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Webster 1913 Edition
Trap
Trap
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Trapped
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trapping
.] [Akin to OE.
trappe
trappings, and perhaps from an Old French word of the same origin as E. drab
a kind of cloth.] To dress with ornaments; to adorn; – said especially of horses.
Steeds . . . that
trapped
were in steel all glittering. Chaucer.
To deck his hearse, and
trap
his tomb-black steed. Spenser.
There she found her palfrey
In purple blazoned with armorial gold.
trapped
In purple blazoned with armorial gold.
Tennyson.
Trap
,Noun.
[Sw.
trapp
; akin to trappa
stairs, Dan. trappe
, G. treppe
, D. trap
; – so called because the rocks of this class often occur in large, tabular masses, rising above one another, like steps. See Tramp
.] (Geol.)
An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also
trap rock
. Trap tufa
, Trap tuff
a kind of fragmental rock made up of fragments and earthy materials from trap rocks.
Trap
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to trap rock;
as, a
. trap
dikeTrap
,Noun.
[OE.
trappe
, AS. treppe
; akin to OD. trappe
, OHG. trapo
; probably fr. the root of E. tramp
, as that which is trod upon: cf. F. trappe
, which is trod upon: cf. F. trappe
, which perhaps influenced the English word.] 1.
A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals;
as, a
. trap
for foxesShe would weep if that she saw a mouse
Caught in a
Caught in a
trap
. Chaucer.
2.
Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares.
Let their table be made a snare and a
trap
. Rom. xi. 9.
God and your majesty
Protect mine innocence, or I fall into
The
Protect mine innocence, or I fall into
The
trap
is laid for me! Shakespeare
3.
A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at.
4.
The game of trapball.
5.
A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids.
6.
A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.
7.
A wagon, or other vehicle.
[Colloq.]
Thackeray.
8.
A kind of movable stepladder.
Knight.
Trap stairs
, a staircase leading to a trapdoor.
– Trap tree
(Bot.)
the jack; – so called because it furnishes a kind of birdlime. See 1st
Jack
.1.
To catch in a trap or traps;
as, to
. trap
foxes2.
Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
“I trapped the foe.” Dryden.
3.
To provide with a trap;
as, to
. See 4th trap
a drain; to trap
a sewer pipeTrap
, 5. Trap
,Verb.
I.
To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game;
as, to
. trap
for beaverWebster 1828 Edition
Trap
TRAP
, n.1.
An engine that shuts suddenly or with a spring, used for taking game; as a trap for foxes. A trap is a very different thing from a snare; though the latter word may be used in a figurative sense for a trap.2.
An engine for catching men. [Not used in the U. States.]3.
An ambush; a stratagem; any device by which men or other animals may be caught unawares. Let their table be made a snare and a trap. Rom.11.
4.
A play in which a ball is driven with a stick.TRAP
,Noun.
TRAP
,Verb.
T.
1.
To ensnare; to take by stratagem. I trapp'd the foe.
2.
To adorn; to dress with ornaments. [See Trappings.] [the verb is little used.]TRAP
,Verb.
I.