TRAPEZE
\tɹəpˈiːz], \tɹəpˈiːz], \t_ɹ_ə_p_ˈiː_z]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. A trapezium;-an apparatus for performing acrobatic feats, being a short of wood suspended by ropes at each end from the roof of the circus or theatre, and at a great height from the ground ; sometimes two or more are suspended at distances of thirty or forty feet, and the acrobat swings or throws himself from one to the other;- performance on the trapeze.
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tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].