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Tracery \Tra"cer/y\, n.; pl. Traceries (Arch.) 1. Ornamental work with rambled lines. Especially: (a) The decorative head of a Gothic window. [1913 Webster] Note: Window tracery is of two sorts, plate tracery and bar tracery. Plate tracery, common in Italy, consists of a series of ornamental patterns cut through a flat plate of stone. Bar tracery is a more...
Tracery \Tra"cer/y\, n.; pl. Traceries (Arch.) 1. Ornamental work with rambled lines. Especially: (a) The decorative head of a Gothic window. [1913 Webster] Note: Window tracery is of two sorts, plate tracery and bar tracery. Plate tracery, common in Italy, consists of a series of ornamental patterns cut through a flat plate of stone. Bar tracery is a more...
Tracheal \Tra"che*al\, a. [Cf.F. tracheal.] Of or pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea. [1913 Webster] more...
Tracheid \Tra"che*id\, n. (Bot.) A wood cell with spiral or other markings and closed throughout, as in pine wood. [1913 Webster] more...
Tracheitis \Tra`che*i"tis\ (tr[=a]`k[-e]*[imac]"t[i^]s), n. [NL. See Trachea; -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe. [1913 Webster]See also: Trachea -itis more...
Trachelorrhaphy \Tra`che*lor"rha*phy\, n. [Gr. ? neck + ? to sew.] (Med.) The operation of sewing up a laceration of the neck of the uterus. [1913 Webster] more...
Trachenchyma \Tra*chen"chy*ma\, n. [NL.,fr. trachea + -enchyma as in E. parenchyma.] (Bot.) A vegetable tissue consisting of tracheae. [1913 Webster] more...