An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Chalm. Air.

TRAKIT, part. pa. Much fatigued.
V. [Traik].

TRAM, s.
1. The shaft of a cart or carriage of any kind, S.
Dunbar.

Su. G. traam, that part of a tree, which is cut into different portions.

2. A beam or bar.
Spalding.
3. In a ludicrous sense, the leg or limb; as, lang trams, long limbs, S.

TRAMALT NET, corr. from E. trammel.
Lyndsay.

TRAMORT, s. A corpse.
Dunbar.

Su. G. tra, to consume, mort, dead.

To TRAMP, v. a.
1. To tread with force, S.
Lyndsay.

Sw. trampa pa, conculcare.