TA Ta, v. t. (continued 14)

TRIPSIS Trip"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) (a) Trituration. [R.] (b) Shampoo. [R.]

TRIPTOTE Trip"tote, n. Etym: [L. triptotum, Gr. Tri-) + (Gram.)

Defn: A noun having three cases only.

TRIPTYCH Trip"tych, n. Etym: [Gr. Tri-) +

Defn: Anything in three parts or leaves. Specifically: — (a) A writing tablet in three parts, two of which fold over on the middle part. (b) A picture or altarpiece in three compartments.

TRIPUDIARY Tri*pu"di*a*ry, a. Etym: [L. tripudium a measured stamping, a leaping, a solemn religious dance.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to dancing; performed by dancing. [R.] " Tripudiary augurations." Sir T. Browne.

TRIPUDIATE Tri*pu"di*ate, v. i. Etym: [L. tripudiare, tripudiatum.]

Defn: To dance. [R.] Cockeram.

TRIPUDIATION Tri*pu`di*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. tripudiatio.]

Defn: The act of dancing. [R.] Bacon. Carlyle.

TRIQUADRANTAL Tri`quad*ran"tal, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + quadrantal.] (Spherical Trig.)

Defn: Having three quadrants; thus, a triquadrantal triangle is one whose three sides are quadrants, and whose three angles are consequently right angles.

TRIQUETRAL Tri*que"tral, a.

Defn: Triquetrous.

TRIQUETROUS Tri*que"trous, a. Etym: [L. triquetrus.]

Defn: Three sided, the sides being plane or concave; having three salient angles or edges; trigonal.

TRIQUETRUM Tri*que"trum, n.; pl. Triquetra. Etym: [NL.] (Anat.)

Defn: One of the bones of the carpus; the cuneiform. See Cuneiform (b).

TRIRADIATE; TRIRADIATED Tri*ra"di*ate, Tri*ra"di*a`ted, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + radiate.]

Defn: Having three rays.

TRIRECTANGULAR Tri`rec*tan"gu*lar, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + rectangular.] (Spherical Trig.)

Defn: Having three right angles. See Triquadrantal.

TRIREME Tri"reme, n. Etym: [L. triremis; tri- (see Tri-) + remus an oar, akin to E. row. See Row to propel with an oar.] (Class. Antiq.)

Defn: An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars.

TRIRHOMBOIDAL Tri`rhom*boid"al, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + rhomboidal.]

Defn: Having three rhombic faces or sides.

TRISACCHARIDE; TRISACCHARID Tri*sac"cha*ride, n. Also -rid. (Chem.)

Defn: A complex sugar, as raffinose, yielding by hydrolysis three simple sugar molecules.

TRISACRAMENTARIAN Tri*sac`ra*men*ta"ri*an, n. Etym: [Pref. tri- + sacramentarian.] (Eccl.)

Defn: One who recognizes three sacraments, and no more; — namely, baptism, the Lord's Supper, and penance. See Sacrament.

TRISAGION Tris*ag"i*on, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Eccl.)

Defn: An ancient anthem, — usually known by its Latin name tersanctus.See Tersanctus.

TRISECT Tri*sect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trisected; p. pr. & vb. n. Trisecting.] Etym: [Pref. tri- + L. sectus, p. p. of secare to cut. See Section.]

1. To cut or divide into three parts.

2. (Geom.)

Defn: To cut or divide into three equal parts.

TRISECTED Tri*sect"ed, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Divided into three parts or segments by incisions extending to the midrib or to the base; — said of leaves.

TRISECTION Tri*sec"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. trisection.]

Defn: The division of a thing into three parts, Specifically: (Geom.) the division of an angle into three equal parts.

TRISERALOUS Tri*ser"al*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + sepal.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having three sepals, or calyx leaves.

TRISERIAL; TRISERIATE Tri*se"ri*al, Tri*se"ri*ate, a Etym: [Pref. tri- + serial, seriate.] (Bot.)

Defn: Arranged in three vertical or spiral rows.

TRISKELION; TRISKELE Tris*kel"i*on, or Tris"kele, n. [Gr. three-legged. See Tri-; Isosceles.]

Defn: A figure composed of three branches, usually curved, radiating from a center, as the figure composed of three human legs, with bent knees, which has long been used as a badge or symbol of Sicily and of the Isle of Man.

TRISMUS Tris"mus, n. Etym: [NL., form Gr. (Med.)

Defn: The lockjaw.

TRISNITRATE Tris*ni"trate, n. Etym: [Gr. nitrate.] (Chem.)

Defn: A nitrate formed from three molecules of nitric acid; also, less properly, applied to certain basic nitrates; as, trisnitrate of bismuth.

TRISOCTAHEDRON Tris*oc`ta*he"dron, n. Etym: [Gr. octahedron.] (Crystallog.)

Defn: A solid of the isometric system bounded by twenty-four equal faces, three corresponding to each face of an octahedron. Tetragonal trisoctahedron, a trisoctahedron each face of which is a quadrilateral; called also trapezohedron and icositetrahedron. — Trigonal trisoctahedron, a trisoctahedron each face of which is an isosceles triangle.

TRISPAST; TRISPASTON Tri"spast, Tri*spas"ton, n. Etym: [NL. trispaston, fr. Gr. Tri-) + (Mech.)

Defn: A machine with three pulleys which act together for raising great weights. Brande & C.

TRISPERMOUS Tri*sper"mous, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Containing three seeds; three-seeded; as, a trispermous capsule.

TRISPLANCHNIC Tri*splanch"nic, a. Etym: [Tri- + splanchnic.] (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the three great splanchnic cavities, namely, that of the head, the chest, and the abdomen; — applied to the sympathetic nervous system.

TRIST Trist, v. t. & i. [imp. Triste.]

Defn: To trust. [Obs.] Chaucer.

TRIST Trist, n. Etym: [See Tryst.]

1. Trust. [Obs.]

2. A post, or station, in hunting. [Obs.] Chaucer.

3. A secret meeting, or the place of such meeting; a tryst. See Tryst. [Obs.] George Douglas caused a trist to be set between him and the cardinal and four lords; at the which trist he and the cardinal agreed finally. Letter dated Sept., 1543.

TRIST Trist, a. Etym: [F. triste, L. tristis.]

Defn: Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. [Obs.] Fairfax.

TRISTE Triste, n.

Defn: A cattle fair. [Prov. Eng.]

TRISTEARATE Tri*ste"a*rate, n.

Defn: Tristearin.

TRISTEARIN Tri*ste"a*rin, n. Etym: [Pref. tri- + stearin.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: See Stearin.

TRISTFUL Trist"ful, a.

Defn: Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. Shak. Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful, Heart so full of care and cumber. Longfellow.

TRISTFULLY Trist"ful*ly, adv.

Defn: In a tristful manner; sadly.

TRISTICHOUS Tris"tich*ous, a. Etym: [Gr. Tri-) + (Bot.)

Defn: Arranged in three vertical rows.

TRISTIGMATIC; TRISTIGMATOSE Tri`stig*mat"ic, Tri*stig"ma*tose`, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + stigma.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having, or consisting of, three stigmas. Gray.

TRISTITIATE Tris*ti"ti*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. tristitia sadness, fr. tristis sad.]

Defn: To make sad. [Obs.] Feltham.

TRISTOMA Tris"to*ma, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. Tri-) + (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging to Tristoma and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes.

TRISTY Trist"y, a.

Defn: See Trist, a. [Obs.] Ashmole.

TRISULC Tri"sulc, n. Etym: [L. trisulcus; tri- (see Tri-) + sulcus a furrow.]

Defn: Something having three forks or prongs, as a trident. [Obs.] "Jupiter's trisulc." Sir T. Browne.

TRISULCATE Tri*sul"cate, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + sulcate.]

Defn: Having three furrows, forks, or prongs; having three grooves or sulci; three-grooved.

TRISULPHIDE Tri*sul"phide, n. Etym: [Pref. tri- + sulphide.] (Chem.)

Defn: A sulphide containing three atoms of sulphur.

TRISYLLABIC; TRISYLLABICAL Tris`yl*lab"ic, Tris`yl*lab"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. trisyllabus, Gr. Tri- ) + trissyllabique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of three syllables; as, "syllable" is a trisyllabic word. — Tris`yllab"ic*al*ly, adv.

TRISYLLABLE Tri*syl"la*ble, n. Etym: [Pref. tri- + syllable.]

Defn: A word consisting of three syllables only; as, a-ven-ger.

TRITE Trite, a. Etym: [L. tritus, p. p. of terere to rub, to wear out; probably akin to E. throw. See Throw, and cf. Contrite, Detriment, Tribulation, Try.]

Defn: Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject. — Trite"ly, adv. — Trite"ness, n.

TRITERNATE Tri*ter"nate, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + ternate.] (Bot.)

Defn: Three times ternate; — applied to a leaf whose petiole separates into three branches, each of which divides into three parts which each bear three leafiets.

TRITHEISM Tri"the*ism, n. Etym: [Pref. tri- + Gr. trithéisme.]

Defn: The opinion or doctrine that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three distinct Gods.

TRITHEIST Tri"the*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. trithéiste.]

Defn: One who believes in tritheism.

TRITHEISTIC; TRITHEISTICAL Tri`the*is"tic, Tri`the*is"tic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to tritheism. Bolingbroke.

TRITHEITE Tri"the*ite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. trithéite.]

Defn: A tritheist. [Obs.] E. Phillips.

TRITHING Tri"thing, n. Etym: [See Ist Riding.]

Defn: One of three ancient divisions of a county in England; — now called riding. [Written also riding.] Blackstone.

TRITHIONATE Tri*thi"on*ate, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A salt of trithionic acid.

TRITHIONIC Tri`thi*on"ic, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + thionic.] (Chem.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to, or designating, a certain thionic acid, H2S3O6 which is obtained as a colorless, odorless liquid.

TRITICAL Trit"ic*al, a.

Defn: Trite. [Obs.] T. Warton. — Trit"ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] — Trit"ic*al*ness, n. [Obs.]

TRITICIN Trit"i*cin, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A carbohydrate isomeric with dextrin, obtained from quitch grass (Agropyrum, formerly Triticum, repens) as a white amorphous substance.

TRITICUM Trit"i*cum, n. Etym: [L., perhaps fr. tritus, p. p. of terere to grind.] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of grasses including the various species of wheat.

TRITON Tri"ton, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Gr. Myth.)

Defn: A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell. Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea, Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. Wordsworth.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Triton and allied genera, having a stout spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with prominent varices. Some of the species are among the largest of all gastropods. Called also trumpet shell, and sea trumpet.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and M. alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most common species the United States is Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander.

TRITONE Tri"tone`, n. Etym: [Gr. (Mus.)

Defn: A superfluous or augmented fourth. [R.]

TRITORIUM Tri*to"ri*um, n. Etym: [NL.]

Defn: Same as Triturium.

TRITOVUM Tri*to"vum, n.; pl. Tritova. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. ovum egg.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin previous to hatching from the egg.

TRITOZOOID Tri`to*zo"oid, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A zooid of the third generation in asexual reproduction.

TRITUBERCULAR Tri`tu*ber"cu*lar, a. (a) Having or designating teeth with three cusps or tubercles; tricuspid. (b) Pertaining to trituberculy.

TRITUBERCULY Tri`tu*ber"cu*ly, n. [Pref. tri-+ L. tuberculum tubercle.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A theory of the development of mammalian molar teeth. The primitive stage is that of simple cones, as in reptiles. The simple cone then developed a smaller cone in front and another behind. Next, a cingulum was developed, and the three cones became arranged in a triangle, the two smaller cusps having moved to the outer side in upper and to the inner in lower molars. This primitive triangle is called the trigon or trigonid and this stage the tritubercular or trigonodont. The trigon being a cutting apparatus, an extension of the posterior part of the crown was developed in lower molars for crushing, and a smaller corresponding part appeared in upper molars. Another large cone then arose, usually from the cingulum. In more complex forms, smaller intermediate cusps appeared.

TRITURABLE Trit"u*ra*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. triturable.]

Defn: Capable of being triturated. Sir T. Browne.

TRITURATE Trit"u*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Triturated; p. pr. & vb. n. Triturating.] Etym: [L. trituratus, p. p. of triturate to thrash (grain), fr. terere, tritum, to rub, rub to pieces. See Trite.]

1. To rub, grind, bruise, or thrash.

2. To rub or grind to a very fine or impalpable powder; to pulverize and comminute thoroughly.

TRITURATION Trit`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. trituration, L. trituratio a thrashing of grain.]

Defn: The act of triturating, or reducing to a fine or impalpable powder by grinding, rubbing, bruising, etc. Paley.

TRITURE Trit"ure, n. Etym: [L. tritura, from terere, tritum, to rub, rub to pieces.]

Defn: A rubbing or grinding; trituration. [Obs.] Cheyne.

TRITURIUM Tri*tu"ri*um, n. Etym: [NL.; cf. L. terere, tritum to rub.]

Defn: A vessel for separating liquids of different densities. [Written also tritorium.]

TRITYL Tri"tyl, n. Etym: [Gr. -yl.] (Chem.)

Defn: Propyl. [R.]

TRITYLENE Tri"tyl*ene, n. (Chem.)

Defn: Propylene. [R.]

TRIUMPH Tri"umph, n. Etym: [L. triumphus, OL. triumpus; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. triomphe. Cf. Trump at cards.]

1. (Rom. Antiq.)

Defn: A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.

Note: The general was allowed to enter the city crowned with a wreath of laurel, bearing a scepter in one hand, and a branch of laurel in the other, riding in a circular chariot, of a peculiar form, drawn by four horses. He was preceded by the senate and magistrates, musicians, the spoils, the captives in fetters, etc., and followed by his army on foot in marching order. The procession advanced in this manner to the Capitoline Hill, where sacrifices were offered, and victorious commander entertained with a public feast.

2. Hence, any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant. [Obs.] Our daughter, In honor of whose birth these triumphs are, Sits here, like beauty's child. Shak.

3. A state of joy or exultation for success. Great triumph and rejoicing was in heaven. Milton. Hercules from Spain Arrived in triumph, from Geryon slain. Dryden.

4. Success causing exultation; victory; conquest; as, the triumph of knowledge.

5. A trump card; also, an old game at cards. [Obs.]

TRIUMPH Tri"umph, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Triumphed; p. pr. & vb. n. Triumphing.] Etym: [L. triumphare: cf. F. triompher. See Triumph, n.]

1. To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation. How long shall the wicked triumph Ps. xciv. 3. Sorrow on thee and all the pack of you That triumph thus upon my misery! Shak.

2. To obtain victory; to be successful; to prevail. Triumphing over death, and chance, and thee, O Time. Milton. On this occasion, however, genius triumphed. Macaulay.

3. To be prosperous; to flourish. Where commerce triumphed on the favoring gales. Trumbull.

4. To play a trump card. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

TRIUMPH Tri"umph, v. t.

Defn: To obtain a victory over; to prevail over; to conquer. Also, to cause to triumph. [Obs.] Two and thirty legions that awe All nations of the triumphed word. Massinger.

TRIUMPHAL Tri*um"phal, a. Etym: [L. triumphalis: cf. F. triomphal.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to triumph; used in a triumph; indicating, or in honor of, a triumph or victory; as, a triumphal crown; a triumphal arch. Messiah his triumphal chariot turned. Milton.

TRIUMPHAL Tri*um"phal, n.

Defn: A token of victory. [Obs.] Joyless triumphals of his hoped success. Milton.

TRIUMPHANT Tri*um"phant, a. Etym: [L. triumphans, p. pr. of triumphare: cf. F. triomphant. See Triumph, v. i.]

1. Rejoicing for victory; triumphing; exultant. Successful beyond hope to lead ye forth Triumphant out of this infernal pit. Milton.

2. Celebrating victory; expressive of joy for success; as, a triumphant song or ode.

3. Graced with conquest; victorious. Athena, war's triumphant maid. Pope. So shall it be in the church triumphant. Perkins.

4. Of or pertaining to triumph; triumphal. [Obs.] Captives bound to a triumphant car. Shak. Church triumphant, the church in heaven, enjoying a state of triumph, her warfare with evil being over; — distinguished from church militant. See under Militant.

TRIUMPHANTLY Tri*um"phant*ly, adv.

Defn: In a triumphant manner.

TRIUMPHER Tri"umph*er, n.

1. (Rom. Antiq.)

Defn: One who was honored with a triumph; a victor.

2. One who triumphs or rejoices for victory.

TRIUMPHING Tri"umph*ing, a.

Defn: Having or celebrating a triumph; victorious; triumphant. — Tri"umph*ing*ly, adv.

TRIUMVIR Tri*um"vir, n.; pl. L. Triumviri, E. Triumvirs. Etym: [L., fr. res, gen. trium, three + vir a man. See Three, and Virile.] (Rom. Antiq.)

Defn: One of tree men united in public office or authority.

Note: In later times the triumvirs of Rome were three men who jointly exercised sovereign power. Julius Cæsar, Crassus, and Pompey were the first triumvirs; Octavianus (Augustus), Antony, and Lepidus were the second and last.

TRIUMVIRATE Tri*um"vi*rate, n. Etym: [L. triumviratus: cf. F. triumvirat.]

1. Government by three in coalition or association; the term of such a government.

2. A coalition or association of three in office or authority; especially, the union of three men who obtained the government of the Roman empire.

TRIUMVIRY Tri*um"vi*ry, n.

Defn: A triumvirate. [Obs.] Shak.

TRIUNE Tri"une, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + L. unus one. See One.]

Defn: Being three in one; — an epithet used to express the unity of a trinity of persons in the Godhead.

TRIUNGULUS Tri*un"gu*lus, n.; pl. Triunguli. Etym: [NL. See Tri-, and Ungulate.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The active young larva of any oil beetle. It has feet armed with three claws, and is parasitic on bees. See Illust. of Oil beetle, under Oil.

TRIUNITY Tri*u"ni*ty, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being triune; trinity. Dr. H. More.

TRIVALENCE Triv"a*lence, n. (Chem.)

Defn: The quality or state of being trivalent.

TRIVALENT Triv"a*lent, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr. See Valence.] (Chem.)

Defn: Having a valence of three; capable of being combined with, substituted for, or compared with, three atoms of hydrogen; — said of triad atoms or radicals; thus, nitrogen is trivalent in ammonia.

TRIVALVE Tri"valve, n. Etym: [Pref. tri- + valve.]

Defn: Anything having three valves, especially a shell.

TRIVALVULAR Tri*val"vu*lar, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + valvular.]

Defn: Having three valves; three-valved.

TRIVANT Triv"ant, n.

Defn: A truant. [Obs.] Burton.

TRIVERBIAL Tri*ver"bi*al, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + L. verbum a word.] (Rom. Antiq.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, certain days allowed to the pretor for hearing causes, when be might speak the three characteristic words of his office, do, dico, addico. They were called dies fasti.

TRIVET Triv"et, n. Etym: [Probably through French fr. L. tripes, -edis, three-footed; tri- (see Tri-)+ pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. trépied. See Foot, and cf. Tripod.]

1. A tree-legged stool, table, or other support; especially, a stand to hold a kettle or similar vessel near the fire; a tripod. [Written also trevet.]

2. A weaver's knife. See Trevat. Knight. Trivet table, a table supported by three legs. Dryden.

TRIVIAL Triv"i*al, a. Etym: [L. trivialis, properly, that is in, or belongs to, the crossroads or public streets; hence, that may be found everywhere, common, fr. trivium a place where three roads meet, a crossroad, the public street; tri- (see Tri-) + via a way: cf. F. trivial. See Voyage.]

1. Found anywhere; common. [Obs.]

2. Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar. As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial, and incapable of labor. De Quincey.

3. Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair. The trivial round, the common task. Keble.

4. Of or pertaining to the trivium. Trivial name (Nat. Hist.), the specific name.(Chem.) The common name, not describing the structure and from which the structure cannot be deduced; — contrasted with systematic name.

TRIVIAL Triv"i*al, n.

Defn: One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium. [Obs.] Skelton. Wood.

TRIVIALISM Triv"i*al*ism, n.

Defn: A trivial matter or method; a triviality. Carlyle.

TRIVIALITY Triv`i*al"i*ty, n.; pl. Trivialities. Etym: [Cf. F. trivialité]

1. The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness.

2. That which is trivial; a trifle. The philosophy of our times does not expend itself in furious discussions on mere scholastic trivialities. Lyon Playfair.

TRIVIALLY Triv"i*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a trivial manner.

TRIVIALNESS Triv"i*al*ness, n.

Defn: Quality or state of being trivial.

TRIVIUM Triv"i*um, n. Etym: [LL. See Trivial.]

1. The three " liberal" arts, grammar, logic, and rhetoric; — being a triple way, as it were, to eloquence.

Note: The trivium and quadrivium together made up the seven liberal arts. See Quadrivium.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively.

TRIWEEKLY Tri"week`ly, a. Etym: [Pref. tri- + weekly.]

Defn: Occurring or appearing three times a week; thriceweekly; as, a triweekly newspaper. — adv.

Defn: Three times a week. — n.

Defn: A triweekly publication.

Note: This is a convenient word, but is not legitimately formed. It should mean occurring once in three weeks, as triennial means once in three years. Cf. Biweekly.

TROAD Troad, n.

Defn: See Trode. [Obs.]

TROAT Troat, v. i. Etym: [Either onomatopoetic, or akin to throat.]

Defn: To cry, as a buck in rutting time.

TROAT Troat, n.

Defn: The cry of a buck in rutting time.

TROCAR Tro"car, n. Etym: [F. trocart (or trois-quarts, i. e., three quarters); trois three (L. tres) + carre the side of a sword blade; - - so called from its triangular point.] (Surg.)

Defn: A stylet, usually with a triangular point, used for exploring tissues or for inserting drainage tubes, as in dropsy. [Written also trochar.]

TROCHA Tro"cha, n. [Sp., bypath, crossroad.] (Mil.)

Defn: A line of fortifications, usually rough, constructed to prevent the passage of an enemy across a region. [Sp. Amer.]

TROCHAIC Tro*cha"ic, n. (Pros.)

Defn: A trochaic verse or measure. Dryden.

TROCHAIC; TROCHAICAL Tro*cha"ic, Tro*cha"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. trochaïcus, Gr. Trochee.] (Pros.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to trochees; consisting of trochees; as, trochaic measure or verse.

TROCHAL Tro"chal, a. Etym: [From Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Resembling a wheel. Trochal disk (Zoöl.), the cephalic disk of a rotifer. It is usually surrounded by a fringe of cilia.

TROCHANTER Tro*chan"ter, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.

1. (Anat.)

Defn: One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa.

TROCHANTERIC Tro`chan*ter"ic, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to one or both of the trochanters.

TROCHANTINE Tro*chan"tine, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The second joint of the leg of an insect, — often united with the coxa.

TROCHAR Tro"char, n. (Surg.)

Defn: See Trocar.

TROCHE Tro"che (tro"ke), n. Etym: [Gr. trocho`s anything round or circular, a wheel, properly, a runner, fr. tre`chein to run. Cf. Trochee.] (Pharm.)

Defn: A medicinal tablet or lozenge; strictly, one of circular form.

TROCHEE Tro"chee, n. Etym: [L. trochaeus, Gr. Troche, Truck a wheel.] (Pros.)

Defn: A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.

TROCHIL Tro"chil, n. Etym: [Cf. F. trochile. See Trochilus.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The crocodile bird. The crocodile . . . opens his chaps to let the trochil in to pick his teeth, which gives it the usual feeding. Sir T. Herbert.

TROCHILI Troch"i*li, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Trochilus.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of birds comprising the humming birds.

TROCHILIC Tro*chil"ic, a. Etym: [See Trochilics.]

Defn: OF or pertaining to rotary motion; having power to draw out or turn round. "By art trochilic." Camden.

TROCHILICS Tro*chil"ics, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: The science of rotary motion, or of wheel work. Wilkins.

TROCHILIDIST Tro*chil"i*dist, n. Etym: [See Trochilus.]

Defn: One who studies, or is versed in, the nature and habits of humming birds, or the Trochilidæ. Gould.

TROCHILOS Troch"i*los, n. Etym: [NL. See Trochilus.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The crocodile bird, or trochil.

TROCHILUS Troch"i*lus, n.; pl. Trochili. Etym: [L.trochilus a kind of small bird. Gr. to run.]

1. (Zoöl.) (a) A genus of humming birds. It Formerly included all the known species. (b) Any one of several species of wrens and kinglets. [Obs.] (c) The crocodile bird.

2. (Arch.)

Defn: An annular molding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley; — called also scotia.

TROCHING Tro"ching, n. Etym: [OF. troche cluster, group; cf. F. trochure a surantler, trochée branches of a seedling, trochet cluster of flowers or fruits.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the small branches of a stag's antler.

TROCHISCUS Tro*chis"cus, n.; pl. Trochisci. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Troche.] (Pharm.)

Defn: A kind of tablet or lozenge; a troche.

TROCHISK Tro"chisk, n. Etym: [Cf. F. trochisque.]

Defn: See Trochiscus. [Obs.] Bacon.

TROCHITE Tro"chite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Paleon.)

Defn: A wheel-like joint of the stem of a fossil crinoid.

TROCHLEA Troch"le*a, n. Etym: [L., a case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys, Gr. Trochilics.]

1. (Mach.)

Defn: A pulley. [Obs.]

2. (Anat.)

Defn: A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley; as, the trochlea, or pulleylike end, of the humerus, which articulates with the ulna; or the trochlea, or fibrous ring, in the upper part of the orbit, through which the superior oblique, or trochlear, muscle of the eye passes.

TROCHLEAR Troch"le*ar, n. Etym: [L. trochlea block or pulley.] (Anat.)

Defn: Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; as, a trochlear articular surface; the trochlear muscle of the eye. Trochlear nerve. See Pathetic nerve, under Pathetic.

TROCHLEARY Troch"le*a*ry, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; trochlear; as, the trochleary, or trochlear, nerve.

TROCHOID Tro"choid, n. Etym: [Gr. -oid; cf. F. trochoïde. See Troche.] (Geom.)

Defn: The curve described by any point in a wheel rolling on a line; a cycloid; a roulette; in general, the curve described by any point fixedly connected with a moving curve while the moving curve rolls without slipping on a second fixed curve, the curves all being in one plane. Cycloids, epicycloids, hypocycloids, cardioids, etc., are all trochoids.

TROCHOID Tro"choid, a.

1. (Anat.)

Defn: Admitting of rotation on an axis; — sometimes applied to a pivot joint like that between the atlas and axis in the vertebral column.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Top-shaped; having a flat base and conical spire; — said of certain shells.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the genus Trochus or family Trochidæ.

TROCHOIDAL Tro*choid"al, a.

1. (Geom.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to a trochoid; having the properties of a trochoid.

2. (Anat. & Zoöl.)

Defn: See Trochoid, a.

TROCHOMETER Tro*chom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter.]

Defn: A contrivance for computing the revolutions of a wheel; an odometer.

TROCHOSPHERE Troch"o*sphere, n. Etym: [Gr. sphere.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A young larval form of many annelids, mollusks, and bryozoans, in which a circle of cilia is developed around the anterior end.

TROCHUS Tro"chus, n.; pl. Trochi. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to Trochus and many allied genera of the family Trochidæ. Some of the species are called also topshells.

TROCO Tro"co, n.

Defn: An old English game; — called also lawn billiards.

TROD Trod,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Tread.

TRODDEN Trod"den,

Defn: p. p. of Tread.

TRODE Trode, archaic

Defn: imp. of Tread. On burnished hooves his war-horse trode. Tennyson.

TRODE Trode, n. Etym: [AS. trod, fr. tredan to tread. See Tread.]

Defn: Tread; footing. [Written also troad.][Obs.] Spenser.

TROGLODYTE Trog"lo*dyte, n. Etym: [L. troglodytae, pl., Gr. troglodyte.]

1. (Ethnol.)

Defn: One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes. In the troglodytes' country there is a lake, for the hurtful water it beareth called the "mad lake." Holland.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The wren.

TROGLODYTES Trog`lo*dy"tes, n. Etym: [NL. See Troglodyte.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of apes including the chimpanzee.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of singing birds including the common wrens.

TROGLODYTIC; TROGLODYTICAL Trog`lo*dyt"ic, Trog`lo*dyt"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. troglodyticus, Gr.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a troglodyte, or dweller in caves.

TROGON Tro"gon, n. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of beautiful tropical birds belonging to the family Trogonidæ. They are noted for the brilliant colors and the resplendent luster of their plumage.

Note: Some of the species have a train of long brilliant feathers lying over the tail and consisting of the upper tail coverts. Unlike other birds having two toes directed forward and two backward, they have the inner toe turned backward. A few species are found in Africa and India, but the greater number, including the most brilliant species, are found in tropical America. See Illust. of Quesal.

TROGONOID Tro"gon*oid, a. Etym: [Trogon + -oid.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Like or pertaining to the trogons.

TROGUE Trogue, n. Etym: [Cf. G. trog trough, E. trough.] (Mining)

Defn: A wooden trough, forming a drain. Raymond.

TROIC Tro"ic, a. Etym: [L. Troicus, Gr. Trojan.]

Defn: Pertaining to Troy; Trojan. Gladstone.

TROILITE Tro"i*lite, n. Etym: [Named after Dominico Troili, an Italian of the 18th century.] (Min.)

Defn: Native iron protosulphide, FeS. It is known only in meteoric irons, and is usually in imbedded nodular masses of a bronze color.

TROILUS Tro"i*lus, n.; pl. L. Troili, E. Troiluses. Etym: [NL., fr. L. Troilus, Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large, handsome American butterfly (Euphoeades, or Papilio, troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue spots on the rear wings.

TROILUS BUTTERFLY Tro"i*lus butterfly.

Defn: A large American butterfly (Papilio troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue on the rear.

TROIS POINT Trois` point". [F. trois three.] (Backgammon)

Defn: The third point from the outer edge on each player's home table.

TROJAN Tro"jan, a. Etym: [L. Trojanus, fr. Troja, Troia, Troy, from Tros, Gr. Trw`s, Trwo`s, Tros, the mythical founder of Troy.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to ancient Troy or its inhabitants. — n.

Defn: A native or inhabitant of Troy. Tim jumped like a Trojan from the bed. Finnegan's Wake (Irish song)

TROLL Troll, n. Etym: [Icel. troll. Cf. Droll, Trull.] (Scand. Myth.)

Defn: A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves, hills, and like places; a witch. Troll flower. (Bot.) Same as Globeflower (a).

TROLL Troll, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trolling.] Etym: [OE. trollen to roll, F. trôler, Of. troller to drag about, to ramble; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. G. trollen to roll, ramble, sich trollen to be gone; or perhaps for trotler, fr. F. trotter to trot (cf. Trot.). Cf. Trawl.]

1. To move circularly or volubly; to roll; to turn. To dress and troll the tongue, and roll the eye. Milton.

2. To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking. Then doth she troll to the bowl. Gammer Gurton's Needle. Troll the brown bowl. Sir W. Scott.

3. To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly or freely. Will you troll the catch Shak. His sonnets charmed the attentive crowd, By wide-mouthed mortaltrolled aloud. Hudibras.

4. To angle for with a trolling line, or with a book drawn along the surface of the water; hence, to allure.

5. To fish in; to seek to catch fish from. With patient angle trolls the finny deep. Goldsmith.

TROLL Troll, v. i.

1. To roll; to run about; to move around; as, to troll in a coach and six.

2. To move rapidly; to wag. F. Beaumont.

3. To take part in trolling a song.

4. To fish with a rod whose line runs on a reel; also, to fish by drawing the hook through the water. Their young men . . . trolled along the brooks that abounded in fish. Bancroft.

TROLL Troll, n.

1. The act of moving round; routine; repetition. Burke.

2. A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch; a round. Thence the catch and troll, while "Laughter, holding both his sides," sheds tears to song and ballad pathetic on the woes of married life. Prof. Wilson.

3. A trolley. Troll plate (Mach.), a rotative disk with spiral ribs or grooves, by which several pieces, as the jaws of a chuck, can be brought together or spread radially.

TROLLER Troll"er, n.

Defn: One who trolls.

TROLLEY; TROLLY Trol"ley, Trol"ly, n. (a) A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like. [Eng.] (b) A narrow cart that is pushed by hand or drawn by an animal. [Eng.] (c) (Mach.) A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes. (d) (Electric Railway) A truck which travels along the fixed conductors, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car. Trolley line, (a) A trolley(e). (b) The path along which a trolley(e) runs. — Trolley car, a wheeled car powered by electricity drawn from a trolley, and thus constrained to follow the trolley lines.

TROLLEY CAR Trol"ley car. (Elec.)

Defn: A motor car to which the current is conveyed by means of a trolley.

TROLLEY WIRE Trolley wire.

Defn: A heavy conducting wire on which the trolley car runs and from which it receives the current.

TROLLMYDAMES Troll"my*dames`, n. Etym: [F.trou-madame pigeon holes.]

Defn: The game of nineholes. [Written also trolmydames.] [Obs.] Shak.

TROLLOP Trol"lop, n. Etym: [From Troll to roll, to stroll; but cf. also Trull.]

Defn: A stroller; a loiterer; esp., an idle, untidy woman; a slattern; a slut; a whore.

TROLLOPEE Trol`lop*ee", n.

Defn: A kind of loose dress for women. [Obs.] Goldsmith.

TROMBONE Trom"bone, n. Etym: [It., aug. of tromba a trumpet: cf. F. trombone. See Trump a trumpet.]

1. (Mus.)

Defn: A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family of wind instruments whose scale, both diatonic and chromatic, is complete without the aid of keys or pistons, and which can slide from note to note as smoothly as the human voice or a violin. Softly blown, it has a rich and mellow sound, which becomes harsh and blatant when the tones are forced; used with discretion, its effect is often solemn and majestic.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The common European bittern.

TROMMEL Trom"mel, n. Etym: [Cf. G. trommel a drum.] (Mining)

Defn: A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores. Raymond.

TROMP Tromp, n. Etym: [F. trombe, trompe, a waterspout, a water-blowing machine. Cf. Trump a trumpet.]

Defn: A blowing apparatus, in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace. [Written also trompe, and trombe.]

TROMP; TROMPE Tromp, Trompe, n. Etym: [See Trump a trumpet.]

Defn: A trumpet; a trump. [Obs.] Chaucer.

TROMPIL Tromp"il, n. Etym: [OF. trompille, equiv. to F. trompette a trumpet.]

Defn: An aperture in a tromp.

TRON Tron, n.

Defn: See 3d Trone, 2. [Obs. or Scott.]

TRONA Tro"na, n. Etym: [Of Egyptian or North African origin.] (Chem. & Min.)

Defn: A native double salt, consisting of a combination of neutral and acid sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.2HNaCO3.2H2O, occurring as a white crystalline fibrous deposit from certain soda brine springs and lakes; — called also urao, and by the ancients nitrum.

TRONAGE Tron"age, n. Etym: [From Trone a steelyard.]

Defn: A toll or duty paid for weighing wool; also, the act of weighing wool. [Obs.] Nares.

TRONATOR Tro*na"tor, n. Etym: [LL. See Tronage.]

Defn: An officer in London whose duty was to weigh wool. [Obs.]

TRONE Trone, n.

Defn: A throne. [Obs.] Chaucer.

TRONE Trone, n. Etym: [Cf. Prov. F. trogne a belly.]

Defn: A small drain. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

TRONE; TRONES Trone, Trones, n. Etym: [LL. trona, fr. L. trutina a balance; cf. Gr.

1. A steelyard. [Prov. Eng.]

2. A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused. [Scot.] Jamieson. Trone stone, a weight equivalent to nineteen and a half pounds. [Scot.] — Trone weight, a weight formerly used in Scotland, in which a pound varied from 21 to 28 ounces avoirdupois.

TROOP Troop, n. Etym: [F. troupe, OF. trope, trupe, LL. troppus; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. þorp a hamlet, village, G. dorf a village, dial. G. dorf a meeting. Norw. torp a little farm, a crowd, E. thorp. Cf. Troupe.]

1. A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude. That which should accompany old age —As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends —I must not look to have. Shak.

2. Soldiers, collectively; an army; — now generally used in the plural. Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars. Shak. His troops moved to victory with the precision of machines. Macaulay.

3. (Mil.)

Defn: Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery.

4. A company of stageplayers; a troupe. W. Coxe.

5. (Mil.)

Defn: A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.

TROOP Troop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Trooping.]

1. To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops. "Armies . . . troop to their standard." Milton.

2. To march on; to go forward in haste. Nor do I, as an enemy to peace, Troop in the throngs of military men. Shak.

TROOPBIRD Troop"bird`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any troupial.

TROOPER Troop"er, n.

Defn: A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horse of a cavalryman.

TROOPFOWL Troop"fowl`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The American scaup duck. [Local, U. S.]

TROOPIAL Troop"i*al, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Troupial.

TROOPMEAL Troop"meal`, adv. Etym: [Troop + -meal as in piecemeal.]

Defn: By troops; in crowds. [Obs.] So, troopmeal, Troy pursued a while, laying on with swords and darts. Chapman.

TROOPSHIP Troop"ship`, n.

Defn: A vessel built or fitted for the conveyance of troops; a transport. [Eng.]

TROOSTITE Troost"ite, n. Etym: [So named after Dr. Gerard Troost, of Nashville, Tenn.] (Min.)

Defn: Willemite.

TROPAEOLIN Tro*pæ"o*lin, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A name given to any one of a series of orange-red dyestuffs produced artificially from certain complex sulphonic acid derivatives of azo and diazo hydrocarbons of the aromatic series; — so called because of the general resemblance to the shades of nasturtium (Tropæolum).

TROPE Trope, n. Etym: [L. tropus, Gr. Torture, and cf. Trophy, Tropic, Troubadour, Trover.] (Rhet.) (a) The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or expression as changed from the original signification to another, for the sake of giving life or emphasis to an idea; a figure of speech. (b) The word or expression so used. In his frequent, long, and tedious speeches, it has been said that a trope never passed his lips. Bancroft.

Note: Tropes are chiefly of four kinds: metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony. Some authors make figures the genus, of which trope is a species; others make them different things, defining trope to be a change of sense, and figure to be any ornament, except what becomes so by such change.

TROPEINE Tro*pe"ine, n. (Chem.)

Defn: Any one of a series of artificial ethereal salts derived from the alkaloidal base tropine.

TROPHI Tro"phi, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The mouth parts of an insect, collectively, including the labrum, labium, maxillæ, mandibles, and lingua, with their appendages.

TROPHIC Troph"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. Trophi.] (Physiol.)

Defn: Of or connected with nutrition; nitritional; nourishing; as, the so-called trophic nerves, which have a direct influence on nutrition.

TROPHIED Tro"phied, a.

Defn: Adorned with trophies. The trophied arches, storied halls, invade. Pope.

TROPHONIAN Tro*pho"ni*an, a. Etym: [L. Trophonianus, fr. Trophonius, Gr.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Trophonius, his architecture, or his cave and oracle.

TROPHOSOME Troph"o*some, n. Etym: [Gr. -some body.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The nutritive zooids of a hydroid, collectively, as distinguished from the gonosome, or reproductive zooids.

TROPHOSPERM Troph"o*sperm, n. Etym: [Gr. trophosperme. See Trophi.] (Bot.)

Defn: The placenta.

TROPHY Tro"phy, n.; pl. Trophies. Etym: [F. trophée (cf. It. & Sp. trofeo), L. tropaeum, trophaeum, Gr. Trope.]

1. (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.)

Defn: A sign or memorial of a victory raised on the field of battle, or, in case of a naval victory, on the nearest land. Sometimes trophies were erected in the chief city of the conquered people.

Note: A trophy consisted originally of some of the armor, weapons, etc., of the defeated enemy fixed to the trunk of a tree or to a post erected on an elevated site, with an inscription, and a dedication to a divinity. The Romans often erected their trophies in the Capitol.

2. The representation of such a memorial, as on a medal; esp. (Arch.), an ornament representing a group of arms and military weapons, offensive and defensive.

3. Anything taken from an enemy and preserved as a memorial of victory, as arms, flags, standards, etc. Around the posts hung helmets, darts, and spears, And captive chariots, axes, shields, and bars, And broken beaks of ships, the trophies of their wars. Dryden.

4. Any evidence or memorial of victory or conquest; as, every redeemed soul is a trophy of grace.

Note: Some trophies(5) are unique, temporary possession of the same object passing to the new victors of some periodic contest in subsequent occurrences. Others are objects of little inherent worth, given by the authority sponsoring the contest to the victor. A trophy is sometimes shaped like a cup, and in such cases may be called a cup, as the America's Cup (in Yacht racing). Trophy money, a duty paid formerly in England, annually, by housekeepers, toward providing harness, drums, colors, and the like, for the militia.

TROPIC Trop"ic, a. Etym: [Atropine + -ic.] (Chem.)

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline substance slightly soluble in water.

TROPIC Trop"ic, n. Etym: [F. tropique, L.tropicus of or belonging to a turn, i. e., of the sun, Gr. Trope.]

1. (Astron.)

Defn: One of the two small circles of the celestial sphere, situated on each side of the equator, at a distance of 23º 28min, and parallel to it, which the sun just reaches at its greatest declination north or south, and from which it turns again toward the equator, the northern circle being called the Tropic of Cancer, and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn, from the names of the two signs at which they touch the ecliptic.

2. (Geog.) (a) One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by the same names. (b) pl.

Defn: The region lying between these parallels of latitude, or near them on either side. The brilliant flowers of the tropics bloom from the windows of the greenhouse and the saloon. Bancroft.

TROPIC Trop"ic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical. Tropic bird (Zoöl.), any one of three species of oceanic belonging to the genus Phaëthon, found chiefly in tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two central tail feathers very long and slender. The yellow-billed tropic bird. Phaëthon flavirostris (called also boatswain), is found on the Atlantic coast of America, and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds.

TROPICAL Trop"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. L. tropicus of turning, Gr. Tropic, n.]

1. Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical climate; tropical latitudes; tropical heat; tropical diseases.

2. Etym: [From Trope.]

Defn: Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical. Jer. Taylor. The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it. South. Tropic month. See Lunar month, under Month. — Tropic year, the solar year; the period occupied by the sun in passing from one tropic or one equinox to the same again, having a mean length of 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 46.0 seconds, which is 20 minutes, 23.3 seconds shorter than the sidereal year, on account of the precession of the equinoxes.

TROPICALLY Trop"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a tropical manner; figuratively; metaphorically.

TROPIDINE Trop"i*dine, n. Etym: [See Tropine.] (Chem.)

Defn: An alkaloid, C8H13N, obtained by the chemical dehydration of tropine, as an oily liquid having a coninelike odor.

TROPILIDENE Tro*pil"i*dene, n. Etym: [See Tropine.] (Chem.)

Defn: A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the dry distillation of tropine with quicklime. It is regarded as being homologous with dipropargyl.

TROPINE Tro"pine, n. Etym: [From Atropine.] (Chem.)

Defn: A white crystalline alkaloid, C8H15NO, produced by decomposing atropine.

TROPISM Tro"pism, n. [Gr. a turning, to turn + -ism.] (Physiol.)

Defn: Modification of the direction of growth.

TROPIST Trop"ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tropiste. See Trope.]

Defn: One who deals in tropes; specifically, one who avoids the literal sense of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech.

TROPOLOGIC; TROPOLOGICAL Trop`o*log"ic, Trop`o*log"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. tropologique. See Tropology.]

Defn: Characterized by tropes; varied by tropes; tropical. Burton. — Trop`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

TROPOLOGIZE Tro*pol"o*gize, v. t.

Defn: To use in a tropological sense, as a word; to make a trope of. [R.] If . . . Minerva be tropologized into prudence. Cudworth.

TROPOLOGY Tro*pol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. tropologie.]

Defn: A rhetorical mode of speech, including tropes, or changes from the original import of the word. Sir T. Browne.

TROPPO Trop"po, adv. [It.] (Mus.)

Defn: Too much; as, allegro ma non troppo, brisk but not too much so.

TROSSERS Tros"sers, n. pl.

Defn: Trousers. [Obs.] Shak.

TROT Trot, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Trotting.] Etym: [OE. trotten, OF. troter, F. trotter; probably of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tread; cf. OHG. trott to tread. See Tread.]

1. To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n.

2. Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry. He that rises late must trot all day, and will scarcely overtake his business at night. Franklin.

TROT Trot, v. t.

Defn: To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering. To trot out, to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition. [Slang.]

TROT Trot, n. Etym: [F. See Trot, v. i.]

1. The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at the same time. "The limbs move diagonally in pairs in the trot." Stillman (The Horse in Motion).

2. Fig.: A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying.

3. One who trots; a child; a woman. An old trot with ne'er a tooth. Shak.

TROTH Troth, n. Etym: [A variant of truth. See Truth.]

1. Belief; faith; fidelity. Bid her alight And hertroth plight. Shak.

2. Truth; verity; veracity; as, by my troth. Shak. In troth, thou art able to instruct gray hairs. Addison.

3. Betrothal.

TROTHLESS Troth"less, a.

Defn: Faitless; false; treacherous. Thrall to the faithless waves and trothless sky. Fairfax.

TROTHPLIGHT Troth"plight`, v. t.

Defn: To betroth. [Obs.]

TROTHPLIGHT Troth"plight`, a.

Defn: Betrothed; espoused; affianced. [Obs.] Shak.

TROTHPLIGHT Troth"plight`, n.

Defn: The act of betrothing, or plighting faith; betrothing. [Obs.] Shak.

TROTHPLIGHTED Troth"plight`ed, a.

Defn: Having fidelity pledged.

TROTTER Trot"ter, n.

1. One that trots; especially, a horse trained to be driven in trotting matches.

2. The foot of an animal, especially that of a sheep; also, humorously, the human foot.

TROTTOIR Trot"toir, n. Etym: [F., from trotter to trot. See Trot.]

Defn: Footpath; pavement; sidewalk. Headless bodies trailed along the trottoirs. Froude.

TROUBADOUR Trou"ba*dour`, n. Etym: [F. troubadour, fr. Pr. trobador, (assumed) LL. tropator a singer, tropare to sing, fr. tropus a kind of singing, a melody, song, L. tropus a trope, a song, Gr. Trope, and cf. Trouv.]

Defn: One of a school of poets who flourished from the eleventh to the thirteenth century, principally in Provence, in the south of France, and also in the north of Italy. They invented, and especially cultivated, a kind of lyrical poetry characterized by intricacy of meter and rhyme, and usually of a romantic, amatory strain.

TROUBLABLE Trou"bla*ble, a.

Defn: Causing trouble; troublesome. [Obs.] troublable ire." Chaucer.

TROUBLE Trou"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Troubled; p. pr. & vb. n. Troubling.] Etym: [F. troubler, OF. trobler, trubler, tourbler,fr. (assumed) LL. turbulare, L. turbare to disorderly group, a little crowd; both from turba a disorder, tumult, crowd; akin to Gr. thorp; cf. Skr. tvar, tur,o hasten. Cf. Turbid.]

1. To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate. An angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water. John v. 4. God looking forth will trouble all his host. Milton.

2. To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex. Now is my soul troubled. John xii. 27. Take the boy to you; he so troubles me 'T is past enduring. Shak. Never trouble yourself about those faults which age will cure. Locke.

3. To give occasion for labor to; — used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.

Syn. — To disturb; perplex; afflict; distress; grieve; harass; annoy; tease; vex; molest.

TROUBLE Trou"ble, a.

Defn: Troubled; dark; gloomy. [Obs.] "With full trouble cheer." Chaucer.

TROUBLE Trou"ble, n. Etym: [F. trouble, OF. troble, truble. See Trouble, v. t.]

1. The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity. Lest the fiend . . . some new trouble raise. Milton. Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles. Shak.

2. That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.

3. (Mining)

Defn: A fault or interruption in a stratum. To get into trouble, to get into difficulty or danger. [Colloq.] — To take the trouble, to be at the pains; to exert one's self; to give one's self inconvenience. She never took the trouble to close them. Bryant.

Syn. — Affliction; disturbance; perplexity; annoyance; molestation; vexation; inconvenience; calamity; misfortune; adversity; embarrassment; anxiety; sorrow; misery.

TROUBLER Trou"bler, n.

Defn: One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller.

TROUBLESOME Trou"ble*some, a.

Defn: Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome. This troublesome world. Book of Common Prayer. These troublesome disguises that we wear. Milton. My mother will never be troublesome to me. Pope.

Syn. — Uneasy; vexatious; perplexing; harassing; annoying; disgusting; irksome; afflictive; burdensome; tiresome; wearisome; importunate. — Trou"ble*some*ly, adv. — Trou"ble*some*ness, n.

TROUBLOUS Trou"blous, a.

Defn: Full of trouble; causing trouble. "In doubtful time of troublous need." Byron. A tall ship tossed in troublous seas. Spenser.

TROU-DE-LOUP Trou"-de-loup", n.; pl. Trous-de-loup(Etym: [F. trou hole + de of + loup wolf.] (Mil.)

Defn: A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also trapholes.

TROUGH Trough, n. Etym: [OE. trough, trogh, AS. trog, troh; akin to D., G., & Icel. trog, Sw. tråg, Dan. trug; probably originally meaning, made of wood, and akin to E. tree. Tree, and cf. Trug.]

1. A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray; also, a wooden channel for conveying water, as to a mill wheel.

2. Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc. Trough gutter (Arch.), a rectangular or V-shaped gutter, usually hung below the eaves of a house. — Trough of the sea, the depression between two waves.

TROUGH-SHELL Trough"-shell`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any bivalve shell of the genus Mactra. See Mactra.

TROUL Troul, v. t. & i.

Defn: See Troll.

TROUNCE Trounce, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Trouncing.] Etym: [F. tronce, tronche, a stump, piece of wood. See Truncheon.]

Defn: To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate. [Colloq.]

TROUPE Troupe, n. Etym: [F., troop. See Troop.]

Defn: A company or troop, especially the company pf performers in a play or an opera.

TROUPIAL Troup"i*al, n. Etym: [F. troupiale.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of bright-colored American birds belonging to Icterus and allied genera, especially Icterus icterus, a native of the West Indies and South America. Many of the species are called orioles in America. [Written also troopial.]

TROUSE Trouse, n.

Defn: Trousers. [Obs.] Spenser.

TROUSERING Trou"ser*ing, n.

Defn: Cloth or material for making trousers.

TROUSERS Trou"sers, n. pl. Etym: [OF. trousses breeches worn by pages, from trousse, trosse, a bundle, a truss. See Truss, and cf. Trossers, Trouse.]

Defn: A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the waist to the knee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately. pants; used attrib. in the singular, as a trouser leg; see pant

TROUSSE Trousse, n. [F. See Truss; cf. Trousseau.]

Defn: A case for small implements; as, a surgeon's trousse.

TROUSSEAU Trous`seau", n. Etym: [F., fr. OF. trossel, dim. of trousse a bundle, truss. See Truss.]

Defn: The collective lighter equipments or outfit of a bride, including clothes, jewelry, and the like; especially, that which is provided for her by her family.

TROUT Trout, n. Etym: [AS. truht, L. tructa, tructus; akin to Gr.

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging to Salmo, Salvelinus, and allied genera of the family Salmonidæ. They are highly esteemed as game fishes and for the quality of their flesh. All the species breed in fresh water, but after spawning many of them descend to the sea if they have an opportunity.

Note: The most important European species are the river, or brown, trout (Salmo fario), the salmon trout, and the sewen. The most important American species are the brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) of the Northern United States and Canada; the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see Malma); the lake trout (see Namaycush); the black-spotted, mountain, or silver, trout (Salmo purpuratus); the golden, or rainbow, trout (see under Rainbow); the blueback trout (see Oquassa); and the salmon trout (see under Salmon.) The European trout has been introduced into America.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several species of marine fishes more or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but not belonging to the same family, especially the California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the southern, or spotted, squeteague; — called also salt-water trout, sea trout, shad trout, and gray trout. See Squeteague, and Rock trout under Rock. Trout perch (Zoöl.), a small fresh-water American fish (Percopsis guttatus), allied to the trout, but resembling a perch in its scales and mouth.

TROUTBIRD Trout"bird`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The American golden plover. [Local, U. S.]

TROUT-COLORED Trout"-col`ored, a.

Defn: White, with spots of black, bay, or sorrel; as, a trout-colored horse.

TROUTLET Trout"let, n.

Defn: A little trout; a troutling. Hood.

TROUTLING Trout"ling, n.

Defn: A little trout; a troutlet.

TROUVERE; TROUVEUR Trou`vère", Trou`veur", n. Etym: [F. trouveur, trouvère. See Troubadour.]

Defn: One of a school of poets who flourished in Northern France from the eleventh to the fourteenth century.

TROVER Tro"ver, n. Etym: [OF. trover, truver, to find, F. trouver; probably originally, to invent or compose (melodies), fr. (assumed) LL. tropare. See Troubadour, Trope, and cf. Contrive, Reirieve, Trouveur.] (Law) (a) The gaining possession of any goods, whether by finding or by other means. (b) An action to recover damages against one who found goods, and would not deliver them to the owner on demand; an action which lies in any case to recover the value of goods wrongfully converted by another to his own use. In this case the finding, though alleged, is an immaterial fact; the injury lies in the conversion.

TROW Trow, n.

Defn: A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing fish. Knight.

TROW Trow, v. i. & t. Etym: [OE. trowen, AS.treówan to trust, believe, fr. treów trust, treówe true, faithful. See True.]

Defn: To believe; to trust; to think or suppose. [Archaic] So that ye trow in Christ, and you baptize. Chaucer. A better priest, I trow, there nowhere none is. Chaucer. It never yet was worn, I trow. Tennyson.

Note: I trow, or trow alone, was formerly sometimes added to questions to express contemptuous or indignant surprise. What tempest, I trow, threw this whale . . . ashore Shak. What is the matter, trow Shak.

TROWEL Trow"el, n. Etym: [OE. truel, OF. truele, F. truelle, LL. truella, L. trulla, dim. of trua a ladle; probably akin to Gr. quirl a stirrer, MHG. twirel, OHG. dwiril, Icel. þvara, AS. þwiril. Cf. Twirl.]

1. A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.

2. A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc.

3. (Founding)

Defn: A tool used for smoothing a mold. Trowel bayonet. See Spade bayonet, under Spade. — Fish trowel. See Fish slice, under Fish.

TROWELED Trow"eled.

Defn: Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel; as, troweled stucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception of paint. [Written also trowelled.]

TROWELFUL Trow"el*ful, n.; pl. Trowelfuls (.

Defn: As much as a trowel will hold; enough to fill a trowel.

TROWL Trowl, n.

Defn: See Troll.

TROWSED Trowsed, a.

Defn: Wearing trousers. [Obs.]

TROWSERS Trow"sers, n. pl.

Defn: Same as Trousers.

TROY Troy, n.

Defn: Troy weight. Troy weight, the weight which gold and silver, jewels, and the like, are weighed. It was so named from Troyes, in France, where it was first adopted in Europe. The troy ounce is supposed to have been brought from Cairo during the crusades. In this weight the pound is divided into 12 ounces, the ounce into 20 pennyweights, and the pennyweight into 24 grains; hence, the troy ounce contains 480 grains, and the troy pound contains 5760 grains. The avoirdupois pound contains 7000 troy grains; so that 175 pounds troy equal 144 pounds avoirdupois, or 1 pound troy = 0.82286 of a pound avoirdupois, and 1 ounce troy = 1apothecaries' weight, used in weighing medicines, etc. In the standard weights of the United States, the troy ounce is divided decimally down to the

TROYOUNCE Troy"ounce, n.

Defn: See Troy ounce, under Troy weight, above, and under Ounce.

TRUAGE Tru"age, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. truage a tax. See True.]

1. A pledge of truth or peace made on payment of a tax. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.

2. A tax or impost; tribute. [Obs.] R. of Gloucester.

TRUANCY Tru"an*cy, n.

Defn: The act of playing truant, or the state of being truant; as, addicted to truancy.

TRUAND Tru"and (, n. & a.

Defn: See Truant. [Obs.]

TRUANT Tru"ant, n. Etym: [F. truand, OF. truant, a vagrant, beggar; of Celtic origin; cf. W. tru, truan, wretched, miserable, truan a wretch, Ir. trogha miserable, Gael. truaghan a poor, distressed, or wretched creature, truagh wretched.]

Defn: One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk. Dryden. I have a truant been to chivalry. Shak. To play truant, to stray away; to loiter; especially, to stay out of school without leave. Sir T. Browne

TRUANT Tru"ant, a.

Defn: Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy. While truant Jove, in infant pride, Played barefoot on Olympus' side. Trumbull.

TRUANT Tru"ant, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. truander.]

Defn: To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant. Shak. By this means they lost their time and truanted on the fundamental grounds of saving knowledge. Lowell.

TRUANT Tru"ant, v. t.

Defn: To idle away; to waste. [R.] I dare not be the author Of truanting the time. Ford.

TRUANTLY Tru"ant*ly, adv.

Defn: Like a truant; in idleness.

TRUANTSHIP Tru"ant*ship, n.

Defn: The conduct of a truant; neglect of employment; idleness; truancy. Ascham.

TRUB Trub, n. Etym: [Cf. Truffle.]

Defn: A truffle. [Obs.]

TRUBTALL Trub"tall`, n. Etym: [Prov. E. trub slut; cf. Sw. trubbig stumpy.]

Defn: A short, squat woman. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

TRUBU Tru*bu", n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An East India herring (Clupea toli) which is extensively caught for the sake of its roe and for its flesh.

TRUCE Truce, n. Etym: [OE. trewes, triwes, treowes, pl. of trewe a truce, properly, pledge of fidelity, truth, AS. treów fidelity, faith, troth. See True.]

1. (Mil.)

Defn: A suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders of opposing forces; a temporary cessation of hostilities, for negotiation or other purpose; an armistice.

2. Hence, intermission of action, pain, or contest; temporary cessation; short quiet. Where he may likeliest find Truce to his restless thoughts. Milton. Flag of truce (Mil.), a white flag carried or exhibited by one of the hostile parties, during the flying of which hostilities are suspended. — Truce of God, a suspension of arms promulgated by the church, which occasionally took place in the Middle Ages, putting a stop to private hostilities at or within certain periods.

TRUCEBREAKER Truce"break`er, n.

Defn: One who violates a truce, covenant, or engagement.

TRUCELESS Truce"less, a.

Defn: Without a truce; unforbearing. Two minds in one, and each a truceless guest. H. Brooke.

TRUCHMAN Truch"man, n. Etym: [Cf. F. trucheman. See Dragoman.]

Defn: An interpreter. See Dragoman. [Obs.] And after, by the tongue, Her truchman, she reports the mind's each throw. B. Jonson.

TRUCIDATION Tru`ci*da"tion, n. Etym: [L.trucidatio, fr. trucidare to slaughter.]

Defn: The act of killing. [Obs.]

TRUCK Truck, n. Etym: [L. trochus an iron hoop, Gr. Trochee, and cf. Truckle, v. i.]

1. A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage.

2. A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles. Goods were conveyed about the town almost exclusively in trucks drawn by dogs. Macaulay.

3. (Railroad Mach.)

Defn: A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; — sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels.

4. (Naut.) (a) A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through. (b) A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes.

5. A freight car. [Eng.]

6. A frame on low wheels or rollers; — used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.

TRUCK Truck, v. t.

Defn: To transport on a truck or trucks.

TRUCK Truck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trucked; p. pr. & vb. n. trucking.] Etym: [OE. trukken,F. troquer; akin to Sp. & Pg. trocar; of uncertain origin.]

Defn: To exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust. We will begin by supposing the international trade to be in form, what it always is in reality, an actual trucking of one commodity against another. J. S. Mill.

TRUCK Truck, v. i.

Defn: To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal. A master of a ship, who deceived them under color of trucking with them. Palfrey. Despotism itself is obliged to truck and huckster. Burke. To truck and higgle for a private good. Emerson.

TRUCK Truck, n. Etym: [Cf. F. troc.]

1. Exchange of commodities; barter. Hakluyt.

2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]

3. The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; — called also truck system. Garden truck, vegetables raised for market. [Colloq.] [U. S.] — Truck farming, raising vegetables for market: market gardening. [Colloq. U. S.]

TRUCKAGE Truck"age, n.

Defn: The practice of bartering goods; exchange; barter; truck. The truckage of perishing coin. Milton.

TRUCKAGE Truck"age, n.

Defn: Money paid for the conveyance of goods on a truck; freight.

TRUCKER Truck"er, n.

Defn: One who trucks; a trafficker. No man having ever yet driven a saving bargain with this great trucker for souls. South.

TRUCKING Truck"ing, n.

Defn: The business of conveying goods on trucks.

TRUCKLE Truc"kle, n. Etym: [Dim. of truck a wheel; or from the kindred L. trochlea a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys. See Truck a wheel.]

Defn: A small wheel or caster. Hudibras.

TRUCKLE Truc"kle, v. i. Etym: [From truckle in truckle-bed, in allusion to the fact that the truckle-bed on which the pupil slept was rolled under the large bed of the master.]

Defn: To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep. "Small, trucking states." Burke. Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey. Norris.

TRUCKLE Truc"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Truckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Truckling.]

Defn: To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.

TRUCKLE-BED Truc"kle-bed`, n.

Defn: A low bed on wheels, that may be pushed under another bed; a trundle-bed. "His standing bed and truckle-bed." Shak.

TRUCKLER Truc"kler, n.

Defn: One who truckles, or yields servilely to the will of another.

TRUCKMAN Truck"man, n.; pl. Truckmen.

1. Etym: [From Truck barter.]

Defn: One who does business in the way of barter or exchange.

2. Etym: [From Truck a carriage.]

Defn: One who drives a truck, or whose business is the conveyance of goods on trucks.

TRUCULENCE; TRUCULENCY Tru"cu*lence, Tru"cu*len*cy, n. Etym: [L.truculentia.]

Defn: The quality or state of being truculent; savageness of manners; ferociousness.

TRUCULENT Tru"cu*lent, a. Etym: [L.truculentus, fr. trux, gen. trucis, wild, fierce: cf. F. truculent.]

1. Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia. Ray.

2. Cruel; destructive; ruthless. More or less truculent plagues. Harvey.

TRUCULENTLY Tru"cu*lent*ly, adv.

Defn: In a truculent manner.

TRUDGE Trudge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Trudging.] Etym: [Perhaps of Scand. origin, and originally meaning, to walk on snowshoes; cf. dial. Sw. truga, trudja, a snowshoe, Norw. truga, Icel. þruga.]

Defn: To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily. And trudged to Rome upon my naked feet. Dryden.

TRUDGEMAN Trudge"man, n.

Defn: A truchman. [Obs.]

TRUDGEN STROKE Trudg"en stroke. (Swimming)

Defn: A racing stroke in which a double over-arm motion is used; — so called from its use by an amateur named Trudgen, but often erroneously written trudgeon.

TRUE True, a. [Compar. Truer; superl. Truest.] Etym: [OE. trewe, AS. treówe faithful, true, from treów fidelity, faith, troth; akin to OFries. triuwe, adj., treuwa, n., OS. triuwi, adj., trewa, n., D.trouw, adj. & n., G. treu, adj., treue, n., OHG. gitriuwi, adj., triuwa, n., Icel. tryggr, adj., Dan. tro, adj. & n., Sw. trogen, adj., tro, n., Goth. triggws, adj., triggwa, n., trauan to trust, OPruss druwis faith. Cf. Trow, Trust, Truth.]

1. Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts.

2. Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original. Making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time. Sir W. Scott.

3. Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince, or the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false, fickle, or perfidious; as, a true friend; a wife true to her husband; an officer true to his charge. Thy so true, So faithful, love unequaled. Milton. Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie. Herbert.

4. Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian. The true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. John i. 9. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. Pope.

Note: True is sometimes used elliptically for It is true. Out of true, varying from correct mechanical form, alignment, adjustment, etc.; — said of a wall that is not perpendicular, of a wheel whose circumference is not in the same plane, and the like. [Colloq.] — A true bill (Law), a bill of indictment which is returned by the grand jury so indorsed, signifying that the charges to be true. — True time. See under Time.

TRUE True, adv.

Defn: In accordance with truth; truly. Shak.

TRUE-BLUE True"-blue`, a.

Defn: Of inflexible honesty and fidelity; — a term derived from the true, or Coventry, blue, formerly celebrated for its unchanging color. See True blue, under Blue.

TRUE-BLUE True"-blue`, n.

Defn: A person of inflexible integrity or fidelity.

TRUE-BORN True"-born`, a.

Defn: Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, a true-born Englishman.

TRUE-BRED True"-bred`, a.

1. Of a genuine or right breed; as, a true-bred beast. Shak.

2. Being of real breeding or education; as, a true-bred gentleman.

TRUE-HEARTED True"-heart`ed, a.

Defn: Of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless or deceitful; as, a truhearted friend. — True"-heart`ed*ness, n.

TRUELOVE True"love`, n.

1. One really beloved.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: A plant. See Paris.

3. An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath. T. R. Lounsbury. Under his tongue a truelove he bore. Chaucer. Truelove knot, a complicated, involved knot that does not readily untie; the emblem of interwoven affection or engagement; — called also true-lover's knot.

TRUENESS True"ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being true; reality; genuineness; faithfulness; sincerity; exactness; truth.

TRUE-PENNY True"-pen`ny, n.

Defn: An honest fellow. Shak. Bacon.

TRUFFLE Truf"fle, n. Etym: [OF. trufle, F. truffe; akin to Sp. trufa, tartufo; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L. tuber a tumor, knob, truffle. Cf. Tuber, Trifle.]

Defn: Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish color. The French truffle (Tuber melanosporum) and the English truffle (T. æstivum) are much esteemed as articles of food. Truffle worm (Zoöl.), the larva of a fly of the genus Leiodes, injurious to truffles. Truffle pig, a pig used for finding truffles.

Note: When trained, certain pigs have a peculiar ability to smell truffles which lie underground, making them useful for searching out hidden truffles.

TRUFFLED Truf"fled, a.

Defn: Provided or cooked with truffles; stuffed with truffles; as, a truffled turkey.

TRUG Trug, n. Etym: [Cf. Trough.]

1. A trough, or tray. Specifically: (a) A hod for mortar. (b) An old measure of wheat equal to two thirds of a bushel. Bailey.

2. A concubine; a harlot. [Obs.] Taylor (1630).

TRUGGING-HOUSE Trug"ging-house`, n. Etym: [See Trug, n., 2.]

Defn: A brothel. [Obs.] Robert Greene.

TRUISM Tru"ism, n. Etym: [From True.]

Defn: An undoubted or self-evident truth; a statement which is pliantly true; a proposition needing no proof or argument; — opposed to falsism. Trifling truisms clothed in great, swelling words. J. P. Smith.

TRUISMATIC Tru`is*mat"ic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to truisms; consisting of truisms. [R.]

TRUITE Trui`té", a. [F., fr. truite trout.]

Defn: Having a delicately crackled surface; —applied to porcelian, etc.

TRULL Trull, n. Etym: [G. trolle, trulle; cf. OD. drol a jester, Dan. trold an elf, imp, Sw. troll a goblin, Icel. troll, tröll, a giant, fiend, demon. Cf. Droll, Troll.]

1. A drab; a strumpet; a harlot; a trollop. Shak.

2. A girl; a wench; a lass. [Obs.]

TRULLIZATION Trul`li*za"tion, n. Etym: [L. trullissatio, from trullissare to trowel, to plaster, fr. trulla a trowel.]

Defn: The act of laying on coats of plaster with a trowel.

TRULY Tru"ly, adv. Etym: [From True.]

1. In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly represented. I can not truly say how I came here. Shak.

2. Exactly; justly; precisely; accurately; as, to estimate truly the weight of evidence.

3. Sincerely; honestly; really; faithfully; as, to be truly attached to a lover; the citizens are truly loyal to their prince or their country. Burke.

4. Conformably to law; legally; legitimately. His innocent babe [is] truly begotten. Shak.

5. In fact; in deed; in reality; in truth. Beauty is excelled by manly grace And wisdom, which alone is truly fair. Milton.

TRUMP Trump, n. Etym: [OE. trumpe, trompe, F. trompe; probably fr. L. triumphare to triumph, to exult, hence, probably, to make a joyous sound or noise. See Triumph, v. i. & n., and cf. Trombone, Tromp, Trump at cards, Trumpery, Trumpet, Trunk a proboscis.]

Defn: A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; - - used chiefly in Scripture and poetry. We shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump. 1 Cor. xv. 51, 52. The wakeful trump of doom. Milton.

TRUMP Trump, v. i. Etym: [Cf. OF. tromper. See Trump a trumpet.]

Defn: To blow a trumpet. [Obs.] Wyclif (Matt. vi. 2).

TRUMP Trump, n. Etym: [A corruption of triumph, F. triomphe. See Triumph, and cf. Trump a trumpet.]

1. A winning card; one of a particular suit (usually determined by chance for each deal) any card of which takes any card of the other suits.

2. An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; — called also ruff. Decker.

3. A good fellow; an excellent person. [Slang] Alfred is a trump, I think you say. Thackeray. To put to one's trumps, or To put on one's trumps, to force to the last expedient, or to the utmost exertion. But when kings come so low as to fawn upon philosophy, which before they neither valued nor understood, it is a sign that fails not, they are then put to their last trump. Milton. Put the housekeeper to her trumps to accommodate them. W. Irving.

TRUMP Trump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Trumping.]

Defn: To play a trump card when one of another suit has been led.

TRUMP Trump, v. t.

Defn: To play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card; as, she trumped the first trick.

TRUMP Trump, v. t. Etym: [F. tromper to deceive, in OF., to blow a trumpet, se tromper de to mock. See Trump a trumpet.]

1. To trick, or impose on; to deceive. [Obs.] "To trick or trump mankind." B. Jonson.

2. To impose unfairly; to palm off. Authors have been trumped upon us. C. Leslie. To trump up, to devise; to collect with unfairness; to fabricate; as, to trump up a charge.

TRUMPERY Trump"er*y, n. Etym: [F. tromperie deceit, fr. tromper to deceive. See Trump to trick.]

1. Deceit; fraud. [Obs.] Grenewey.

2. Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish. The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither, for state to catch these thieves. Shak. Upon the coming of Christ, very much, though not all, of this idolatrous trumpery and superstition was driven out of the world. South.

TRUMPERY Trump"er*y, a.

Defn: Worthless or deceptive in character. "A trumpery little ring." Thackeray.

TRUMPET Trump"et, n. Etym: [F. trompette, dim. of trompe. See Trump a trumpet.]

1. (Mus.)

Defn: A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone. The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms. Dryden.

2. (Mil.)

Defn: A trumpeter. Clarendon.

3. One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it. Shak. That great politician was pleased to have the greatest wit of those times . . . to be the trumpet of his praises. Dryden.

4. (Mach)

Defn: A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine. Ear trumpet. See under Ear. — Sea trumpet (Bot.), a great seaweed (Ecklonia buccinalis) of the Southern Ocean. It has a long, hollow stem, enlarging upwards, which may be made into a kind of trumpet, and is used for many purposes. — Speaking trumpet, an instrument for conveying articulate sounds with increased force. — Trumpet animalcule (Zoöl.), any infusorian belonging to Stentor and allied genera, in which the body is trumpet-shaped. See Stentor. — Trumpet ash (Bot.), the trumpet creeper. [Eng.] — Trumpet conch (Zoöl.), a trumpet shell, or triton. — Trumpet creeper (Bot.), an American climbing plant (Tecoma radicans) bearing clusters of large red trumpet-shaped flowers; — called also trumpet flower, and in England trumpet ash. — Trumpet fish. (Zoöl.) (a) The bellows fish. (b) The fistularia. — Trumpet flower. (Bot.) (a) The trumpet creeper; also, its blossom. (b) The trumpet honeysuckle. (c) A West Indian name for several plants with trumpet-shaped flowers. — Trumpet fly (Zoöl.), a botfly. — Trumpet honeysuckle (Bot.), a twining plant (Lonicera sempervirens) with red and yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; — called also trumpet flower. — Trumpet leaf (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus Sarracenia. — Trumpet major (Mil.), the chief trumpeter of a band or regiment. — Trumpet marine (Mus.), a monochord, having a thick string, sounded with a bow, and stopped with the thumb so as to produce the harmonic tones; — said to be the oldest bowed instrument known, and in form the archetype of all others. It probably owes its name to "its external resemblance to the large speaking trumpet used on board Italian vessels, which is of the same length and tapering shape." Grove. — Trumpet shell (Zoöl.), any species of large marine univalve shells belonging to Triton and allied genera. See Triton, 2. — Trumpet tree. (Bot.) See Trumpetwood.

TRUMPET Trump"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trumpeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Trumpeting.] Etym: [Cf. F. trompeter.]

Defn: To publish by, or as by, sound of trumpet; to noise abroad; to proclaim; as, to trumpet good tidings. They did nothing but publish and trumpet all the reproaches they could devise against the Irish. Bacon.

TRUMPET Trump"et, v. i.

Defn: To sound loudly, or with a tone like a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry.

TRUMPETER Trump"et*er, n.

1. One who sounds a trumpet.

2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces. These men are good trumpeters. Bacon.

3. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of long-legged South American birds of the genus Psophia, especially P. crepitans, which is abundant, and often domesticated and kept with other poultry by the natives. They are allied to the cranes. So called from their loud cry. Called also agami, and yakamik. (b) A variety of the domestic pigeon. (c) An American swan (Olor buccinator) which has a very loud note.

4. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large edible fish (Latris hecateia) of the family Cirrhitidæ, native of Tasmania and New Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish.

TRUMPETING Trump"et*ing, n. (Mining)

Defn: A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft. Raymond.

TRUMPETS Trump"ets, n. pl. (Bot.)

Defn: A plant (Sarracenia flava) with long, hollow leaves.

TRUMPET-SHAPED Trump"et-shaped`, a.

Defn: Tubular with one end dilated, as the flower of the trumpet creeper.

TRUMPET-TONGUED Trump"et-tongued`, a.

Defn: Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech.

TRUMPETWEED Trump"et*weed`, n. (Bot.) (a) An herbaceous composite plant (Eupatorium purpureum), often having hollow stems, and bearing purplish flowers in small corymbed heads. (b) The sea trumpet.

TRUMPETWOOD Trump"et*wood`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A tropical American tree (Cecropia peltata) of the Breadfruit family, having hollow stems, which are used for wind instruments; — called also snakewood, and trumpet tree.

TRUMPIE Trum"pie, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The Richardson's skua (Stercorarius parasiticus).

TRUMPLIKE Trump"like`, a.

Defn: Resembling a trumpet, esp. in sound; as, a trumplike voice. Chapman.

TRUNCAL Trun"cal, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the trunk, or body.

TRUNCATE Trun"cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Truncated; p. pr. & vb. n. Truncating.] Etym: [L. truncatus, p. p. of truncare to cut off, mutilate, fr. truncus maimed, mutilated, cut short. See Trunk.]

Defn: To cut off; to lop; to maim.

TRUNCATE Trun"cate, a. Etym: [L. truncatus, p. p. ]

Defn: Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or feather.

TRUNCATED Trun"ca*ted, a.

1. Cut off; cut short; maimed.

2. (Min.)

Defn: Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Lacking the apex; — said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off. Truncated cone or pyramid (Geom.), a cone or pyramid whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being usually parallel to the base.

TRUNCATION Trun*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. truncatio.]

1. The act of truncating, lopping, or cutting off.

2. The state of being truncated.

3. (Min.)

Defn: The replacement of an edge or solid angle by a plane, especially when the plane is equally inclined to the adjoining faces.

TRUNCH Trunch, n. Etym: [See Truncheon.]

Defn: A stake; a small post. [Obs.]

TRUNCHEON Trun"cheon, n. Etym: [OE. tronchoun the shaft of a broken spear, broken piece, OF.tronchon, tron, F. tron, fr. OF. & F. tronce, tronche, a piece of wood; cf. OF. trons, tros, trois; all perhaps from L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, staff. See Thyrsus, and cf. Trounce.]

1. A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear. With his truncheon he so rudely struck. Spenser.

2. A baton, or military staff of command. The marshal's truncheon nor the judges robe. Shak.

3. A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth. Gardner.

TRUNCHEON Trun"cheon, v. t.

Defn: To beat with a truncheon. Shak.

TRUNCHEONED Trun"cheoned, a.

Defn: Having a truncheon.

TRUNCHEONEER Trun`cheon*eer", n.

Defn: A person armed with a truncheon. [Written also truncheoner.]

TRUNCUS Trun"cus, n. Etym: [L.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The thorax of an insect. See Trunk, n., 5.

TRUNDLE Trun"dle, n. Etym: [AS. tryndel a little shield. See Trend, v. i.]

1. A round body; a little wheel.

2. A lind of low-wheeled cart; a truck.

3. A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion.

4. (Mach.) (a) A lantern wheel. See under Lantern. (b) One of the bars of a lantern wheel.

TRUNDLE Trun"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trundled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trundling.]

1. To roll (a thing) on little wheels; as, to trundle a bed or a gun carriage.

2. To cause to roll or revolve; to roll along; as, to trundle a hoop or a ball. R. A. Proctor.

TRUNDLE Trun"dle, v. i.

1. To go or move on small wheels; as, a bed trundles under another.

2. To roll, or go by revolving, as a hoop.

TRUNDLE-BED Trun"dle-bed`, n.

Defn: A low bed that is moved on trundles, or little wheels, so that it can be pushed under a higher bed; a truckle-bed; also, sometimes, a simiral bed without wheels. Chapman.

TRUNDLEHEAD Trun"dle*head`, n.

1. (Gearing)

Defn: One of the disks forming the ends of a lantern wheel or pinion.

2. The drumhead of a capstan; especially, the drumhead of the lower of two capstans on the sane axis.

TRUNDLETAIL Trun"dle*tail`, n.

Defn: A round or curled-up tail; also, a dog with such a tail. Shak.

TRUNK Trunk, n. Etym: [F. tronc, L. truncus, fr. truncus maimed, mutilated; perhaps akin to torquere to twist wrench, and E. torture. Trunk in the sense of proboscis is fr. F. trompe (the same word as trompe a trumpet), but has been confused in English with trunk the stem of a tree (see Trump a trumpet). Cf. Truncate.]

1. The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk. About the mossy trunk I wound me soon, For, high from ground, the branches would require Thy utmost reach. Milton.

2. The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs.

3. The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches.

4. (Arch)

Defn: That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.

5. (Zoöl.)

Defn: That segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus.

6. (Zoöl.) (a) The proboscis of an elephant. (b) The proboscis of an insect.

7. A long tube through which pellets of clay, p He shot sugarplums them out of a trunk. Howell.

8. A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the effects of a traveler. Locked up in chests and trunks. Shak.

9. (Mining)

Defn: A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.

10. (Steam Engine)

Defn: A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.

11. A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc. Trunk engine, a marine engine, the piston rod of which is a trunk. See Trunk, 10. — Trunk hose, large breeches formerly worn, reaching to the knees. — Trunk line, the main line of a railway, canal, or route of conveyance. — Trunk turtle (Zoöl.), the leatherback.

TRUNK Trunk, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. tronquer. See Truncate.]

1. To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim. [Obs.] "Out of the trunked stock." Spenser.

2. (Mining)

Defn: To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. See Trunk, n., 9. Weale.

TRUNKBACK Trunk"back`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The leatherback.

TRUNKED Trunked, a.

Defn: Having (such) a trunk. Thickset with strong and well-trunked trees. Howell.

TRUNK ENGINE Trunk engine.

Defn: An engine having a trunk piston, as most internal combustion engines.

TRUNKFISH Trunk"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidæ, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish.

TRUNKFUL Trunk"ful, n.; pl. Trunkfuls (.

Defn: As much as a trunk will hold; enough to fill a trunk.

TRUNK PISTON Trunk piston.

Defn: In a single-acting engine, an elongated hollow piston, open at the end, in which the end of the connecting rod is pivoted. The piston rod, crosshead and stuffing box are thus dispensed with.

TRUNK STEAMER Trunk steamer.

Defn: A freight steamer having a high hatch coaming extending almost continuously fore and aft, but not of whaleback form at the sides.

TRUNKWORK Trunk"work`, n.

Defn: Work or devices suitable to be concealed; a secret stratagem. [Obs.]

TRUNNEL Trun"nel, n.

Defn: A trundle. [R.]

TRUNNEL Trun"nel, n. (Shipbuilding)

Defn: See Treenail.

TRUNNION Trun"nion, n. Etym: [OF. trognon the stock, stump, or truck of a tree, F. trognon a core, stalk, fr.tron a trunk, stem. Cf. Trunk.]

1. (Gun.)

Defn: A cylindrical projection on each side of a piece, whether gun, mortar, or howitzer, serving to support it on the cheeks of the carriage. See Illust. of Cannon.

2. (Steam Engine)

Defn: A gudgeon on each side of an oscillating steam cylinder, to support it. It is usually tubular, to convey steam. Trunnion plate (Gun.), a plate in the carriage of a gun, mortar, or howitzer, which covers the upper part of the cheek, and forms a bearing under the trunnion. — Trunnion ring (Gun.), a ring on a cannon next before the trunnions. [R.]

TRUNNIONED Trun"nioned, a.

Defn: Provided with trunnions; as, the trunnioned cylinder of an oscillating steam engine.

TRUSION Tru"sion, n. Etym: [L.trudere, trusum, to thrust, shove: cf. F. trusion.]

Defn: The act of pushing or thrusting. [R.] Bentley.

TRUSS Truss, n. Etym: [OE. trusse, F. trousse, OF. also tourse; perhaps fr. L. tryrsus stalk, stem. Cf. Thyrsus, Torso, Trousers, Trousseau.]

1. A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass. Fabyan. Bearing a truss of trifles at his back. Spenser.

Note: A truss of hay in England is 56 lbs. of old and 60 lbs. of new hay; a truss of straw is 36 lbs.

2. A padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the body from the effects of friction; also, a part of a woman's dress; a stomacher. [Obs.] Nares. Puts off his palmer's weed unto his truss, which bore The stains of ancient arms. Drayton.

3. (Surg.)

Defn: A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes.

4. (Bot.)

Defn: A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants.

5. (Naut.)

Defn: The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.

6. (Arch. & Engin.)

Defn: An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points, with the least possible strain across the length of any member. Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often contain members not needed for construction, or are built with greater massiveness than is requisite, or are composed in unscientific ways in accordance with the exigencies of style. Truss rod, a rod which forms the tension member of a trussed beam, or a tie rod in a truss.

TRUSS Truss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Trussing.] Etym: [F. trousser. See Truss, n.]

1. To bind or pack close; to make into a truss. Shak. It [his hood] was trussed up in his wallet. Chaucer.

2. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon. [Obs.] Who trussing me as eagle doth his prey. Spenser.

3. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.

4. To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it.

5. To execute by hanging; to hang; — usually with up. [Slang.] Sir W. Scott. To truss a person or one's self, to adjust and fasten the clothing of; especially, to draw tight and tie the laces of garments. [Obs.] "Enter Honeysuckle, in his nightcap, trussing himself." J. Webster (1607). — To truss up, to strain; to make close or tight. — Trussed beam, a beam which is stiffened by a system of braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a chord.

TRUSSING Truss"ing, n.

1. (Arch. & Engin.)

Defn: The timbers, etc., which form a truss, taken collectively. Weale.

2. (Arch. & Engin.)

Defn: The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss.

3. The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air. [Obs.]

TRUST Trust, n. Etym: [OE. trust, trost, Icel. traust confidence, security; akin to Dan. & Sw. tröst comfort, consolation, G. trost, Goth. trausti a convention, covenant, and E. true. See True, and cf. Tryst.]

1. Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance. "O ever-failing trust in mortal strength!" Milton. Most take things upon trust. Locke.

2. Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust.

3. Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief. "Such trust have we through Christ." 2 Cor. iii. 4. His trust was with the Eternal to be deemed Equal in strength. Milton.

4. That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit.

5. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office. [I] serve him truly that will put me in trust. Shak. Reward them well, if they observe their trust. Denham.

6. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope. O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. Ps. lxxi. 5.

7. (Law)

Defn: An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust.

8. An organization formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; as, a sugar trust. [Cant]

Syn. — Confidence; belief; faith; hope; expectation. Trust deed (Law), a deed conveying property to a trustee, for some specific use.

TRUST Trust, a.

Defn: Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.

TRUST Trust, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Trusting.] Etym: [OE. trusten, trosten. See Trust, n.]

1. To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us. I will never trust his word after. Shak. He that trusts every one without reserve will at last be deceived. Johnson.

2. To give credence to; to believe; to credit. Trust me, you look well. Shak.

3. To hope confidently; to believe; — usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object. I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face. 2 John 12. We trustwe have a good conscience. Heb. xiii. 18.

4. to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something. Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust, Now to suspect is vain. Dryden.

5. To commit, as to one's care; to intrust. Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes to any custody but that of a man-of-war. Macaulay.

6. To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment; as, merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.

7. To risk; to venture confidently. [Beguiled] by thee to trust thee from my side. Milton.

TRUST Trust, v. i.

1. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide. More to know could not be more to trust. Shak.

2. To be confident, as of something future; to hope. I will trust and not be afraid. Isa. xii. 2.

3. To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit. It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust. Johnson. To trust in, To trust on, to place confidence in,; to rely on; to depend. "Trust in the Lord, and do good." Ps. xxxvii. 3. "A priest . . . on whom we trust." Chaucer. Her widening streets on new foundations trust. Dryden. To trust to or unto, to depend on; to have confidence in; to rely on. They trusted unto the liers in wait. Judges xx. 36.