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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 223 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TRAY , a fiat receptacle with a raised edge used for a variety of purposes, chiefly domestic. The tray takes many forms—oblong, circular, See also:

oval, square—and is made in a vast number of materials, from See also:papier macho to the See also:precious metals. Dukt. See also:Charles of See also:Lorraine had a See also:pen-tray of See also:rock crystal See also:standing on See also:golden feet; See also:Marie Antoinette possessed a wonderful oval tray, See also:silver gilt and enamelled, set with 144 cameos engraved with the heads of sovereigns and princes of the See also:house of See also:Austria, and their heraldic devices. The See also:tea-tray is the most See also:familiar See also:form; next to it comes the small See also:round tray, usually of silver or electroplate, chiefly used for handing letters or a See also:glass of See also:wine. When thus employed it is usually called a " waiter." The See also:English tea-trays of the latter See also:part of the 18th See also:century were usually oval in shape and sometimes had handles; See also:mahogany and See also:rosewood were the favourite materials. See also:Sheraton and See also:Shearer, among other See also:cabinet-makers of the See also:great English See also:period, are credited with trays of this type. These were succeeded in the See also:early and See also:mid-Victorian period by trays of japanned See also:iron, which possessed no See also:charm but had the virtue of durability. See also:Sheffield See also:plate snuffer-trays of satisfying simplicity were made ifs large See also:numbers, and are now much sought after. TRAZ-OS-MONTES (i.e. across the Mountains), an See also:ancient frontier See also:province in the extreme N.E. of See also:Portugal, bounded on the N. and E. by See also:Spain, S. by the See also:river See also:Douro which separates it from See also:Beira, and W. by the Gerez, Cabreira and Marko Mountains, which See also:separate it from Entre-Minho-e-Douto. Pop. (1900), 427,358; See also:area, 4,163 sq. m.

For administrative purposes Traz-os-Montes was divided in 1833 into the districts of See also:

Braganza (q.v.) and See also:Villa Real (q.v.). The See also:surface is generally mountainous, although there are tracts of level See also:land in the veigas or cultivated plains of See also:Chaves and See also:Miranda do Douro, and in the cimas or See also:plateau region of Mogadouro. The highest See also:peak is Marko (4642 ft.). The province belongs to the See also:basin of the Douro and is chiefly drained by its tributaries the Tua, Tamega and Sabor. Its inhabitants belong to the old Portuguese stock, and resemble the Spaniards of See also:Galicia in See also:physical type, See also:dialect and See also:character. The Paiz do Vinho (see See also:OPORTO) is the See also:chief wine-growing See also:district in Portugal; other products are See also:silk, See also:maize, See also:wheat, See also:rye, See also:hemp, See also:olive oil and See also:honey. There are important See also:mineral springs and See also:baths at Vidago and Pedras Salgadas. The See also:principal towns are Braganza, Chaves and Villa Real.

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