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Of or pertaining to a theater; theatrical. [Obs.]

Theatrical. Woods over woods in gay, theatric pride. Goldsmith.

Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures. -- The*at`ri*cal"i*ty, n. -- The*at"ric*al*ly, adv. No meretricious aid whatever has been called in -- no trick, no illusion o…

c performances; especially, those produced by amateurs. Such fashionable cant terms as `theatricals,' and `musicals,' invented by the flippant Topham, still survive among his confraternity of frivolity. I. Disraeli.

ate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. Matt. vii. 13.

evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; meance; threatening; denunciation. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. Shak.

To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn. Let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. Acts iv. 17.

One who threatens. Shak.

a. & n. from Threaten, v. -- Threat"en*ing*ly, adv. Threatening letters (Law), letters containing threats, especially those designed to extort money, or to obtain other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters.

Full of threats; having a menacing appearance. Spenser. -- Threat"ful*ly, adv.

To beat thoroughly or severely. [Obs.] Layamon.

x. You had nearly imposed upon me, but you have lost your labor. You're too zealous a toadeater, and betray yourself. Dickens.

Furnished with an entablature.

Same as Entablature.

An extensive division of arthropods comprising all those which breathe by tracheæ, as distinguished from Crustacea, which breathe by means of branchiæ.

Breathing by means of tracheæ; of or pertaining to the Tracheata.

To deviate; to stray; to wander. [Obs.] Dryden.

Capable of being passed over or traversed; passable. [Obs.]

To pass over or beyond. [Obs.]

The act of transmeating; a passing through or beyond. [Obs.]