Attrap :: Attrap (v. t.) To entrap; to insnare.

Attrap :: Attrap (v. t.) To adorn with trapping; to array.

Betrap :: Betrap (v. t.) To draw into, or catch in, a trap; to insnare; to circumvent..

Betrap :: Betrap (v. t.) To put trappings on; to clothe; to deck.

Betrapped :: Betrapped (imp. & p. p.) of Betra.

Blackstrap :: Blackstrap (n.) A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.

Blackstrap :: Blackstrap (n.) Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean; -- so called by sailors.

Caltrap :: Caltrap (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants (Tribulus) of the order Zygophylleae, having a hard several-celled fruit, armed with stout spines, and resembling the military instrument of the same name. The species grow in warm countries, and are often very annoying to cattle..

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..

Cantrap :: Cantrap (n.) Alt. of Cantri.

Choke-strap :: Choke-strap (n.) A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place..

Claptrap :: Claptrap (n.) A contrivance for clapping in theaters.

Claptrap :: Claptrap (n.) A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.

Claptrap :: Claptrap (a.) Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal..

Contraposition :: Contraposition (n.) A placing over against; opposite position.

Contraposition :: Contraposition (n.) A so-called immediate inference which consists in denying the original subject of the contradictory predicate; e.g.: Every S is P; therefore, no Not-P is S..

Contrapuntal :: Contrapuntal (a.) Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint..

Contrapuntist :: Contrapuntist (n.) One skilled in counterpoint.

Draintrap :: Draintrap (n.) See 4th Trap, 5..

Entrap :: Entrap (v. t.) To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men..

Entrapped :: Entrapped (imp. & p. p.) of Entra.

Entrapping :: Entrapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entra.

Estrapade :: Estrapade (n.) The action of a horse, when, to get rid of his rider, he rears, plunges, and kicks furiously..

Extraparochial :: Extraparochial (a.) Beyond the limits of a parish.

Extraphysical :: Extraphysical (a.) Not subject to physical laws or methods.

Extraprofessional :: Extraprofessional (a.) Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits of professional duty or business.

Extraprovincial :: Extraprovincial (a.) Not within of pertaining to the same province or jurisdiction.

Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A trap for catching flies.

Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves..

Guttatrap :: Guttatrap (n.) The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A. incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality..

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