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2. Commodities of the market. [R.]
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You 'll see a draggled damsel
From Billingsgate her fishy traffic bear. Gay.
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3. The business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried.
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Coloq. Traffic return , a periodical statement of the receipts for goods and passengers, as on a railway line. -- Coloq. Traffic taker , a computer of the returns of traffic on a railway, steamboat line, etc.
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Trafficable (?), a. Capable of being disposed of in traffic; marketable. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Trafficker (?), n. One who traffics, or carries on commerce; a trader; a merchant.
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Trafficless, a. Destitute of traffic, or trade.
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Traffic mile. (Railroad Accounting) Any unit of the total obtained by adding the passenger miles and ton miles in a railroad's transportation for a given period; -- a term and practice of restricted or erroneous usage.

Traffic mile is a term designed to furnish an excuse for the erroneous practice of adding together two things (ton miles and passenger miles) which, being of different kinds, cannot properly be added. Hadley.
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Tragacanth (?), n. [L. tragacanthum tragacanth, tragacantha the plant producing tragacanth, Gr. � � a he-goat + � a thorn: cf. F. tragacanthe.] A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth.
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Tragedian (?), n. [Cf. F. tragédien.]
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1. A writer of tragedy.
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Thence what the lofty, grave, tragedians taught. Milton.
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2. An actor or player in tragedy. Shak.
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Tragédienne (?), n. [F.] A woman who plays in tragedy.
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Tragedious (?), a. Like tragedy; tragical. [Obs.] “Tragedious history.” Fabyan.
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Tragedy (?), n.; pl. Tragedies (#). [OE. tragedie, OF. tragedie, F. tragédie, L. tragoedia, Gr. �, fr. � a tragic poet and singer, originally, a goat singer; � a goat (perhaps akin to � to gnaw, nibble, eat, and E. trout) + � to sing; from the oldest tragedies being exhibited when a goat was sacrificed, or because a goat was the prize, or because the actors were clothed in goatskins. See .]
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1. A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life.
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Tragedy is to say a certain storie,
As olde bookes maken us memorie,
Of him that stood in great prosperitee
And is yfallen out of high degree
Into misery and endeth wretchedly. Chaucer.
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All our tragedies are of kings and princes. Jer. Taylor.
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tragedy is poetry in its deepest earnest; comedy is poetry in unlimited jest. Coleridge.
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2. A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence.
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{ Tragic (?), Tragical (?), } a. [L. tragicus, Gr.�: cf. F. tragique.] 1. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.
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2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the tragic scenes of the French revolution.
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3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow.
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Why look you still so stern and tragical ? Shak.
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-- Tragically, adv. -- Tragicalness, n.
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Tragic (?), n. 1. A writer of tragedy. [Obs.]
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2. A tragedy; a tragic drama. [Obs.]
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Tragi-comedy (?), n. [Cf. F. tragicomédie, L. tragicocomoedia. See , and .] A kind of drama representing some action in which serious and comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the nature both of tragedy and comedy.
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The noble tragi-comedy of “Measure for Measure.” Macaulay.
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{ Tragi-comic (?), Tragi-comical (?), } a. [Cf. F. tragi-comique.] Of or pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of grave and comic scenes. -- Trag-comically, adv.
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Julian felt toward him that tragi-comic sensation which makes us pity the object which excites it not the less that we are somewhat inclined to laugh amid our sympathy. Sir W. Scott.
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Tragi-comi-pastoral (?), a. Partaking of the nature of, or combining, tragedy, comedy, and pastoral poetry. [R.] Gay.
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Tragopan (?), n. [NL., fr. L. tragopan a fabulous Ethiopian bird, Gr. �.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genus Ceriornis. They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually covered with white or buff ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles. The crimson tragopan, or horned pheasant (Ceriornis satyra), of India is one of the best-known species.
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Tragus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � a part of the inner ear.] (Anat.) The prominence in front of the external opening of the ear. See Illust. under .
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T rail (?). See under T.
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Trail (trāl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trailing.] [OE. trailen, OF. trailler to trail a deer, or hunt him upon a cold scent, also, to hunt or pursue him with a limehound, F. trailler to trail a fishing line; probably from a derivative of L. trahere to draw; cf. L. traha a drag, sledge, tragula a kind of drag net, a small sledge, Sp. trailla a leash, an instrument for leveling the ground, D. treilen to draw with a rope, to tow, treil a rope for drawing a boat. See , v. t.]
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1. (a) To hunt by the track; to track. (b) to follow behind. (c) To pursue. Halliwell.
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2. To draw or drag, as along the ground.
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And hung his head, and trailed his legs along. Dryden.
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They shall not trail me through their streets
Like a wild beast. Milton.
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Long behind he trails his pompous robe. Pope.
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3. (Mil.) To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.
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4. To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat. Longfellow.
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5. To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon. [Prov. Eng.]
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I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her ignorance. C. Bronte.
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Trail (?), v. i. 1. To be drawn out in length; to follow after.
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When his brother saw the red blood trail. Spenser.
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2. To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.
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Trail, n. 1. A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail.
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They traveled in the bed of the brook, leaving no dangerous trail. Cooper.
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How cheerfully on the false trail they cry! Shak.
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2. A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.
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3. Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.
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When lightning shoots in glittering trails along. Rowe.
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4. Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train. “A radiant trail of hair.” Pope.
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5. Anything drawn along, as a vehicle. [Obs.]
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6. A frame for trailing plants; a trellis. [Obs.]
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7. The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; -- applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep.
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The woodcock is a favorite with epicures, and served with its trail in, is a delicious dish. Baird.
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8. (Mil.) That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. See Illust. of Gun carriage, under .
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9. The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition. [Prov. Eng.]
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Coloq. Trail boards (Shipbuilding), the carved boards on both sides of the cutwater near the figurehead. -- Coloq. Trail net , a net that is trailed or drawn behind a boat. Wright.
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Trailer (?), n. One who, or that which, trails.
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Trailer, n. 1. a wheeled vehicle without a motor, designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle in front of it; specifically: (a) such a vehicle used on street railroads. Called also trail car. (b) the large wheeled wagon or van pulled by a tractor in a tractor-trailer combination. (c) a vehicle equipped as a mobile dwelling unit, pulled by an automobile or other mtor vehicle, and used as a dwelling when parked; -- also called a mobile home. (d) A wheeled motorless open wagon designed to carry a heavy object, such as a boat trailer.
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2. (Movies) A short blank segment of movie film attached to the end; -- used for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.
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3. (Movies) A short film consisting primarily of one or more short portions of a film, used in promotions or advertisements shortly before initial release of a film.
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4. A part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object; as, the trailer of a plant.
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Coloq. trailer park . An area equipped to accommodate trailers{2}, often with outlets supplying electrical power and water. Called also trailer camp, trailer court.
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Trailing, a. & vb. n. from .
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Coloq. Trailing arbutus . (Bot.) See under . -- Coloq. Trailing spring , a spring fixed in the axle box of the trailing wheels of a locomotive engine, and so placed as to assist in deadening any shock which may occur. Weale. -- Coloq. Trailing wheel , a hind wheel of a locomotive when it is not a driving wheel; also, one of the hind wheels of a carriage.
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Trailing edge. (Aeronautics) A following edge. See , above.
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Trail rope. (Aëronautics) Same as , above.
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Train (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Training.] [OF. trahiner, traïner,F. traîner, LL. trahinare, trainare, fr. L. trahere to draw. See .]
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1. To draw along; to trail; to drag.
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In hollow cube
Training his devilish enginery. Milton.
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2. To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure. [Obs.]
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If but a dozen French
Were there in arms, they would be as a call
To train ten thousand English to their side. Shak.
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O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note. Shak.
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This feast, I'll gage my life,
Is but a plot to train you to your ruin. Ford.
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3. To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise; to discipline; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms.
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Our trained bands, which are the trustiest and most proper strength of a free nation. Milton.
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The warrior horse here bred he's taught to train. Dryden.
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4. To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.
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5. (Hort.) To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees.
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He trained the young branches to the right hand or to the left. Jeffrey.
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6. (Mining) To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head.
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Coloq. To train a gun (Mil. & Naut.), to point it at some object either forward or else abaft the beam, that is, not directly on the side. Totten. -- Coloq. To train , or Coloq. To train up , to educate; to teach; to form by instruction or practice; to bring up.
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Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Prov. xxii. 6.
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The first Christians were, by great hardships, trained up for glory. Tillotson.
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Train, v. i. 1. To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.
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2. To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.
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Train, n. [F. train, OF. traïn, trahin; cf. (for some of the senses) F. traine. See , v.] 1. That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement. [Obs.] “Now to my charms, and to my wily trains.” Milton.
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2. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare. Halliwell.
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With cunning trains him to entrap un wares. Spenser.
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3. That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after, something; that which is in the hinder part or rear. Specifically : --
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(a) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
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(b) (Mil.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.
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(c) The tail of a bird. “The train steers their flights, and turns their bodies, like the rudder of ship.” Ray.
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4. A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a suite.
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The king's daughter with a lovely train. Addison.
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My train are men of choice and rarest parts. Shak.
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5. A consecution or succession of connected things; a series. “A train of happy sentiments.” I. Watts.
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The train of ills our love would draw behind it. Addison.
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Rivers now
Stream and perpetual draw their humid train. Milton.
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Other truths require a train of ideas placed in order. Locke.
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6. Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in a train for settlement.
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If things were once in this train, . . . our duty would take root in our nature. Swift.
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7. The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.
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8. A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like.
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9. A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad; -- called also railroad train.
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10. A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.
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11. (Rolling Mill) A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.
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12. (Mil.) The aggregation of men, animals, and vehicles which accompany an army or one of its subdivisions, and transport its baggage, ammunition, supplies, and reserve materials of all kinds.
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Coloq. Roll train , or Coloq. Train of rolls (Rolling Mill), a set of plain or grooved rolls for rolling metal into various forms by a series of consecutive operations. -- Coloq. Train mile (Railroads), a unit employed in estimating running expenses, etc., being one of the total number of miles run by all the trains of a road, or system of roads, as within a given time, or for a given expenditure; -- called also mile run. -- Coloq. Train of artillery , any number of cannon, mortars, etc., with the attendants and carriages which follow them into the field. Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.). -- Coloq. Train of mechanism , a series of moving pieces, as wheels and pinions, each of which is follower to that which drives it, and driver to that which follows it. -- Coloq. Train road , a slight railway for small cars, -- used for construction, or in mining. -- Coloq. Train tackle (Naut.), a tackle for running guns in and out.
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Syn. -- Cars. -- , . At one time “train” meaning railroad train was also referred to in the U. S. by the phrase “the cars”. In the dictionary the usage was described thus: “Train is the word universally used in England with reference to railroad traveling; as, I came in the morning train. In the United States, the phrase the cars has been extensively introduced in the room of train; as, the cars are late; I came in the cars. The English expression is obviously more appropriate, and is prevailing more and more among Americans, to the exclusion of the cars.”
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Trainable (?), a. Capable of being trained or educated; as, boys trainable to virtue. Richardson.
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Trainband (?), n.; pl. Trainbands (�). A band or company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards applied to the London militia. [Eng.]
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He felt that, without some better protection than that of the trainbands and Beefeaters, his palace and person would hardly be secure. Macaulay.
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A trainband captain eke was he
Of famous London town. Cowper.
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Trainbearer (?), n. One who holds up a train, as of a robe.
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Train dispatcher. An official who gives the orders on a railroad as to the running of trains and their right of way.
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Trainel (?), n. [OF.] A dragnet. [Obs.] Holland.
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Trainer (?), n. 1. One who trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains or prepares men, horses, etc., for exercises requiring physical agility and strength.
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2. A militiaman when called out for exercise or discipline. [U. S.] Bartlett.
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Training, n. The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education.
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Coloq. Fan training (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall radiate from the stem like a fan. -- Coloq. Horizontal training (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall spread out laterally in a horizontal direction. -- Coloq. Training college . See Normal school, under , a. -- Coloq. Training day , a day on which a military company assembles for drill or parade. [U. S.] -- Coloq. Training ship , a vessel on board of which boys are trained as sailors.
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Syn. -- See .
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Training wheels (?). a pair of small wheels attached to the rear of a bicycle to keep the bicycle upright; -- used to assist those, especially small children, learning how to ride a bicycle.
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Trainman (?). a member of the crew of a railroad train, often an assistant to a conductor.
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Train oil (oil). [D. or LG. traan train oil, blubber (cf. Dan. & Sw. tran, G. thran) + E. oil.] Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling.
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Trainy (?), a. Belonging to train oil. [Obs.] Gay.
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Traipse (?), v. i. [Cf. G. trapsen, trappsen, trappen, to tread noisily, to walk stamping. See , .] To walk or run about in a slatternly, careless, or thoughtless manner. [Colloq.] Pope.
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{ Trais (?), Trays }, n. pl. Traces. [Obs.]
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Four white bulls in the trays. Chaucer.
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Trait (?), n. [F., fr. L. tractus, fr. trahere to draw. See , v., and cf. a region, a strap, .]
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1. A stroke; a touch.
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By this single trait Homer makes an essential difference between the Iliad and Odyssey. Broome.
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2. A distinguishing or marked feature; a peculiarity; as, a trait of character.
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☞ Formerly pronounced trā, as in French, and still so pronounced to some extent in England.
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Traiteur (?), n. [F.] The keeper of an eating house, or restaurant; a restaurateur. Simmonds.
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