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To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired. The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travelers. De Quincey.

Having three right angles. See Triquadrantal.

An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars.

A heavy conducting wire on which the trolley car runs and from which it receives the current.

To peep; to glance obliquely; to leer. [Obs.] Which maids will twire 'tween their fingers. B. Jonson. I saw the wench that twired and twinkled at thee. Beau. & Fl.

A vagabond musician. [Obs.] You are an ass, a twire-pipe. Beau. & Fl. You looked like Twire-pipe, the taborer. Chapman.

Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.

ike, are strictly observed. A man, in questions of this kind, is able to be a skillful umpire between himself and others. Barrow.

Umpirage; arbitrament. Jewel.

To divest of attire; to undress.

To misdirect; to mislead. [Obs.] who make false fires to undirect seamen in a tempest. Fuller.

Not directed; not guided; left without direction.

Indirectly. Strype.

Destitute of an heir. To leave him utterly unheired. Chapman.

Not paired; not suited or matched. And minds unpaired had better think alone. Crabbe.

To divest of the title or privilege of an esquire. Swift.

rope, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730. The persons who turn vampires are generally wizards, witches, suicides, and persons who have come to a violent end, or have been cursed by their parents or by the church, Encyc. Brit.

An ichneumon (Herpestes galera) native of Southern Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white. Called also vondsira, and marsh ichneumon.

days each, the week being abolished. The names of the months in their order were, Vendémiaire, Brumaire, Frimaire Nivose, Pluviose, Ventose, Germinal, Floréal, Prairial, Messidor, Thermidor (sometimes called Fervidor), and Fructidor. This calendar was abolished December 31, 1805, and the ordinary one restored January 1…

A judicial writ or precept directed to the sheriff, requiring him to cause a certain number of qualified persons to appear in court at a specified time, to serve as jurors in said court.