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See Trais. Chaucer.

Traces. [Obs.] Four white bulls in the trays. Chaucer.

kgammon board , a board for playing backgammon, often made in the form of two rectangular trays hinged together, each tray containing two "tables".

; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin. Genius . . . often betrays itself into great errors. T. Watts.

One who, or that which, betrays.

The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship. -- a.

One who portrays. Chaucer.

One who betrays or abuses a trust. Prynne.

by successive or repeated acts; always; ever; constantly; uniformly. The desire of fame betrays an ambitious man into indecencies that lessen his reputation; he is still afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away in private. Addison. Chemists would be rich if they could still do in great quantities what they…

from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way. Thames among the wanton valleys strays. Denham.

One who strays; a wanderer.

to the continuous, -- these are the two frequent extremities to which the French manner betrays men. De Quincey.

p; as, to be tangled in lies. "Tangled in amorous nets." Milton. When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden ways. Crashaw.

One who violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war ag…

A woman who betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress. Dryden.

A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety. [Poetic] Pious variers from the church. Tennyson.