Tremendous
(Tre*men"dous) a. [L. tremendus that is to be trembled at, fearful, fr. tremere to tremble.
See Tremble.] Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or
violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall.
A tremendous mischief was a foot.
Motley. Syn. — Terrible; dreadful; frightful; terrific; horrible; awful.
— Tre*men"dous*ly, adv. — Tre*men"dous*ness, n.
Tremex
(||Tre"mex) n. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A genus of large hymenopterous insects allied to the sawflies. The
female lays her eggs in holes which she bores in the trunks of trees with her large and long ovipositor,
and the larva bores in the wood. See Illust. of Horntail.
The pigeon tremex a common American species, infests the elm, pear, and other trees.
Tremolando
(||Tre*mo*lan"do) a. [It.] (Mus.) Same as Tremando.
Tremolite
(Trem"o*lite), n. [From Tremola, a valley in the Alps, where it was discovered.] (Min.) A
white variety of amphibole, or hornblende, occurring in long, bladelike crystals, and coarsely fibrous
masses.
Tremolo
(||Tre"mo*lo) n. [It. Cf. Tremulous.] (Mus.) (a) The rapid reiteration of tones without any
apparent cessation, so as to produce a tremulous effect. (b) A certain contrivance in an organ, which
causes the notes to sound with rapid pulses or beats, producing a tremulous effect; — called also tremolant,
and tremulant.
Tremor
(Tre"mor) n. [L., from tremere to tremble. See Tremble, v.] A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a
quivering or vibratory motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or old.
He fell into an universal tremor of all his joints.
Harvey. Tremulant
(Trem"u*lant Trem"u*lent) a. Tremulous; trembling; shaking. [R.] " With tremulent white rod."
Carlyle.
Tremulous
(Trem"u*lous) a. [L. tremulus, fr. tremere to tremble. See Tremble.]
1. Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous
leaf of the poplar.
2. Affected with fear or timidity; trembling.
The tender, tremulous Christian.
Dr. H. More. — Trem"u*lous*ly, adv. — Trem"u*lous*ness, n.
Tren
(Tren) n. [See Treen wooden.] A fish spear. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
Trenail
(Tre"nail`) n. (Shipbuilding) Same as Treenail.
Trench
(Trench) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trenched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Trenching.] [OF. trenchier to cut, F.
trancher; akin to Pr. trencar, trenchar, Sp. trinchar, It. trinciare; of uncertain origin.]
