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- English Word Tremolite Definition A white variety of amphibole, or hornblende, occurring in long, bladelike crystals, and coarsely fibrous masses.
- English Word Tremolo Definition The rapid reiteration of tones without any apparent cessation, so as to produce a tremulous effect.
- English Word Tremolo Definition A certain contrivance in an organ, which causes the notes to sound with rapid pulses or beats, producing a tremulous effect; -- called also tremolant, and tremulant.
- English Word Tremor Definition A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or old.
- English Word Tremulant Definition Alt. of Tremulent
- English Word Tremulent Definition Tremulous; trembling; shaking.
- English Word Tremulous Definition Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar.
- English Word Tremulous Definition Affected with fear or timidity; trembling.
- English Word Tren Definition A fish spear.
- English Word Trenail Definition Same as Treenail.
- English Word Trench Definition To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like.
- English Word Trench Definition To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench.
- English Word Trench Definition To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it.
- English Word Trench Definition To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next; as, to trench a garden for certain crops.
- English Word Trench Definition To encroach; to intrench.
- English Word Trench Definition To have direction; to aim or tend.
- English Word Trench Definition A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land.
- English Word Trench Definition An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods, shrubbery, or the like.
- English Word Trench Definition An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches.
- English Word Trench-plough Definition To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.