trams

a. [ L. atramentum ink, fr. ater black. ] Black, like ink; inky; atramental. [ Obs. ] Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. atramentaire. See Atramentaceous. ] Like ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas, green vitriol) is called atramentarious, as being used in making ink. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous spots. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Bertram. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupted fr. L. pyrethrum, Gr. &unr_; a hot spicy plant, fr. &unr_; fire. ] (Bot.) Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. castramétation, fr. L. castra camp + metari to measure off, fr. meta limit. ] (Mil.) The art or act of encamping; the making or laying out of a camp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Countermure. ] (fort.) An outer wall. [ Obs. ] Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Trammel. ] To trammel; to entangle. Bp. Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A blow with edge of a sword. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sending out; emission. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. extramundanus; extra + mundus world. ] Beyond the material world. “An extramundane being.” Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Outside of the walls, as of a fortified or walled city. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pertaining to activities, such as sports contests, that involve representatives from more than one school. [ PJC ]

a. Situated within the margin. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Astron.) Between the planet Mercury and the sun; -- as, the hypothetical Vulcan is intramercurial. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Chem. & Physics) Between molecules; situated, or acting, between the molecules of bodies. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Being or occurring within a single molecule; as, intramolecular hydrogen bonds. [ PJC ]

a. Being within the material world; -- opposed to extramundane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Being within the walls, as of a city. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Of or pertaining to those activities occurring within a single institution or organization, such as intramural sports involving students of a single school; an intramural debate within a professional society. [ PJC ]

3. (Anat. & Med.) Being within the substance of the walls of an organ; as, intramural pregnancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. A highly seasoned cut of smoked beef. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pseudo-, and Tetramerous. ] (Zool.) A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints. -- Pseu`do*te*tram"er*al a. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ Cf. LG. strammen to strain, straiten, stretch, D. stram strained, tight, G. stramm. ] To spring or recoil with violence. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dash down; to beat. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng. ] Barham. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Stramazoun. ] To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. estramaçon, It. stramazzone. ] A direct descending blow with the edge of a sword. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. stramineus, fr. stramen straw, fr. sternere, stratum, to spread out, to strew. ] 1. Strawy; consisting of straw. Robinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Chaffy; like straw; straw-colored. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL.; Cf. F. stramoine. ] (Bot.) A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Stramonium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of tartramic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Tarto- + amic. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is the primary acid amide derivative of tartaric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tarto- + amide. ] (Chem.) An acid amide derivative of tartaric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Tetramerous. ] (Zool.) A division of Coleoptera having, apparently, only four tarsal joints, one joint being rudimentary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Tetra- + Gr. &unr_; part. ] 1. (Bot.) Having the parts arranged in sets of four; as, a tetramerous flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having four joints in each of the tarsi; -- said of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. tetrametrus, Gr. &unr_;; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + &unr_; a measure: cf. F. tétramètre. ] (GR. & Latin Pros.) A verse or line consisting of four measures, that is, in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse, of eight feet; in other kinds of verse, of four feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tetra- + methylene. ] (Chem.) (a) A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C4H8, analogous to trimethylene, and regarded as the base of well-known series or derivatives. (b) Sometimes, an isomeric radical used to designate certain compounds which are really related to butylene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tetra- + Gr. morfh` form, figure: cf. Gr. &unr_; fourfold. ] (Christian Art) The union of the four attributes of the Evangelists in one figure, which is represented as winged, and standing on winged fiery wheels, the wings being covered with eyes. The representations of it are evidently suggested by the vision of Ezekiel (ch. i.) [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prov. E. tram a coal wagon, the shaft of a cart or carriage, a beam or bar; probably of Scand, origin; cf. OSw. tråm, trum, a beam, OD. drom, Prov. & OHG. tram. ] 1. A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The shaft of a cart. [ Prov. Eng. ] De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One of the rails of a tramway. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A car on a horse railroad. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Tram car, a car made to run on a tramway, especially a street railway car. --
Tram plate, a flat piece of iron laid down as a rail. --
Tram pot (Milling), the step and support for the lower end of the spindle of a millstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. trama weft, or F. trame. ] A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mech.) Same as Trammel, n., 6. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Trammed p. pr. & vb. n. Tramming. ] To convey or transport on a tramway or on a tram car. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway; to travel by tramway. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ L., woof. ] (Bot.) The loosely woven substance which lines the chambers within the gleba in certain Gasteromycetes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. (Mining) To wash, as tin ore, with a shovel in a frame fitted for the purpose. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. tramail, trémail, a net, LL. tremaculum, tremacle, a kind of net for taking fish; L. tres three + macula a mesh. See Three, and Mail armor. ] 1. A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A net for confining a woman's hair. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] disdain the trammels of any sordid contract. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mech.) (a) An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil. (b) A beam compass. See under Beam. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Trammeled r Trammelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trammeling, or Trammelling. ] 1. To entangle, as in a net; to catch. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To confine; to hamper; to shackle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Man.) Having blazes, or white marks, on the fore and hind foot of one side, as if marked by trammels; -- said of a horse. [ Written also trammelled. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also trammeller. ] 1. One who uses a trammel net. Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who, or that which, trammels or restrains. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Mach.) A circular plate or a cross, with two or more cross grooves intersecting at the center, used on the end of a shaft to transmit motion to another shaft not in line with the first. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Silk Manuf.) The act or process of forming trams. See 2d Tram. [ 1913 Webster ]