Index of English words, starting with "tr"

(1) - Trammel (v. t.) To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
(2) - Trammel (v. t.) To entangle, as in a net; to catch.
(3) - Trammel (n.) A beam compass. See under Beam.
(4) - Trammel (n.) 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.
(5) - Trammel (n.) An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire.
(6) - Trammel (n.) Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle.
(7) - Trammel (n.) A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
(8) - Trammel (n.) A net for confining a woman's hair.
(9) - Trammel (n.) A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.

(1) - Trammeler (n.) One who, or that which, trammels or restrains.
(2) - Trammeler (n.) One who uses a trammel net.

(1) - Tramontane (n.) One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger.
(2) - Tramontane (a.) Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous.

(1) - Tramp (n.) A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade.
(2) - Tramp (n.) A tool for trimming hedges.
(3) - Tramp (n.) The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching.
(4) - Tramp (n.) A foot traveler; a tramper; often used in a bad sense for a vagrant or wandering vagabond.
(5) - Tramp (n.) A foot journey or excursion; as, to go on a tramp; a long tramp.
(6) - Tramp (v. i.) To travel; to wander; to stroll.
(7) - Tramp (v. i.) To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
(8) - Tramp (v. i.) To travel or wander through; as, to tramp the country.
(9) - Tramp (v. i.) To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

(1) - Tramper (n.) One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond; a tramp.