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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRANGRAM

n.An odd thing intricately contrived. [It is said to be a cant word, and is not used. ] Trannel, used by Moxon, is a mistake for tree-nail, pronounced by ship-builders trunnel.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TRANGRAM

Tran "gram, n. Etym: [OE. trangrain a strange thing, trangame a toy. See Tangram. ]

 

Defn: Something intricately contrived; a contrived; a puzzle. [Cant & Obs. ] Arbuthnot.