Trembling poplar(Bot.), the aspen.

Tremella
(||Tre*mel"la) n. [NL., fr. L. tremere, to tremble: cf. It. tremella, F. tremelle.] (Bot.) A genus of gelatinous fungi found in moist grounds.

Trellis
(Trel"lis) n. [OE. relis, F. treillis, fr. treille vine arbor, fr. L. tricla, triclea, triclia, a bower, arbor, summer house.] A structure or frame of crossbarred work, or latticework, used for various purposes, as for screens or for supporting plants.

Trellised
(Trel"lised) a. Having a trellis or trellises.

Cottages trellised over with exotic plants.
Jeffrey.

Tremando
(||Tre*man"do) a. [It.] (Mus.) Trembling; — used as a direction to perform a passage with a general shaking of the whole chord.

Trematode
(Trem"a*tode) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Trematodea. Also used adjectively.

Trematodea
(||Trem`a*to"de*a) n. pl. [NL., from Gr. having holes, from a hole.] (Zoöl.) An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodite. Called also Trematoda, and Trematoidea. See Fluke, Tristoma, and Cercaria.

Trematoid
(Trem"a*toid) a. [From Gr. a hole + form.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Trematodea. See Illustration in Appendix.

Tremble
(Trem"ble) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trembled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Trembling ] [F. trembler, fr. L. tremulus trembling, tremulous, fr. tremere to shake, tremble; akin to Gr. Lith. trimti. Cf. Tremulous, Tremor.]

1. To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; — said of a person or an animal.

I tremble still with fear.
Shak.

Frighted Turnus trembled as he spoke.
Dryden.

2. To totter; to shake; — said of a thing.

The Mount of Sinai, whose gray top
Shall tremble.
Milton.

3. To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles.

Tremble
(Trem"ble), n. An involuntary shaking or quivering.

I am all of a tremble when I think of it.
W. Black.

Trembler
(Trem"bler) n. One who trembles.

Trembling
(Trem"bling) a. Shaking; tottering; quivering.Trem"bling*ly, adv.


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