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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



382 words match “TRAVE”

EXTRAVENATE a.
Let out of the veins. [Obs.] "Extravenate blood." Glanvill.
EXTRAVERSION n.
The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown out. [Obs.] Boyle.
HEAVILY-TRAVELED; HEAVILY TRAVELED n.
subject to much traffic or travel; as, the region's most heavily traveled highways. Syn. -- heavily traveled. [WordNet 1.5]
INTRAVENOUS a.
Within the veins.
INTRAVENTRICULAR a.
Within or between ventricles.
OUTTRAVEL v.
To exceed in speed o Mad. D' Arblay.
UNTRAVELED a. 2 definitions
Not traveled; not trodden by passengers; as, an untraveled forest.
ABACUS n.
The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column.
ABSQUE HOC n.
. Etym: [L., without this.] (Law) The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.
ABSURDITY n.
That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. His travels were full of absurdities. Johnson.
AMBULATORY a.
Pertaining to a walk. [R.] The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in his travels. Sir H. Wotton.
ARCHIVOLT n.
architectural member surrounding the curved opening of an arch, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a square opening.
ARMY WORM n.
A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm.
AROUND adv. 2 definitions
In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.
ARRIVE v.
To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from. "Arrived in Padua." Shak. [Æneas] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived . . . and landed in the country of Laurentum…
BACK FIRE n.
ion stroke, tending to drive the piston in a direction reverse to that in which it should travel; also, an explosion in the exhaust passages of such ah engine.
BAD LANDS n.
ersected by canons, and where lack of wood, water, and forage increases the difficulty of traversing the country, whence the name, first given by the Canadian French, Mauvaises Terres (bad lands).
BAGGAGE n.
The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage. The baronet's baggage on the roof of the coach. Thackeray. We saw our baggage following below. Johnson.
BAGGAGE MASTER n.
One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel. [U.S.]
BAGMAN n.
A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen. Thackeray.
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