Index of English words, starting with "tr"

(1) - Treacle (n.) A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like.
(2) - Treacle (n.) Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses.
(3) - Treacle (n.) A sovereign remedy; a cure.
(4) - Treacle (n.) A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1.

(1) - Treacly (a.) Like, or composed of, treacle.

(1) - Tread (n.) Manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse has a good tread.
(2) - Tread (v. i.) To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step.
(3) - Tread (v. i.) To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males.
(4) - Tread (v. t.) To step or walk on.
(5) - Tread (v. t.) To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path.
(6) - Tread (v. t.) To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like.
(7) - Tread (v. t.) To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
(8) - Tread (v. i.) To set the foot; to step.
(9) - Tread (n.) A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread.
(10) - Tread (n.) A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere, 3.
(11) - Tread (n.) Way; track; path.
(12) - Tread (n.) The act of copulation in birds.
(13) - Tread (n.) The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed.
(14) - Tread (n.) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
(15) - Tread (n.) The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.
(16) - Tread (n.) The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear.
(17) - Tread (n.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
(18) - Tread (v. t.) To copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird.

(1) - Treader (n.) One who treads.

(1) - Treadle (n.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread.
(2) - Treadle (n.) The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.