Emily Dickinson Lexicon

trail (-ed), v. [OE trægelian.] (webplay: draw along, lower).

Drag; draw across the ground.

trailing, adj. [see trail, v.] (webplay: walk).

Following; drawn behind.

train (-s), n. [Fr. traîne.] (webplay: depart, instruction, note, strategem, taught).

1. Locomotive; procession of railroad cars pulled by an engine; means of transportation.
2. Series; procession; retinue.
3. Funeral procession.
4. [Fig.] great distance.
5. Tail; something drawn behind.
6. Streamer; flag; banner drawn behind.

train (-ed), v. [ME traîn-er.]

Teach; develop through discipline and practice.

trait (-s), n. [Fr. trait, draught, stroke, touch, line.]

1. Quality; characteristic; attribute.
2. Good quality; desirable characteristic.
3. Ability; capacity.
4. Heredity; right of birth.

traitor, n. [OFr traitre, traitor, betrayer.] (webplay: country).

Betrayer of trust; violator of allegiance.

tramp, n. [ME trampe-n.]

Vagrant; homeless person; wanderer.

tramp, v. [see tramp, n.]

Wander; travel; stroll.

trampled, verbal adj. [ME.]

Down-trodden; crushed under the foot of others; [fig] oppressed; persecuted (see Matthew 7:6).

trance, n. [Fr. transe, passage from life to death.]

1. Ecstasy; vision.
2. Unconsciousness; forgetting; oblivion to reality; transcendence.