SALTPE'TER, 'TRE, noun [salt and Gr. stone.] A neutral salt formed by the nitric acid in combination with potash, and hence denominated nitrate of potash. It is found native in the East Indies, in Spain, in Naples and other places. It is also found on walls sheltered from rain, and it is extracted by lixiviation from the earths under cellars, stables and barns, etc.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. TRE'ACHER
2. TREACHEROUS, adjective trech'erous. [ See Treachery .] Violating allegiance of faith pledged; faithless; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust. A man may be treacherous to his country, or treacherous to his friend, by violating his engagements or his faith pledged.
Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless.
1. trech'erously. By violating allegiance or faith pledged; by betraying a trust; faithlessly; perfidiously; as, to surrender a fort to an enemy treacherously; to disclose a secret treacherously
trech'erousness. Breach of allegiance or of faith; faithlessness; perfidiousness.
trech'ery. Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence. The man who betrays his country in any manner, violates his allegiance, and is guilty of treachery This is treason. The man who violates his faith pledged to his friend, or betrays a trust in which a promise of fidelity is implied, is guilty of treachery The disclosure of a secret committed to one in confidence, is treachery This is perfidy.
Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason.
Alt. of Treachour
1. The spume of sugar in sugar refineries. treacle is obtained in refining sugar; molasses is the drainings of crude sugar. treacle however is often used for molasses.
2. A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, etc.
1. A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1.
2. A sovereign remedy; a cure.
3. Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses.
4. A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like.
1. tred. A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; as a nimble tread; cautious tread; doubtful tread
2. Way; track; path. [Little used.]
3. Compression of the male fowl.
4. Manner of stepping; as, a horse has a good tread
2. To set the foot.
3. Where'er you tread the blushing flow'rs shall rise.
4. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
5. To walk or go.
6. Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours. Deuteronomy 11:24 .
7. To walk with form or state.
8. Ye that stately tread or lowly creep.
9. To copulate, as fowls.
10. To tread or tread on, to trample; to set the foot on in contempt.
11. Thou shalt tread upon their high places. Det.33.
1. tred. To step or walk on.
2. Forbid to tread the promis'd land he saw.
3. To press under the feet.
4. To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well trodden path.
5. To walk in a formal or stately manner.
6. He thought she trod the ground with greater grace.
8. To compress, as a fowl.
9. To tread the state, to act as a stage-player; to perform a part in a drama.
10. To tread or tread out, to press out with the feet; to press out wine or wheat; as, to tread out grain with cattle or horses.
3. Way; track; path.
4. The act of copulation in birds.
5. The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed.
7. The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.
8. The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear.
1. To set the foot; to step.
2. To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step.
3. To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males.
1. To step or walk on.
2. To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path.
3. To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like.
See Tread, n., 5.
tred'er. One who treads. Isaiah 16:10 .
One who treads.
1. The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.
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And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.