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erson to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade.

One who traffics, or carries on commerce; a trader; a merchant.

Destitute of traffic, or trade.

; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade. tricks of the trade mean simply specialized knowledge, in a good or neutral sense. He comes to me for counsel, and I show him a trick. South. I know a trick worth two of that. Shak.

o barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust. We will begin by supposing the international trade to be in form, what it always is in reality, an actual trucking of one commodity against another. J. S. Mill.

se, about the mouth of the Amazon. Also, their language, which is the basis of the Indian trade language of the Amazon.

limbs how turned, how broad his shoulders spread ! Pope. He was perfectly well turned for trade. Addison.

An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time.

Those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we can not rationally contradict. Coleridge.

, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc.

o the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra.

nimity; having the agreement and consent of all; agreed upon without the opposition or contradiction of any; as, a unanimous opinion; a unanimous vote. -- U*nan"i*mous*ly, adv. -- U*nan"i*mous*ness, n.

To say by way of derogation or contradiction. [Obs.] Spenser.

hen temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent.

ers; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league; as, the weavers have formed a union; trades unions have become very numerous; the United States of America are often called the Union. A. Hamilton.

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

A member or supporter of a trades union.

ten doctrines (Theol.), such doctrines as have been handed down by word of mouth; oral or traditional doctrines. -- Unwritten law. Etym: [Cf. L. lex non scripta.] That part of the law of England and of the United States which is not derived from express legislative enactment, or at least from any enactment now extant…

A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman. [Obs.]

To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend. [Obs.] Such mortal drugs I have, but Mantua's law Is death to any he that utters them. Shak. They bring it home, and utter it commonly by the name of Newfoundland fish. Abp. Abbot.