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t fastens, or in which it is fixed. -- Through bridge, a bridge in which the floor is supported by the lower chords of the tissues instead of the upper, so that travel is between the trusses and not over them. Cf. Deck bridge, under Deck. -- Through cold, a deep-seated cold. [Obs.] Holland. -- Through stone, a flat…

Crude native borax, formerly imported from Thibet. It was once the chief source of boric compounds. Cf. Borax.

ith an overhanging counterbalanced arm carrying a traveler and lifting crab, the whole supported by a carriage mounted on track rails. It is used esp. for setting heavy masonry blocks for piers, breakwaters, etc.

st on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported on canals .

A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.

Any one of a tribe of beetles (Trachelides) which have the head supported on a pedicel. The oil beetles and the Cantharides are examples.

o ravish with pleasure or ecstasy; as, music transports the soul. [They] laugh as if transported with some fit Of passion. Milton. We shall then be transported with a nobler . . . wonder. South.

Capable of being transported.

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance. To provide a vessel for their transportation. Sir H. Wotton.

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; transportation. [R.]

ts, draughtsmen, and the like, for drawing designs upon; -- so called because commonly supported by trestles. -- Trestle bridge. See under Bridge, n.

A stool or other thing supported by three legs; a trivet.

Any utensil or vessel, as a stool, table, altar, caldron, etc., supported on three feet.

A weaver's knife. See Trevat. Knight. Trivet table, a table supported by three legs. Dryden.

consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused. [Scot.] Jamieson. Trone stone, a weight equivalent to nineteen and a half pounds. [Scot.] -- Trone weight, a weight formerly used in Scotland, in which a pound varied from 21 to…

An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points, with the least possible strain across the length of any member. Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often contain members not needed for construction, or are bu…

polyps situated at the summit of a long, slender stem which stands upright in the mud, supported by a bulbous base.

Not supported or encouraged; not countenanced; unaided. Daniel.

Wanting friends; not befriended; not countenanced or supported. Goldsmith. If Richard indeed does come back, it must be alone, unfollowed, unfriended. Sir W. Scott.

Not supported by pleas; undefended; as, an unpleaded suit.