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To perform, as a tune; to play. A person is the royal retinue touched a light and lively air on the flageolet. Sir W. Scott.

One who makes a tour, or performs a journey in a circuit.

To perform in tournaments; to tilt. Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. Spenser.

A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life. Tragedy is to say a certain storie, As olde bookes maken us memorie, Of him that stood in grea…

To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; to transact business by an agent.

The doing or performing of any business; management of any affair; performance.

One who transacts, performs, or conducts any business. Derham.

Of or performance to trap; resembling trap, or partaking of its form or qualities; trappy.

read out grain with cattle or horses. -- To tread the stage, to act as a stageplayer; to perform a part in a drama.

Trembling; -- used as a direction to perform a passage with a general shaking of the whole chord.

remove a portion of the bone, and thus relieve the brain from pressure or irritation; to perform an operation with the trepan.

Of or pertaining to trigonometry; performed by the rules of trigonometry. --Trig`o*no*met"ric*al*ly, adv. Trigonometrical curve, a curve one of whose coördinates is a trigonometric function of the other. -- Trigonometrical function. See under Function. -- Trigonometrical lines, lines which are employed in solving the…

ama, or acted story, consisted in reality of three dramas, called together a trilogy, and performed consecutively in the course of one day. Coleridge.

ra, 2. -- Triple-expansion steam engine, a compound steam engine in which the same steam performs work in three cylinders successively. -- Triple measure (Mus.), a measure of tree beats of which first only is accented. -- Triple ratio (Math.), a ratio which is equal to 3. -- Triple salt (Chem.), a salt containing t…

Of or pertaining to dancing; performed by dancing. [R.] " Tripudiary augurations." Sir T. Browne.

A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.

A company or troop, especially the company pf performers in a play or an opera.

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.

to turn off the thoughts from serious subjects; to turn off a joke. (d) To accomplish; to perform, as work. (e) (Mech.) To remove, as a surface, by the process of turning; to reduce in size by turning. (f) To shut off, as a fluid, by means of a valve, stopcock, or other device; to stop the passage of; as, to turn off t…

A woman who performs the duties of a tutor; an instructress. E. Moore.