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fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle. "In battle and in tourneyment." Chaucer. With cruel tournament the squadrons join. Milton.

Any workman engaged in work involved in putting the track in place. [U. S. & Canada] -- Track"lay`ing, n.

Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner. I shall find them tractable enough. Shak.

A company of men engaged in the same occupation; thus, booksellers and publishers speak of the customs of the trade, and are collectively designated as the trade.

One engaged in trade or commerce; one who makes a business of buying and selling or of barter; a merchant; a trafficker; as, a trader to the East Indies; a country trader.

People engaged in trade; shopkeepers.

Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade; as, a trading company.

ich serious and comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the nature both of tragedy and comedy. The noble tragi-comedy of "Measure for Measure." Macaulay.

Partaking of the nature of, or combining, tragedy, comedy, and pastoral poetry. [R.] Gay.

A writer of tragedy. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation.

To make a translation; to be engaged in translation.

of tissues from one person, and the insertion of them into another person to replace a damaged organ or tissue; as, the transplantation of a heart, kidney, or liver.

One who turns a spit; hence, a person engaged in some menial office. His lordship is his majesty's turnspit. Burke.

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

ondition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent.

Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration.

The principles, or the system, of combination among workmen engaged in the same occupation or trade.

Thoroughly stripped; pillaged. [Obs.] Shak.

Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours. Religion is the interest of all; but philosophy of those . . . at leisure, and vacant from the affairs of the world. Dr. H. More. There was not a minute of the day which he left vacant. Bp. Fell.