| tram |
noun |
A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore., The shaft of a cart., One of the rails of a tramway., A car on a horse railroad., 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. |
| trap |
verb t. |
To dress with ornaments; to adorn; — said especially of horses., An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock., Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike., A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes., Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares., A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at., The game of trapball., A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids., A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet., A wagon, or other vehicle., A kind of movable stepladder., To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes., Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap., To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5., To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver. |
| tray |
verb t. |
To betray; to deceive., A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc., A flat, broad vessel on which dishes, glasses, etc., are carried; a waiter; a salver., A shallow box, generally without a top, often used within a chest, trunk, box, etc., as a removable receptacle for small or light articles. |