a. (Bot.) Situated between the petiole and the stem; -- said of the pair of stipules at the base of a petiole when united by those margins next the petiole, thus seeming to form a single stipule between the petiole and the stem or branch; -- often confounded with interpetiolar, from which it differs essentially in meaning. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A female satrap. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Tetra- + petal. ] (Bot.) Containing four distinct petals, or flower leaves;
v. i. [ See Tramp, and cf. Traipse. ] To walk or run about in an idle or slatternly manner; to traipse. [ Obs. or Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Trape. ] A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman. [ Obs. or Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To go about in an idle or slatternly fashion; to trape; to traipse. [ Colloq. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Trapezium. ] Having the form of a trapezium; trapeziform. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. trapèze. ]
a. [ Trapezium + -form: cf. F. trapéziforme. ] Having the form of a trapezium; trapezoid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trapezohedron. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL., from trapezium + Gr. &unr_; seat, base, fr. &unr_; to sit. ] (Crystalloq.)
n. [ Gr. &unr_; trapezoid-shaped; &unr_; table + &unr_; shape, likeness: cf. F. trapézoïde. See Trapezium. ]
a.
a. [ Cf. F. trapézoïdal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]