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T R A

9°2

"Or

difrute

bc:twcco t\Va panic.:s,

a mutual

and

veJuc–

Td.r y

,;! rcemrnt u\!twct'n them.

TR¡\NSCENDFN1':'tL,

TRA~'C""ANT,

fomelhing

elevólted . or raifcd

abo,oe

uther thtngs; which palfcs aDd

tl';1 orc~n(h

the nature of olher inferior lhings.

TR :\ NSCR IPT, a cop)' of any origin.1 ",riting, p"tieu.

Inrly

th.H

of an aél. or inflrumcnr,

iofC:rled

io che

body

o f aoad.: r.

TRANSfER, in COI.meree, Oe.

aa ,,,herebr a peTCon

furrcndc:rs his

¡ght,

inlereCl-.

or property in any thing

nloveílblc or

immoveable

to another.

TR.!\.NSfORMATION, in general, denotes

change of

form, ('Ir lhe a(fumin¡: a new fncm

dirr~rc:nt

from a former

O!l("

Tbe chemins ha"f'c beco for a

long

time feekiog Ihe

trtlOltrornu lÍon of

metals;

that ¡s,

tbcír

traDfmutauod,

or ,he

nlloner

of changing them into gold .

TR.\N:'f E RENCE, io Scots law. SeeLuT, Ti!. ""x. or.

TR:\i'JS fUSION, the aa of poaring a liquor out of ooe

~c{ftl

¡O[o :I:nolhtr.

TR:\ NSGRES S!ON, an olFeace ag.inll fome I.w, or a

brt'ach or

viohtion

theTeof,

TRANSILVANIA, a princip.lity bouoded by the Carpa.

thianmou'ntains, whicbdi vidc:

from Poland

tbe

nonh;

by Mold..i.

0 0

the eall; by W.lachia, .nd par< of Hun·

c"y, on Ihe fouth; and by another part of

I-Juoll.ry

the north

being about

2.0

miles long. and almoR as

TTI""y bro,d; aod Iyiog betweeo

and

degrecs

Mil

long. aod betw<ca

and 48 of aoru,

lal.

TRANSIT, io aftrocomy. figoifie, the pafi'.ge of aoy

pi••

net, jull by, o' over a 6xed aar, or tbe fun, aad of

,h~

mODOin

partict1)u,

c<wering or mo,ing over any

planet.

Ste

A STRO N OMY,

438 .

'TRANS!r!VE,

¡¡rammzr, ao epithet applied to fueh

v.. bs as figni iy an aaion whicb pafi'el from the

fubj.~

th~t

docs

it,

or u?on another

fubjea

which reccives

ita

U nder the head of "erOO rranlitivc, come wbu \Ve

ufualIy

cal! yc:rbs aflive and

pafli,n;

.otber verbs,

whore

aélion

do"s not pars

Cut

of tbcc,fe}.;"c!.

are called neu!ers.

~NSLA

nON, the ,él: of uao. ferring or removiog a

thin~

from one place to

a:1o~her ;

\Ve {ay

the rrarilhtlOD

of , biíbop', fee, • council, a feat of jullice,

Oc.

TIlANHA t" ON i. al Co u(ed

ror

ibe verfion of a boolc or

wr. ting

OUt

of one Ian&uage into another.

TRAN St-! ARINE, (cmethtng that comes from, or beloocs

f O.

the

pu u

beyond

(ea.

'Í'RANSMIGRATION. tbe removal or trana"tion oLa

whnle

pe~ple

into

anQther country,

the power of

con·

qutror.

TRANSMIG R ATION, i. l'articularly uCed for the p.f.

(2ge

a Coul out of one body ioto .nother, being the

rame

wi(h what \Ve

otherwife

cal!

metemphfychofis . See

F. T E. r-IP HS\" C HOSI

s .

'TR tlNSM UTAT ION, .be

of transCormiog or ch. a·

gi n~

one nature

into

another,

TRA ~ SMU T A TI O~,

in alchC'my.

denotes the art of chan–

ginl' CJr exalting imperfcét mctals ioto gold or (¡Iver. T h}s

is a'fo called Ihe g,and

orcration.

and, they fay, is to be

'ifi:dkd IVah

rhe philofopher', none.

T R AN SOM. amoog huilde" , deootes the piece

tlm

(r2meo acrofs

ti.

oouble hgh t

window.

TK AN SCl M . 10

a fh ip, a picc!: of

tilllbC' r

which

liC's athw:.rt

(he Ik rri. bet wcen the

l WO

(afhion-piecC'S , dirc:.tl ly unda

the' gun room pon. Scc

S UJ P· 8 U JLDI NG.

TRANSPARENCY, in phyr..., a qu.lity io certaio bo'

dics, whereby they give p.n'ge

the " y, of light; in

contraditlinllion

opacity, or that q.uliry ofbodiu which

(ndc.rs

rhem imper..ious

the rays of

Ilght.

TRANSPIRATION .he ioCeor.ble, or almofi iofeofib1.e.

pal1d~1!

of an

excrementitious

matter

through

(he porta of

the Ikin, called alCo perCpiration.

TRANSPLANTATlON, io agricullUre and gardening,

the

¡él of'removing

tr(es or

plants (rom

the places whcre

they were

(owed,

rai(ed, and planting

Ihem

other,.

TRANSPORTATlON, the.a of cooveying or ca"yiDg

a thlng

(rom

cne

place

to anothcr.

TRANSPOSITION, in grammar, • dinurbing or diOo.

caring of

Ihe words

in a

difcour(c,

cr a

changiDg

of their

natural order of conllru!l:ion.

pleafe

lhe eU

nnder.

ing

the ccnte>..."lure

more

cafr, rmooth,

and bannooioul.

TR AI'HPOS1TI O H.

mufick

See

MUSICK,

TRANSUHSTANTI ATlON, in theolo&)', the conver·

fron or ch.nge of the Cabílance of the bread aod \Oiae in

the eueh.,ifi, into the body and brood of Jefus Chrifl,

whi.h· the .Ro.,ilh churcb hold is wrouglto by .hé caDCe·

cratioD

of .he pridl,

Amo"

ofTRANSUMPT, in Scoa la",. S.. L ..

Tit.

xxx.

27.

TRANSVERSALlS, inanatomy.

See A ~ ATo,,,-,

p. r93.

TRANSVERSE, fomethiog ,hat

~oes

a"oCs .nother, from

coroer to corner : thu'S btnds'and

bart~

jo'hcraldry, are

',raoverCe piec.. or bearings: the diagonals of a parallelo·

¡ri.m or a fquilrc, are tranf.erfe liDes."

TRAPA, io bOlaoy, • genu, o( th••eu. ndri. mono,ynia

é1aCs. Tbe corolla conTifl, of rour perals; aod the

",ti,.

oT (our ftgmen"; aad the nut has (our (pin••

oppor.te

oae

aoother.

Tbue is

·bUI

ene

fpecies,

native

AG~

TRAPEZIUM, in geometry, a 'plane

~gure

CoutaiDed un.

der fonr unequat right JiDes.

TR,APEZIUS, in aaatomy. See ANATOMY, p.

193.

'fRAVE RSE, or

T~AN'VH'~,

in geoeral, denotes fome.

thing

tbat.gocs

athwart aootber; tbat ¡s,

cfalfe,

and

cpu

it obliquely.

T ..

¿VBltU,

in navigation, Ís a compoand courfe, wherein

fev eraJ differen! íucceffive courfes

;;md

diilances are knowD.

See

NAVIG

J.TI

OItI.

TRAVESTY, a F reocb term, deri••d from tRe verb

Ira·

vrjlir,

to difguife onets{elf

appear in mafquerade :

and

hence,

tra~dly

applied

the disnguring

of an

abo

thar,

the trapílating bim

iOl0

;lDd maODer dif·

(erCDt (rom his

OWD

which means

bccomcs

difficuh

know

him.

TREACLE. See TBHacA .

Sorne

:llro

Ri'1e tbe name treacJe ro mclalTes.

T REASON , in .genera l, fignifi.. betra)'ing ; but i,

010,"

pafliculJrly ured (or

lh e

¡El

crime of icfidclity

one'.

Jaw(ul

fovcreign.

See

LA\Y, Tit.

"!:xxiii.

TREASURE, in Ce....I, denotes a

aor<

or nock of money

reCcnlt'

TRE ASUR E R, a. offi cer to whom the treafure of a prince

or corporauon is committed, tO be kcpt. and duly diC.

póCed of.

T hc

lord

hi~h

trca[urcr of Grra! Britain,

fi rll com·

miffioner o( Ihe: trearury, \,.'hen in commifJi"n, h,13 undrr

)IIS

ch .H~e ~ nrl

go\'u nment al!

thr kings revenue, which

kep· in ,he e.x('hequt!r He

holds his

r1ace

during the

~inr's

pl " Curr, be

lO!

inQilutcd by the de),vtry

0(.

whire

H.ff