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A turning; a trick; a subterfuge. [Obs.] To work, or solve, a traverse (Naut.), to reduce a series of courses or distances to an equivalent single one; to calculate the resultant of a traverse. -- Traverse board (Naut.), a small board hung in the steerage, having the points of the compass marked on it, and for each po…

creepers belonging to Certhia, Climacteris, and allied genera. See Creeper, 3. -- Tree cricket (Zoöl.), a nearly white arboreal American cricket (Ecanthus nivoeus) which is noted for its loud stridulation; -- called also white cricket. -- Tree crow (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Old World crows belonging to…

Guile; trickery. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Trickery; also, a trick. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle. Sir W. Scott. And now and then an ample tear trilled down Her delicate cheek. Shak. Whispered sounds Of waters, trilling from the riven stone. Glover.

Same as Prickmadam.

A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.

To play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card; as, she trumped the first trick.

A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft. Raymond.

Having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certain dogs.

To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat. Rowe. To tumble home (Naut.), to incline inward, as the sides of a vessel, above the bends or extreme breadth; -- used esp. in the phrase tumbling home. Cf. Wall-sided.

One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.

The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly.

-- Twig rush (Bot.), any rushlike plant of the genus Cladium having hard, and sometimes prickly-edged, leaves or stalks. See Saw grass, under Saw.

between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed. A man, in questions of this kind, is able to be a skillful umpire between himself and others. Barrow.

Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc.

A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors. [R.] Sterne.

Crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; unfair practice; trickery. Milton.

A clandestine scheme; a trick. Addison.

Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal. You come, like an unfair merchant, to charge me with being in your debt. Swift. -- Un*fair"ly, adv -- Un*fair"ness, n.