, a. Etym: [Pref. trans- + fluent.]

1. Flowing or running across or through; as, a transfluent stream.

2. (Her.)

Defn: Passing or flowing through a bridge; -- said of water. Wright.

TRANSFLUX Trans"flux, n. Etym: [Pref. trans- + flux.]

Defn: A flowing through, across, or beyond. [R.]

TRANSFORATE Trans"fo*rate, v. t. Etym: [L. transforatus, p. p. of transforare to pierce through; trans through + forare to bore.]

Defn: To bore through; to perforate. [Obs.]

TRANSFORM Trans*form", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transformed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transforming.] Etym: [L. transformare, transformatum; trans across, over + formare to from: cf. F. transformer. See Form, v. t.]

1. To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly. Love may transform me to an oyster. Shak.

2. To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

3. To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert. Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. xii. 2.

4. (Math.)

Defn: To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.

TRANSFORM Trans*form", v. i.

Defn: To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. [R.] His hair transforms to down. Addison.

TRANSFORMABLE Trans*form"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being transformed or changed.

TRANSFORMATION Trans`for*ma"tion, n. Etym: [L. transformatio: cf. transformation.]

Defn: The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition. Specifically: --(a) (Biol.)

Defn: Any change in an organism which alters its general character and mode of life, as in the development of the germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the larva into the insect (metamorphosis), etc.; also, the change which the histological units of a tissue are prone to undergo. See Metamorphosis. (b) (Physiol.) Change of one from of material into another, as in assimilation; metabolism; metamorphosis. (c) (Alchemy) The imagined possible or actual change of one metal into another; transmutation. (d) (Theol.)

Defn: A change in disposition, heart, character, or the like; conversion. (e) (Math.) The change, as of an equation or quantity, into another form without altering the value.

TRANSFORMATIVE Trans*form"a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. transformatif.]

Defn: Having power, or a tendency, to transform.

TRANSFORMER Trans*form"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, transforms. Specif. (Elec.), an apparatus for producing from a given electrical current another current of different voltage.

TRANSFORMISM Trans*form"ism, n. Etym: [F. transformisme.] (Biol.)

Defn: The hypothesis, or doctrine, that living beings have originated by the modification of some other previously existing forms of living matter; -- opposed to abiogenesis. Huxley.

TRANSFREIGHT Trans*freight", v. i.

Defn: To transfrete. [Obs.] Waterhouse.

TRANSFRETATION Trans`fre*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. transfretatio. See Transfrete.]

Defn: The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea. [Obs.] Sir J. Davies.

TRANSFRETE Trans*frete", v. i. Etym: [L. transfretare; trans across, over + fretum a strait: cf. OF. transfreter.]

Defn: To pass over a strait or narrow sea. [Written also transfreight.] [Obs.] E. Hall.

TRANSFUGE; TRANSFUGITIVE Trans"fuge, Trans*fu"gi*tive, n. Etym: [L. transfuga; trans across, over + fugere to flee.]

Defn: One who flees from one side to another; hence, a deserter; a turncoat; an apostate. [R.]

TRANSFUND Trans*fund", v. t. Etym: [L. transfundere; trans over, across + fundere to pour, pour out. See Found to cast, and cf. Transfuse.]

Defn: To pour from one vessel into another; to transfuse. [Obs.] Barrow.

TRANSFUSE Trans*fuse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transfused; p. pr. & vb. n. Transfusing.] Etym: [L. transfusus, p. p. of transfundere: cf. F. transfuser. See Transfund.]

1. To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring.

2 2 (Med.)

Defn: To transfer, as blood, from the veins or arteries of one man or animal to those of another.

3. To cause to pass from to another; to cause to be instilled or imbibed; as, to transfuse a spirit of patriotism into a man; to transfuse a love of letters. Into thee such virtue and grace Immense I have transfused. Milton.

TRANSFUSIBLE Trans*fu"si*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being transfused; transferable by transfusion.

TRANSFUSION Trans*fu"sion, n. Etym: [L. transfusio: cf. F. transfusion.]

1. The act of transfusing, or pouring, as liquor, out of one vessel into another. Howell.

2. (Med.)

Defn: The act or operation of transferring the blood of one man or animal into the vascular system of another; also, the introduction of any fluid into the blood vessels, or into a cavity of the body from which it can readily be adsorbed into the vessels; intrafusion; as, the peritoneal transfusion of milk.

TRANSFUSIVE Trans*fu"sive, a.

Defn: Tending to transfuse; having power to transfuse.

TRANSGRESS Trans*gress", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transgressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transgressing.] Etym: [Cf. F. transgresser. See Transgression.]

1. To pass over or beyond; to surpass. [R.] Surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law. Dryden.

2. Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily transgress the sole command. Milton.

3. To offend against; to vex. [Obs.] Why give you peace to this imperate beast That hath so long transgressed you Beau. & Fl.

TRANSGRESS Trans*gress", v. i.

Defn: To offend against the law; to sin. Who transgressed in the thing accursed. I Chron. ii. 7.

TRANSGRESSION Trans*gres"sion, n. Etym: [L. transgressio a going across, going over, transgression of the law, from transgredi, transgressus, to step across, go over; trans over, across + gradi to step, walk: cf. F. transgression. See Grade.]

Defn: The act of transgressing, or of passing over or beyond any law, civil or moral; the violation of a law or known principle of rectitude; breach of command; fault; offense; crime; sin. Forgive thy people . . . all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee. I Kings viii. 50. What rests, but that the mortal sentence pass On his transgression, death denounced that day Milton. The transgression is in the stealer. Shak.

Syn. -- Fault; offense; crime; infringement; misdemeanor; misdeed; affront; sin.

TRANSGRESSIONAL Trans*gres"sion*al, a.

Defn: Of pertaining to transgression; involving a transgression.

TRANSGRESSIVE Trans*gress"ive, a. Etym: [Cf. L. transgressivus passing over into another class. F. transgressif.]

Defn: Disposed or tending to transgress; faulty; culpable. -

TRANSGRESSIVELY Trans*gress"ive*ly, adv.

Defn: In a transgressive manner Adam, perhaps, . . . from the transgressive infirmities of himself, might have erred alone. Sir T. Browne.

TRANSGRESSOR Trans*gress"or, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. transgresseur.]

Defn: One who transgresses; one who breaks a law, or violates a command; one who violates any known rule or principle of rectitude; a sinner. The way of transgressors is hard. Prov. xiii. 15.

TRANSHAPE Tran*shape", v. t.

Defn: To transshape. [R.] J. Webster (1623).

TRANSHIP Tran*ship", v. t.

Defn: Same as Transship.

TRANSHIPMENT Tran*ship"ment, n.

Defn: Same as Transshipment.

TRANSHUMAN Trans*hu"man, a. Etym: [Pref. trans- + human.]

Defn: More than human; superhuman. [R.] Words may not tell of that transhuman change. H. F. Cary.

TRANSHUMANIZE Trans*hu"man*ize, v. t.

Defn: To make more than human; to purity; to elevate above humanity. [R.] Souls purified by sorrow and self-denial, transhumanized to the divine abstraction of pure contemplation. Lowell.

TRANSIENCE; TRANSIENCY Tran"sience, Tran"sien*cy, n.

Defn: The quality of being transient; transientness.

TRANSIENT Tran"sient, a. Etym: [L. transiens, -entis, p. pr. of transire, transitum, to go or pass over. See Trance.]

1. Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure. "Measured this transient world." Milton.

2. Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape.

3. Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders. [Colloq. U.S.]

Syn. -- Transient, Transitory, Fleeting. Transient represents a thing as brief at the best; transitory, as liable at any moment to pass away. Fleeting goes further, and represents it as in the act of taking its flight. Life is transient; its joys are transitory; its hours are fleeting. What is loose love A transient gust. Pope If [we love] transitory things, which soon decay, Age must be loveliest at the latest day. Donne. O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes. Milton. -- Tran"sient*ly, adv. -- Tran"sient*ness, n.

TRANSIENT Tran"sient, n.

Defn: That which remains but for a brief time. Glanvill.

TRANSILIENCE; TRANSILIENCY Tran*sil"i*ence, Tran*sil"i*en*cy, n. Etym: [L. transiliens, p. pr. of transilire to leap across or over; trans across, over + salire to leap.]

Defn: A leap across or from one thing to another. [R.] "An unadvised transiliency." Glanvill.

TRANSIRE Trans*i"re, n. Etym: [L. transire to pass through or across, to pass.] (End. Law)

Defn: A customhouse clearance for a coasting vessel; a permit.

TRANSISTHMIAN Trans*isth"mi*an, a.

Defn: Extending across an isthmus, as at Suez or Panama.

TRANSIT Trans"it, n. Etym: [L. transitus, from transire to go over: cf. F. transit. See Transient.]

1. The act of passing; passage through or over. In France you are now . . . in the transit from one form of government to another. Burke.

2. The act or process of causing to pass; conveyance; as, the transit of goods through a country.

3. A line or route of passage or conveyance; as, the Nicaragua transit. E. G. Squier.

4. (Astron.) (a) The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope. (b) The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a satellite or its shadow across the disk of its primary.

5. An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers; -- called also transit compass, and surveyor's transit.

Note: The surveyor's transit differs from the theodolite in having the horizontal axis attached directly to the telescope which is not mounted in Y's and can be turned completely over about the axis. Lower transit (Astron.), the passage of a heavenly body across that part of the meridian which is below the polar axis. -- Surveyor's transit. See Transit, 5, above. -- Transit circle (Astron.), a transit instrument with a graduated circle attached, used for observing the time of transit and the declination at one observation. See Circle, n., 3. -- Transit compass. See Transit, 5, above. -- Transit duty, a duty paid on goods that pass through a country. -- Transit instrument. (Astron.) (a) A telescope mounted at right angles to a horizontal axis, on which it revolves with its line of collimation in the plane of the meridian, -- used in connection with a clock for observing the time of transit of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place. (b) (Surv.) A surveyor's transit. See Transit, 5, above. -- Transit trade (Com.), the business conected with the passage of goods through a country to their destination. -- Upper transit (Astron.), the passage of a heavenly body across that part of the meridian which is above the polar axis.

TRANSIT Trans"it, v. t. (Astron.)

Defn: To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body).

TRANSITION Tran*si"tion, n. Etym: [L. transitio: cf. F. transition. See Transient.]

1. Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold. There is no death, what seems so is transition. Longfellow.

2. (Mus.)

Defn: A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation.

3. (Rhet.)

Defn: A passing from one subject to another. [He] with transition sweet, new speech resumes. Milton.

4. (Biol.)

Defn: Change from one form to another.

Note: This word is sometimes pronounced tran*sish"un; but according to Walker, Smart, and most other authorities, the customary and preferable pronunciation is tran*sizh"un, although this latter mode violates analogy. Other authorities say tran*zish"un. Transition rocks (Geol.), a term formerly applied to the lowest uncrystalline stratified rocks (graywacke) supposed to contain no fossils, and so called because thought to have been formed when the earth was passing from an uninhabitable to a habitable state.

TRANSITIONAL Tran*si"tion*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to transition; involving or denoting transition; as, transitional changes; transitional stage.

TRANSITIONARY Tran*si"tion*a*ry, a.

Defn: Transitional.

TRANSITION ZONE Tran*si"tion zone. (Biogeography)

Defn: The zone lying between the Boreal and Sonoran zones of North America. It includes an eastern or humid subdivision and a western arid one of corresponding temperature comprising the northern Great Plains and the lower slopes of the mountains of the western United States and Mexico. Called also Neutral zone.

TRANSITIVE Tran"si*tive, a. Etym: [L. transitivus: cf. F. transitif. See Transient.]

1. Having the power of making a transit, or passage. [R.] Bacon.

2. Effected by transference of signification. By far the greater part of the transitive or derivative applications of words depend on casual and unaccountable caprices of the feelings or the fancy. Stewart.

3. (Gram.)

Defn: Passing over to an object; expressing an action which is not limited to the agent or subject, but which requires an object to complete the sense; as, a transitive verb, for example, he holds the book. -- Tran"si*tive*ly, adv. -- Tran"si*tive*ness, n.

TRANSITORILY Tran"si*to*ri*ly, adv.

Defn: In a transitory manner; with brief continuance.

TRANSITORINESS Tran"si*to*ri*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage or departure.

TRANSITORY Tran"si*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. transitorius: cf. F. transitoire. See Transient.]

Defn: Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent. Comfort and succor all those who, in this transitory life, are in trouble. Bk. of Com. Prayer. It was not the transitory light of a comet, which shines and glows for a wile, and then . . . vanishes into nothing. South. Transitory action (Law), an action which may be brought in any county, as actions for debt, and the like; -- opposed to local action. Blackstone. Bouvier.

Syn. -- transient; short-lived; brief. See Transient.

TRANSLATABLE Trans*lat"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being translated, or rendered into another language.

TRANSLATE Trans*late", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Translated; p. pr. & vb. n. Translating.] Etym: [f. translatus, used as p. p. of transferre to transfer, but from a different root. See Trans-, and Tolerate, and cf. Translation.]

1. To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree. [Archaic] Dryden. In the chapel of St. Catharine of Sienna, they show her head- the rest of her body being translated to Rome. Evelyn.

2. To change to another condition, position, place, or office; to transfer; hence, to remove as by death.

3. To remove to heaven without a natural death. By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translatedhim. Heb. xi. 5.

4. (Eccl.)

Defn: To remove, as a bishop, from one see to another. "Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, when the king would have translated him from that poor bishopric to a better, . . . refused." Camden.

5. To render into another language; to express the sense of in the words of another language; to interpret; hence, to explain or recapitulate in other words. Translating into his own clear, pure, and flowing language, what he found in books well known to the world, but too bulky or too dry for boys and girls. Macaulay.

6. To change into another form; to transform. Happy is your grace, That can translatethe stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and so sweet a style. Shak.

7. (Med.)

Defn: To cause to remove from one part of the body to another; as, to translate a disease.

8. To cause to lose senses or recollection; to entrance. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.

TRANSLATE Trans*late, v. i.

Defn: To make a translation; to be engaged in translation.

TRANSLATION Trans*la"tion, n. Etym: [F. translation, L. translatio a transferring, translation, version. See Translate, and cf. Tralation.]

1. The act of translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of Enoch; the translation of a bishop.

2. The act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult.

3. That which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the Scriptures.

4. (Rhet.)

Defn: A transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a tralation. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

5. (Metaph.)

Defn: Transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas. A. Tucker.

6. (Kinematics)

Defn: Motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; -- opposed to rotation.

TRANSLATITIOUS Trans`la*ti"tious, a. Etym: [See Tralatitious.]

Defn: Metaphorical; tralatitious; also, foreign; exotic. [Obs.] Evelyn.

TRANSLATIVE Trans*lat"ive, a. Etym: [L. translativus that is to be transferred: cf. F. translatif.]

Defn: tropical; figurative; as, a translative sense. [R.] Puttenham.

TRANSLATOR Trans*lat"or, n. Etym: [L. translator: cf. F. translateur.]

1. One who translates; esp., one who renders into another language; one who expresses the sense of words in one language by equivalent words in another.

2. (Teleg.)

Defn: A repeating instrument. [Eng.]

TRANSLATORSHIP Trans*lat"or*ship, n.

Defn: The office or dignity of a translator.

TRANSLATORY Trans*lat"o*ry, a.

Defn: Serving to translate; transferring. [R.] Arbuthnot.

TRANSLATRESS Trans*lat"ress, n.

Defn: A woman who translates.

TRANSLAVATION Trans`la*va"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. trans- + L. lavatio, -onis, washing.]

Defn: A laving or lading from one vessel to another. [Obs.] Holland.

TRANSLITERATE Trans*lit"er*ate, v. t. Etym: [Pref. trans- + L. litera, littera letter.]

Defn: To express or represent in the characters of another alphabet; as, to transliterate Sanskrit words by means of English letters. A. J. Ellis.

TRANSLITERATION Trans*lit`er*a"tion, n.

Defn: The act or product of transliterating, or of expressing words of a language by means of the characters of another alphabet.

TRANSLOCATION Trans`lo*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. trans- + location.]

Defn: removal of things from one place to another; substitution of one thing for another. There happened certain translocations at the deluge. Woodward.

TRANSLUCENCE; TRANSLUCENCY Trans*lu"cence, Trans*lu"cen*cy, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being translucent; clearness; partial transparency. Sir T. Browne.

TRANSLUCENT Trans*lu"cent, a. Etym: [L. translucens, -entis, p. pr. of translucere to shine through; trans across, through = lucere to shine. See Lucid.]

1. Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent.

2. Transparent; clear. [Poetic] "Fountain or fresh current . . . translucent, pure." Milton. Replenished from the cool, translucent springs. Pope.

Syn. -- Translucent, Transparent. A thing is translucent when it merely admits the passage of light, without enabling us to distinguish the color and outline of objects through it; it is transparent when we can clearly discern objects placed on the other side of it. Glass, water, etc., are transparent; ground glass is translucent; a translucent style.

TRANSLUCENTLY Trans*lu"cent*ly, adv.

Defn: In a translucent manner.

TRANSLUCID Trans*lu"cid, a. Etym: [L. translucidus; trans across, through + lucidus lucid: cf. F. translucide. See Translucent.]

Defn: Translucent. [R.] Bacon.

TRANSLUNARY Trans"lu*na*ry, a. Etym: [Pref. trans- + L. luna moon.]

Defn: Being or lying beyond the moon; hence, ethereal; -- opposed to sublunary. [Obs.] Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave, translunary things That the first poets had. Drayton.

TRANSMARINE Trans`ma*rine", a. Etym: [L. transmarinus; trans beyond + marinus marine: cf. F. transmarin. See Marine.]

Defn: Lying or being beyond the sea. Howell.

TRANSMEABLE; TRANSMEATABLE Trans"me*a*ble, Trans`me*at"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. transmeabilis.]

Defn: Capable of being passed over or traversed; passable. [Obs.]

TRANSMEATE Trans"me*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. transmeatus, p. p. of transmeare to pass across; trans across, over + meare to go.]

Defn: To pass over or beyond. [Obs.]

TRANSMEATION Trans`me*a"tion, n.

Defn: The act of transmeating; a passing through or beyond. [Obs.]

TRANSMEW Trans*mew", v. t. & i. Etym: [F. transmuer, L. transmutare. See Transmute.]

Defn: To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose. [Archaic] Chaucer. Spenser. To transmew thyself from a holy hermit into a sinful forester. Sir W. Scott.

TRANSMIGRANT Trans"mi*grant, a. Etym: [L. transmigrans, p. pr. See Transmigrate.]

Defn: Migrating or passing from one place or state to another; passing from one residence to another. -- n.

Defn: One who transmigrates.

TRANSMIGRATE Trans"mi*grate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Transmigrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmigrating.] Etym: [L. transmigrare, transmigratum; trans across + migrare to migrate. See Migrate.]

1. To pass from one country or jurisdiction to another for the purpose of residence, as men or families; to migrate.

2. To pass from one body or condition into another. Their may transmigrate into each other. Howell.

TRANSMIGRATION Trans`mi*gra"tion, n. Etym: [F. transmigration, L. transmigratio.]

1. The act of passing from one country to another; migration.

2. The passing of the soul at death into another mortal body; metempsychosis.

TRANSMIGRATOR Trans"mi*gra`tor, n.

Defn: One who transmigrates. J. Ellis.

TRANSMIGRATORY Trans*mi"gra*to*ry, a.

Defn: Passing from one body or state to another.

TRANSMISSIBILITY Trans*mis`si*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. transmissibilité.]

Defn: The quality of being transmissible.

TRANSMISSIBLE Trans*mis"si*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. transmissible.]

Defn: Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of being passed through any body or substance.

TRANSMISSION Trans*mis"sion, n. Etym: [L. transmissio; cf. F. transmission. See Transmit.]

1. The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another.

2. (Law)

Defn: The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.

TRANSMISSION DYNAMOMETER Trans*mis"sion dy`na*mom"e*ter. (Mach.)

Defn: A dynamometer in which power is measured, without being absorbed or used up, during transmission.

TRANSMISSIONIST Trans*mis"sion*ist, n.

Defn: An adherent of a theory, the transmission theory, that the brain serves to "transmit," rather than to originate, conclusions, and hence that consciousness may exist independently of the brain.

TRANSMISSIVE Trans*mis"sive, a.

Defn: Capable of being transmitted; derived, or handed down, from one to another. Itself a sun, it with transmissive light Enlivens worlds denied to human sight. Prior.

TRANSMIT Trans*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transmitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmitting.] Etym: [L. transmittere, transmissum; trans across, over + mittere to send: cf. F. transmettre. See Missile.]

1. To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or bills of exchange, from one country to another. The ancientest fathers must be next removed, as Clement of Alexandria, and that Eusebian book of evangelic preparation, transmitting our ears through a hoard of heathenish obscenities to receive the gospel. Milton. The scepter of that kingdom continued to be transmitted in the dynasty of Castile. Prescott.

2. To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light; metals transmit, or conduct, electricity.

TRANSMITTAL Trans*mit"tal, n.

Defn: Transmission. Swift.

TRANSMITTANCE Trans*mit"tance, n.

Defn: Transmission.

TRANSMITTER Trans*mit"ter, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, transmits; specifically, that portion of a telegraphic or telephonic instrument by means of which a message is sent; -- opposed to receiver.

TRANSMITTIBLE Trans*mit"ti*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being transmitted; transmissible.

TRANSMOGRIFICATION Trans*mog`ri*fi*ca"tion, n.

Defn: The act of transmogrifying, or the state of being transmogrified; transformation. [Colloq.] Clive, who wrote me about the transmogrification of our schoolfellow, an attorney's son. Thackeray.

TRANSMOGRIFY Trans*mog"ri*fy, v. t. Etym: [A humorous coinage.]

Defn: To change into a different shape; to transform. [Colloq.] Fielding.

TRANSMOVE Trans*move", v. t. Etym: [Pref. trans + move.]

Defn: To move or change from one state into another; to transform. [Obs.] Spenser.

TRANSMUTABILITY Trans*mu`ta*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. transmutabilité.]

Defn: The quality of being transmutable.

TRANSMUTABLE Trans*mut"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. transmutable. See Transmute.]

Defn: Capable of being transmuted or changed into a different substance, or into into something of a different form a nature; transformable. The fluids and solids of an animal body are easily transmutable into one another. Arbuthnot. -- Trans*mut"a*ble*ness, n. -- Trans*mut"a*bly, adv.

TRANSMUTATION Trans`mu*ta"tion, n. Etym: [F. transmutation, L. transmutatio. See Transmute.]

1. The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals.

2. (Geom.)

Defn: The change or reduction of one figure or body into another of the same area or solidity, but of a different form, as of a triangle into a square. [R.]

3. (Biol.)

Defn: The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism. Bacon. Transmutation of metals (Alchem.), the conversion of base metals into gold or silver, a process often attempted by the alchemists. See Alchemy, and Philosopher's stone, under Philosopher.

TRANSMUTATIONIST Trans`mu*ta"tion*ist, n.

Defn: One who believes in the transmutation of metals or of species.

TRANSMUTE Trans*mute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transmuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmuting.] Etym: [L. transmutare, transmutatum; trans across + mutare to change. See Mutable, and cf. Transmew.]

Defn: To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform. The caresses of parents and the blandishments of friends transmute us into idols. Buckminster. Transmuting sorrow into golden joy Free from alloy. H. Smith.

TRANSMUTER Trans*mut"er, n.

Defn: One who transmutes.

TRANSMUTUAL Trans*mu"tu*al, a. Etym: [Pref. trans + mutual.]

Defn: Reciprocal; commutual. [R.] Coleridge.

TRANSNATATION Trans`na*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. transnatare to swim over; trans across, over + natare to swim.]

Defn: The act of swimming across, as a river.

TRANSNATURE Trans*na"ture, v. t. Etym: [Pref. trans- + nature.]

Defn: To transfer or transform the nature of. [Obs.] We are transelemented, or transnatured. Jewel.

TRANSOM Tran"som, n. Etym: [Probably fr. L. transtrum a crossbeam, transom, from trans across. Cf. Trestle.]

1. (Arch.)

Defn: A horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window above it. Transom is the horizontal, as mullion is the vertical, bar across an opening. See Illust. of Mullion.

2. (Naut.)

Defn: One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer.

3. (Gun.)

Defn: The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages.

4. (Surg.)

Defn: The vane of a cross-staff. Chambers.

5. (Railroad)

Defn: One of the crossbeams connecting the side frames of a truck with each other. Transom knees (Shipbuilding), knees bolted to the transoms and after timbers. -- Transom window. (Arch.) (a) A window divided horizontally by a transom or transoms. (b) A window over a door, with a transom between.

TRANSPADANE Trans"pa*dane`, a. Etym: [L. transpadanus; trans across + Padus the Po.]

Defn: Lying or being on the further side of the river Po with reference to Rome, that is, on the north side; -- opposed to cispadane.

TRANSPALATINE Trans*pal"a*tine, a. Etym: [Pref. trans- + palatine.] (Anat.)

Defn: Situated beyond or outside the palatine bone; -- said of a bone in the skull of some reptiles.

TRANSPARE Trans*pare", v. t. & i. Etym: [See Transparent.]

Defn: To be, or cause to be, transparent; to appear, or cause to appear, or be seen, through something. [Obs.] Stirling.

TRANSPARENCE Trans*par"ence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. transparence.]

Defn: The quality or state of being transparent; transparency.

TRANSPARENCY Trans*par"en*cy, n.; pl. Transparencies. Etym: [Cf. F. transparence.]

1. The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence.

2. That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which shines through it. Fairholt.

TRANSPARENT Trans*par"ent, a. Etym: [F., from LL. transparens, -entis, p. pr. of transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to appear. See Appear.]

1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond; -- opposed to Ant: opaque. "Transparent elemental air." Milton.

2. Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a transparent veil. Dryden.

Syn. -- Translucent; pellucid; clear; bright; limpid; lucid; diaphanous. See Translucent. -- Trans*par"ent*ly, adv. -- Trans*par"ent*ness, n.

TRANSPASS Trans*pass", v. t. Etym: [Pref. trans- + pass: cf. LL. transpassare. Cf. Trespass.]

Defn: To pass over; as, Alexander transpassed the river. [Obs.] J. Gregory.

TRANSPASS Trans*pass", v. i.

Defn: To pass by; to pass away. [Obs.]

TRANSPASSABLE Trans*pass"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being transpassed, or crossed over. [Obs.]

TRANSPATRONIZE Trans*pat"ron*ize, v. t. Etym: [Trans- + patronize.]

Defn: To transfer the patronage of. [Obs.] Warner.

TRANSPECIATE Tran*spe"ci*ate, v. t. Etym: [Pref. trans- + L. species form.]

Defn: To change from one species to another; to transform. [Obs.] Power to transpeciate a man into a horse. Sir T. Browne.

TRANSPICUOUS Tran*spic"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. transpicere to see or look through + specere, spicere, to see. Cf. Conspicuous.]

Defn: Transparent; pervious to the sight. [R.] "The wide, transpicuous air." Milton.

TRANSPIERCE Trans*pierce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transpierced; p. pr. & vb. n. Transpiercing.] Etym: [Pref. trans- + pierce: cf. F. transpercer.]

Defn: To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through. The sides transpierced return a rattling sound. Dryden.

TRANSPIRABLE Tran*spir"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. transpirable.]

Defn: Capable of being transpired, or of transpiring.

TRANSPIRATION Tran`spi*ra"tion, n. Etym: [F. transpiration.]

1. (Physiol.)

Defn: The act or process of transpiring or excreting in the form of vapor; exhalation, as through the skin or other membranes of the body; as, pulmonary transpiration, or the excretion of aqueous vapor from the lungs. Perspiration is a form of transpiration. Cudworth.

2. (bot.)

Defn: The evaporation of water, or exhalation of aqueous vapor, from cells and masses of tissue.

3. (Physics)

Defn: The passing of gases through fine tubes, porous substances, or the like; as, transpiration through membranes.

TRANSPIRATORY Tran*spir"a*to*ry, a.

Defn: Of or relating to transpiration.

TRANSPIRE Tran*spire", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Transpired; p. pr. & vb. n. Transpiring.] Etym: [F. transpirer; L. trans across, through + spirare to breathe. See Spirit.]

1. (Physiol.)

Defn: To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: To evaporate from living cells.

3. To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired. The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travelers. De Quincey.

4. To happen or come to pass; to occur.

Note: This sense of the word, which is of comparatively recent introduction, is common in the United States, especially in the language of conversation and of newspaper writers, and is used to some extent in England. Its use, however, is censured by critics of both countries.

TRANSPIRE Tran*spire", v. t.

1. (Physiol.)

Defn: To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.

TRANSPLACE Trans*place", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transplaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Transplacing.] Etym: [Pref. trans- + place.]

Defn: To remove across some space; to put in an opposite or another place. [R.] It [an obelisk] was transplaced . . . from the left side of the Vatican into a more eminent place. Bp. Wilkins.

TRANSPLANT Trans*plant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transplanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transplanting.] Etym: [F. transplanter, L. transplantare; trans across, over + plantare to plant. See Plant.]

1. To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees. Dryden.

2. To remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants. Being transplanted out of his cold, barren diocese of St. David into a warmer climate. Clarendon.

TRANSPLANTATION Trans`plan*ta"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. transplantation.]

1. The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal. The transplantation of Ulysses to Sparta. Broome.

2. (Surg.)

Defn: The removal of tissues from a healthy part, and the insertion of them in another place where there is a lesion; as, the transplantation of tissues in autoplasty. 3. (Surg.)

Defn: The removal of a bodily organ or of tissues from one person, and the insertion of them into another person to replace a damaged organ or tissue; as, the transplantation of a heart, kidney, or liver.

TRANSPLANTER Trans*plant"er, n.

Defn: One who transplants; also, a machine for transplanting trees.

TRANSPLENDENCY Tran*splen"den*cy, n.

Defn: Quality or state of being transplendent. [R.] Dr. H. More.

TRANSPLENDENT Tran*splen"dent, a. Etym: [Trans- + splendent.]

Defn: Resplendent in the highest degree. [R.] -- Tran*splen"dent*ly, adv. [R.]

TRANSPORT Trans*port", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transported; p. pr. & vb. n. Transporting.] Etym: [F. transporter, L. transportare; trans across + portare to carry. See Port bearing, demeanor.]

1. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops. Hakluyt.

2. To carry, or cause to be carried, into banishment, as a criminal; to banish.

3. To carry away with vehement emotion, as joy, sorrow, complacency, anger, etc.; to ravish with pleasure or ecstasy; as, music transports the soul. [They] laugh as if transported with some fit Of passion. Milton. We shall then be transported with a nobler . . . wonder. South.

TRANSPORT Trans"port, n. Etym: [F. See Transport, v.]

1. Transportation; carriage; conveyance. The Romans . . . stipulated with the Carthaginians to furnish them with ships for transport and war. Arbuthnot.

2. A vessel employed for transporting, especially for carrying soldiers, warlike stores, or provisions, from one place to another, or to convey convicts to their destination; -- called also transport ship, transport vessel.

3. Vehement emotion; passion; ecstasy; rapture. With transport views the airy rule his own, And swells on an imaginary throne. Pope. Say not, in transports of despair, That all your hopes are fled. Doddridge.

4. A convict transported, or sentenced to exile.

TRANSPORTABILITY Trans*port`a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being transportable.

TRANSPORTABLE Trans*port"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. transportable.]

1. Capable of being transported.

2. Incurring, or subject to, the punishment of transportation; as, a transportable offense.

TRANSPORTAL Trans*port"al, n.

Defn: Transportation; the act of removing from one locality to another. "The transportal of seeds in the wool or fur of quadrupeds." Darwin.

TRANSPORTANCE Trans*port"ance, n.

Defn: Transportation. [Obs.] "Give me swift transportance." Shak.

TRANSPORTANT Trans*port"ant, a.

Defn: Transporting; as, transportant love. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

TRANSPORTATION Trans`por*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. transportatio: cf. F. transportation.]

1. The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance. To provide a vessel for their transportation. Sir H. Wotton.

2. Transport; ecstasy. [R.] South.

TRANSPORTED Trans*port"ed, a.

Defn: Conveyed from one place to another; figuratively, carried away with passion or pleasure; entranced. -- Trans*port"ed*ly, adv. -- Trans*port"ed*ness, n.

TRANSPORTER Trans*port"er, n.

Defn: One who transports.

TRANSPORTING Trans*port"ing, a.

Defn: That transports; fig., ravishing. Your transporting chords ring out. Keble.

TRANSPORTINGLY Trans*port"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: So as to transport.

TRANSPORTMENT Trans*port"ment, n.

Defn: The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; transportation. [R.]

TRANSPOSABLE Trans*pos"a*ble, a.

Defn: That may transposed; as, a transposable phrase.

TRANSPOSAL Trans*pos"al, n.

Defn: The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed; transposition.

TRANSPOSE Trans*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transposing.] Etym: [F. transposer; pref. trans- (L. trans across) + poser to put. See Pose.]

1. To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or propositions.

2. To change; to transform; to invert. [R.] Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can transpose to form and dignity. Shak.

3. (Alg.)

Defn: To bring, as any term of an equation, from one side over to the other, without destroying the equation; thus, if a + b = c, and we make a = c - b, then b is said to be transposed.

4. (Gram.)

Defn: To change the natural order of, as words.

5. (Mus.)

Defn: To change the key of.

TRANSPOSER Trans*pos"er, n.

Defn: One who transposes.

TRANSPOSITION Trans`po*si"tion, n. Etym: [F. transposition, from L. transponere, transpositum, to set over, remove, transfer; trans across, over + ponere to place. See Position.]

Defn: The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed. Specifically: --(a) (Alg.)

Defn: The bringing of any term of an equation from one side over to the other without destroying the equation. (b) (Gram.) A change of the natural order of words in a sentence; as, the Latin and Greek languages admit transposition, without inconvenience, to a much greater extent than the English. (c) (Mus.) A change of a composition into another key.

TRANSPOSITIONAL Trans`po*si"tion*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to transposition; involving transposition. Pegge.

TRANSPOSITIVE Trans*pos"i*tive, a.

Defn: Made by transposing; consisting in transposition; transposable.

TRANSPRINT Trans*print", v. t. Etym: [Pref. trans- + print.]

Defn: To transfer to the wrong place in printing; to print out of place. [R.] Coleridge.

TRANSPROSE Trans*prose", v. t. Etym: [Pref. trans- + prose.]

Defn: To change from prose into verse; to versify; also, to change from verse into prose. [Obs.] Dryden.

TRANSREGIONATE Trans*re"gion*ate, a. Etym: [Pref. trans- + region.]

Defn: Foreign. [Obs.] Holinshed.

TRANSSHAPE Trans*shape", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transshaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Transshaping.] Etym: [Pref.trans- + shape.]

Defn: To change into another shape or form; to transform. [Written also transhape.] Shak.

TRANSSHIP Trans*ship", v. t. Etym: [Pref. trans- + ship.]

Defn: To transfer from one ship or conveyance to another. [Written also tranship.]

TRANSSHIPMENT Trans*ship"ment, n.

Defn: The act of transshipping, or transferring, as goods, from one ship or conveyance to another. [Written also transhipment.]

TRANSSUMMER Trans"sum`mer, n. (Naut.)

Defn: See Transom, 2.

TRANSUBSTANTIATE Tran`sub*stan"ti*ate, v. t. Etym: [LL. transubstantiatus, p. p. of transubstantiare to transubstantiate; L. trans across, over + substantia substance. See Substance.]

1. To change into another substance. [R.] The spider love which transubstantiates all, And can convert manna to gall. Donne.

2. (R. C. Theol.)

Defn: To change, as the sacramental elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ.

TRANSUBSTANTIATION Tran`sub*stan`ti*a"tion, n. Etym: [LL. transubstantiatio: cf. F. transsubstantiation.]

1. A change into another substance.

2. (R. C. Theol.)

Defn: The doctrine held by Roman Catholics, that the bread and wine in the Mass is converted into the body and blood of Christ; -- distinguished from consubstantiation, and impanation.

TRANSUBSTANTIATOR Tran`sub*stan"ti*a`tor, n. Etym: [Cf. F. transsubstantiateur.]

Defn: One who maintains the doctrine of transubstantiation. Barrow.

TRANSUDATION Tran`su*da"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. transsudation.]

1. The act or process of transuding.

2. (Physics)

Defn: Same as Exosmose.

TRANSUDATORY Tran*su"da*to*ry, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to transudation; passing by transudation.

TRANSUDE Tran*sude", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Transuded; p. pr. & vb. n. Transuding.] Etym: [Pref. trans- + L. sudare to sweat: cf. F. transsuder.]

Defn: To pass, as perspirable matter does, through the pores or interstices of textures; as, liquor may transude through leather or wood.

TRANSUME Tran*sume", v. t. Etym: [L. transumere, transsumere, to take from one to another; trans across + sumere to take.]

Defn: To change; to convert. [R.] Crashaw.

TRANSUMPT Tran*sumpt", n. Etym: [L. transumere, transumptum, to take from one to another, in LL., to transcribe. See Transume.]

Defn: A copy or exemplification of a record. [Obs.] Lord Herbert.

TRANSUMPTION Tran*sump"tion, n. Etym: [L. transumptio.]

Defn: Act of taking from one place to another. [R.] South.

TRANSUMPTIVE Tran*sump"tive, a. Etym: [L. transumptivus.]

Defn: Taking from one to another; metaphorical. [R.] "A transumptive kind of speech." Drayton. Fictive, descriptive, digressive, transumptive, and withal definitive. Lowell.

TRANSVASATE Trans*va"sate, v. t. Etym: [See Transvasation.]

Defn: To pour out of one vessel into another. [Obs.] Cudworth.

TRANSVASATION Trans`va*sa"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. trans- + L. vas, vasis, vessel.]

Defn: The act or process of pouring out of one vessel into another. [Obs.] Holland.

TRANSVECTION Trans*vec"tion, n. Etym: [L. transvectio, from transvehere to carry across; trans across + vehere to carry.]

Defn: The act of conveying or carrying over. [R.]

TRANSVERBERATE Trans*ver"ber*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. transverberatus, p. p. of transverberare to strike or pierce through.]

Defn: To beat or strike through. [Obs.]

TRANSVERSAL Trans*ver"sal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. transversal. See Transverse.]

Defn: Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line. -- Trans*ver"sal*ly, adv.

TRANSVERSAL Trans*ver"sal, n. Etym: [Cf. F. transversale.] (Geom.)

Defn: A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced.

TRANSVERSE Trans*verse", a. Etym: [L. transversus, p. p. of transvertere to turn on direct across; trans across + vertere to turn: cf. F. transverse. See Verse, and cf. Traverse.]

Defn: Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to Ant: longitudinal. Transverse axis (of an ellipse or hyperbola) (Geom.), that axis which passes through the foci. -- Transverse partition (Bot.), a partition, as of a pericarp, at right angles with the valves, as in the siliques of mustard.

TRANSVERSE Trans"verse, n.

1. Anything that is transverse or athwart.

2. (Geom.)

Defn: The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.

TRANSVERSE Trans*verse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transversed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transversing.]

Defn: To overturn; to change. [R.] C. Leslie.

TRANSVERSE Trans*verse", v. t. Etym: [Pref. trans- + verse, n. Cf.Transpose.]

Defn: To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. [Obs.] Duke of Buckingham.

TRANSVERSELY Trans*verse"ly, adv.

Defn: In a transverse manner.

TRANSVERSION Trans*ver"sion, n.

Defn: The act of changing from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.

TRANSVERT Trans*vert", v. t. Etym: [L. transvertere. See Transverse, a.]

Defn: To cause to turn across; to transverse. [Obs.] Craft of Lovers (1448).

TRANSVERTIBLE Trans*vert"i*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being transverted. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

TRANSVOLATION Trans`vo*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. transvolare to fly over or across; trans across + volare to fly.]

Defn: The act of flying beyond or across. Jer. Taylor.

TRANT Trant, v. i. Etym: [Cf. OD. tranten to walk slowly, LG. & D. trant walk, pace.]

Defn: To traffic in an itinerary manner; to peddle. [Written also traunt.] [Obs.]

TRANTER Trant"er, n.

Defn: One who trants; a peddler; a carrier. [Written also traunter.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

TRAP Trap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Trapping.] Etym: [Akin to OE. trappe trappings, and perhaps from an Old French word of the same origin as E. drab a kind of cloth.]

Defn: To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses. Steeds . . . that trapped were in steel all glittering. Chaucer. To deck his hearse, and trap his tomb-black steed. Spenser. There she found her palfrey trapped In purple blazoned with armorial gold. Tennyson.

TRAP Trap, n. Etym: [Sw. trapp; akin to trappa stairs, Dan. trappe, G. treppe, D. trap; -- so called because the rocks of this class often occur in large, tabular masses, rising above one another, like steps. See Tramp.] (Geol.)

Defn: An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark- colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic- augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock. Trap tufa, Trap tuff, a kind of fragmental rock made up of fragments and earthy materials from trap rocks.

TRAP Trap, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike.

TRAP Trap, n. Etym: [OE. trappe, AS. treppe; akin to OD.trappe, OHG. trapo; probably fr. the root of E. tramp, as that which is trod upon: cf. F. trappe, which is trod upon: cf. F. trappe, which perhaps influenced the English word.]

1. A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes. She would weep if that she saw a mouse Caught in a trap. Chaucer.

2. Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares. Let their table be made a snare and a trap. Rom. xi. 9. God and your majesty Protect mine innocence, or I fall into The trap is laid for me! Shak.

3. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at.

4. The game of trapball.

5. A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids.

6. A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.

7. A wagon, or other vehicle. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

8. A kind of movable stepladder. Knight. Trap stairs, a staircase leading to a trapdoor. -- Trap tree (Bot.) the jack; -- so called because it furnishes a kind of birdlime. See 1st Jack.

TRAP Trap, v. t. Etym: [AS. treppan. See Trap a snare.]

1. To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.

2. Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. "I trapped the foe." Dryden.

3. To provide with a trap; to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5.

TRAP Trap, v. i.

Defn: To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.

TRAPAN Tra*pan", n. Etym: [OF. trappan. See Trap, and cf. Trepan a snare.]

Defn: A snare; a stratagem; a trepan. See 3d Trepan. South.

TRAPAN Tra*pan", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trapanned; p. pr. & vb. n. Trapanning.]

Defn: To insnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan. Having some of his people trapanned at Baldivia. Anson.

TRAPANNER Tra*pan"ner, n.

Defn: One who trapans, or insnares.

TRAPBALL Trap"ball`, n.

Defn: An old game of ball played with a trap. See 4th Trap, 4.

TRAPDOOR Trap"door`, n.

1. (Arch.)

Defn: A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor.

2. (Mining)

Defn: A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; -- called also weather door. Raymond. Trapdoor spider (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large spiders which make a nest consisting of a vertical hole in the earth, lined with a hinged lid, like a trapdoor. Most of the species belong to the genus Cteniza, as the California species (C. Californica).

TRAPE Trape, v. i. Etym: [See Tramp, and cf. Traipse.]

Defn: To walk or run about in an idle or slatternly manner; to traipse. [Obs. or Colloq.]

TRAPES Trapes, n. Etym: [See Trape.]

Defn: A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman. [Obs. or Colloq.]

TRAPES Trapes, v. i.

Defn: To go about in an idle or slatternly fashion; to trape; to traipse. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

TRAPEZATE Trap"e*zate, a. Etym: [See Trapezium.]

Defn: Having the form of a trapezium; trapeziform.

TRAPEZE Tra*peze", n. Etym: [Cf. F. trapèze.]

1. (Geom.)

Defn: A trapezium. See Trapezium, 1.

2. A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; -- used by gymnasts.

TRAPEZIFORM Tra*pe"zi*form, a. Etym: [Trapezium + -form: cf. F. trapéziforme.]

Defn: Having the form of a trapezium; trapezoid.

TRAPEZIUM Tra*pe"zi*um, n.; pl. E. Trapeziums, L. Trapezia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Tetra-) + Foot.]

1. (Geom.)

Defn: A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel.

2. (Anat.) (a) A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb. (b) A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.

TRAPEZOHEDRAL Trap`e*zo*he"dral, a.

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trapezohedron.

TRAPEZOHEDRON Trap`e*zo*he"dron, n. Etym: [NL., from trapezium + Gr. (Crystalloq.) (a) A solid bounded by twenty-four equal and similar trapeziums; a tetragonal trisoctahedron. See the Note under Trisoctahedron. (b) A tetartohedral solid of the hexagonal system, bounded by six trapezoidal planes. The faces of this form are common on quartz crystals.

TRAPEZOID Trap"e*zoid, n. Etym: [Gr. trapézoïde. See Trapezium.]

1. (Geom.)

Defn: A plane four-sided figure, having two sides parallel to each other.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: A bone of the carpus at the base of the second metacarpal, or index finger.

TRAPEZOID Trap"e*zoid, a.

1. Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoidal; as, the trapezoid ligament which connects the coracoid process and the clavicle.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the trapezoid ligament; as, the trapezoid line.

TRAPEZOIDAL Trap`e*zoid"al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. trapézoïdal.]

1. Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoid.

2. (Min.)

Defn: Tranpezohedral.

TRAPHOLE Trap"hole, n. (Mil.)

Defn: See Trou-de-loup.

TRAPPEAN Trap"pe*an, a. Etym: [Cf. F. trappéen. See Trap a kind of rock.] (Min.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to trap; being of the nature of trap.

TRAPPER Trap"per, n. Etym: [From Trap to insnare.]

1. One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs. W. Irving.

2. (Mining)

Defn: A boy who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery or level. Raymond.

TRAPPINGS Trap"pings, n. pl. Etym: [From Trap to dress with ornaments.]

1. That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations. Trappings of life, for ornament, not use. Dryden. These but the trappings and the suits of woe. Shak.

2. Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses. Caparisons and steeds, Bases and tinsel trappings. Milton.

TRAPPIST Trap"pist, n. Etym: [F. trappiste.] (R. C. Ch.)

Defn: A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which was established by Armand de Rancé in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy. Extreme austerity characterizes their discipline. They were introduced permanently into the United States in 1848, and have monasteries in Iowa and Kentucky.

TRAPPOUS Trap"pous, n. Etym: [From Trap a kind of rock.] (Min.)

Defn: Of or performance to trap; resembling trap, or partaking of its form or qualities; trappy.

TRAPPURES Trap"pures, n. pl. Etym: [See Trap to dress.]

Defn: Trappings for a horse. [Obs.] Chaucer.

TRAPPY Trap"py, a. (Min.)

Defn: Same as Trappous.

TRAPS Traps, n. pl. Etym: [See Trappings, and Trap to dress.]

Defn: Small or portable articles for dress, furniture, or use; goods; luggage; things. [Colloq.]

TRAP SHOOTING Trap shooting. (Sport)

Defn: Shooting at pigeons liberated, or glass balls or clay pigeons sprung into the air, from a trap. -- Trap shooter.

TRAPSTICK Trap"stick`, n.

Defn: A stick used in playing the game of trapball; hence, fig., a slender leg. Addison.

TRASH Trash, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. tros rubbish, leaves, and twigs picked up for fuel, trassi a slovenly fellow, Sw. trasa a rag, tatter.]

1. That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse. Who steals my purse steals trash. Shak. A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin. Landor.