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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Trō'phy, n. p. 1417(Antiq.) (a.) A pile of arms, taken from a vanquished enemy, raised on the field of battle by the conquerors, or, in a victory at sea, on the nearest land, often placed on the trunk of a tree, or…Trō'phy-mōn'ey, n. p. 1417A duty paid formerly in England, annually, by housekeepers, toward providing harness, drums, colors, and the like, for the militia.Trōp'ie, n. p. 1417(Astron.) One of the two small circles of the celestial sphere, situated on each side of the equator, at a distance of 23° 28', and parallel to it, which the sun just reaches at its greatest…Trōp'ic or Trōp'ic-al, a. p. 1417Of, or pertaining to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical climates; tropical latitudes; tropical heat; tropical winds. 2. Incident to the tropics; as, tropical diseases. 3. [From…Trōp'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 1418In a tropical or figurative manner.Trōp'ie-bird, n. p. 1418(Ornith.) A bird of the genus Phæton, found at sea in the torrid zone, having very long wings and two long, slender tail-feathers.Trōp'ist, n. p. 1418One who explains the Scriptures by tropes and figures of speech; — in a less restricted sense, one who deals in tropes.Trōp'o-lōg'ie or Trōp'o-lōg'ie-al, a. p. 1418Characterized by tropes; varied by tropes; changed from the original import. Burton.Trōp'o-lōg'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 1418In a tropological manner.Tro-pŏl'o-gīze, v. t. p. 1418To use in a tropological sense, as a word; to change to a figurative sense; to make a trope of. [Rare.] Cudworth.Tro-pŏl'o-gy, n. p. 1418A rhetorical mode of speech, including tropes, or change from the original import of the word.Trōss'ers, n. pl. p. 1418Trousers. [Obs.] See TROUSERS. — Shak.Trōt, v. i. p. 1418To move faster than in walking, as a horse or other quadruped, by lifting one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side at the same time. 2. To walk or move fast; to run. He that rises late…Trŏt, v. t. p. 1418To 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…Trōt, n. p. 1418The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, when he lifts one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side at the same time. 2. An old…Trōth, n. p. 1418Belief; faith; fidelity. Bid her alight, and her troth plight. Shak. 2. Truth; verity; veracity; as, by my troth. In troth, thou art able to instruct gray hairs. Addison.Trŏth'less, a. p. 1418Faithless; false; perfidious; treacherous. [Obs.] “Thrall to the faithless waves and trothless sky.” Fairfax.Trŏth'-plight, v. t. p. 1418To betroth. [Obs.]Trŏth'-plight, a. p. 1418Betrothed; espoused; affianced. [Obs.] Shak.Trŏth'-plight, n. p. 1418The act of betrothing or plighting faith; betrothing. [Obs.]Trōth'-plight'ed, a. p. 1418Having fidelity pledged.Trōt'ter, n. p. 1418A beast that trots, or that usually trots. 2. The foot of an animal, especially that of a sheep; — applied humorously to the human foot.Trou'ba-dour', n. p. 1418One of a school of poets who flourished from the eleventh to the latter end of the thirteenth century, principally at Provence, in the south of France, and also in the north of Italy.Troub'la-ble, a. p. 1418Causing trouble; troublesome. [Obs.] “Troublable ire.” Chaucer.Troŭb'le, v. t. p. 1418To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate. God, looking forth, will trouble all his host. Milton. To forsake Earth's troubled waters. Byron. 2. To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to…Troŭb'le, n. p. 1418The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; molestation; annoyance; uneasiness; vexation; affliction; calamity. “Lest the fiend some new trouble raise.” Milton. Unnatural deeds breed…Troŭb'ler, n. p. 1418One 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.Troŭb'le-sôme, a. p. 1418Giving trouble, disturbance, or inconvenience; molesting; annoying; vexatious; burdensome; teasing. “These troublesome disguises that we wear.” Milton. My mother will never be troublesome to me.…Troŭb'le-sôme-ly, adv. p. 1418In a way to give trouble; in a troublesome manner; vexatiously.Troŭb'le-sôme-ness, n. p. 1418The state or quality of being troublesome; vexatiousness.Troŭb'le-stāte, n. p. 1418A disturber of the community. [Obs. and rare.] Daniel.Troŭb'loŭs, a. p. 1418Full of trouble or commotion; agitated; tumultuous. “A tall ship tossed in troublous seas.” Spenser. 2. Full of trouble or disorder; tumultuous; troublesome; full of affliction. “In doubtful time of…Trough, n. p. 1418A 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…Trōul, v. t. & i. p. 1418The same as TROLL. See TROLL.Trounçe, v. t. p. 1418To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to castigate. [Colloq.]Troupe, n. p. 1418A company or troop, especially the company of performers in a play or opera.Trous-de-loup, n. pl. p. 1418(Mil.) Rows of pits in the form of inverted cones or pyramids, used as an obstacle to the approaching enemy, each pit having a pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also trap-holes.Trouse, n. p. 1418A kind of trousers worn by children. [Written also truss.]Trous'er-ing, n. p. 1418Cloth or material for making trousers. [Rare.] Simmonds.Trous'ers, n. pl. p. 1418A loose garment worn by males, extending from the waist to the knee or to the ankle, and covering the lower limbs. Syn. — Pantaloons. — TROUSERS. PANTALOONS. In the United States, the original word…Trousseau, n. p. 1418The collective lighter equipments or outfit of a lady when about to be married, including clothes, presents, and the like.Trout, n. p. 1418(Ichth.) A fresh-water fish, of the genus Salmo, variegated with spots, and esteemed most delicate food. The brook-trout of America is Salmo fontinalis; the lake-trout, S. confinis.Trout'-col'ored, a. p. 1418White, with spots of black, bay, or sorrel; as, a trout-colored horse.Trout'ling, n. p. 1418A little trout. [Colloq.]Trō'ver, n. p. 1418(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…Trōw, v. i. p. 1418To believe; to trust; to think or suppose. [Obs.] Trow was formerly sometimes used in the imperative, as an exclamation of inquiry. What means the fool, trow?Trow'el, n. p. 1418A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them. 2. A gardener's tool, somewhat like a mason's trowel, made of iron and scooped;—used in taking up plants, and…Trow'eled, a. p. 1418Formed with a trowel; as, troweled stucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception of paint. [Written also trowelled.]Trow'el-ful, n. p. 1418As much as a trowel will hold; enough to fill a trowel.Trōwl, n. p. 1418The same as TROLL, q. v.Trowsed, a. p. 1418Wearing, or clothed with, trousers. [Obs.] Drayton.Troy or Troy'-weight, n. p. 1418The weight by which gold and silver, jewels, and the like, are weighed. In this weight the pound is divided into 12 ounces, the ounce into 20 pennyweights, and the pennyweight into 24 grains; hence…Try'age, n. p. 1418A pledge of truth made on payment of a tax. Ld. Berners. 2. A tax or impost. Great tryage they took of this land. R. Brunne. 3. An act of homage or respect. Nares.Tru'an-cy, n. p. 1418The act of playing, or state of being, truant.Tru'and, a. & n. p. 1418The same as TRUANT. [Obs.]Tru'ant, a. p. 1418Wandering from business; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy. While truant Jove, in infant pride, Played barefoot on Olympus' side. Trumbull.Tru'ant, n. p. 1418One who stays away from business or duty; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk. I have a truant been to chivalry. Shak. To play truant, to stray away; to idle; to loiter.Tru'ant, v. i. p. 1419To idle away time; to loiter or be absent from employment. [Rare.] Shak.Tru'ant, v. t. p. 1419To idle away; to waste. [Rare.] I dare not be the author Of truanting the time. Ford.Tru'ant-ly, adv. p. 1419Like a truant; in idleness.