Definition of trap

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Trap (n.) Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares.

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Gin :: Gin (n.) Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
Noose :: Noose (v. t.) To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue..
Scalaria :: Scalaria (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridae, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap..
Wanty :: Wanty (n.) A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of a beast; also, a leather tie; a short wagon rope..
Mantrap :: Mantrap (n.) A dangerous place, as an open hatch, into which one may fall..
Trap :: Trap (n.) A kind of movable stepladder.
Trapezia :: Trapezia (pl. ) of Trapeziu.
Caltrap :: Caltrap (n.) An instrument with four iron points, so disposed that, any three of them being on the ground, the other projects upward. They are scattered on the ground where an enemy's cavalry are to pass, to impede their progress by endangering the horses' feet..
Trap :: Trap (n.) A wagon, or other vehicle..
Trap :: Trap (n.) A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet..
Trap :: Trap (v. t.) To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes..
Tetragonal :: Tetragonal (a.) Of or pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles or sides; thus, the square, the parallelogram, the rhombus, and the trapezium are tetragonal fingers..
Strapping :: Strapped (imp. & p. p.) of Stra.
Passionist :: Passionist (n.) A member of a religious order founded in Italy in 1737, and introduced into the United States in 1852. The members of the order unite the austerities of the Trappists with the activity and zeal of the Jesuits and Lazarists. Called also Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross..
Centaurea :: Centaurea (n.) A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (C. Calcitrapa)..
Traps :: Traps (n. pl.) Small or portable articles for dress, furniture, or use; goods; luggage; things..
Saponite :: Saponite (n.) A hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap rock..
Trapanning :: Trapanning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trapa.
Chape :: Chape (n.) The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap..
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