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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Trōwl, n.p. 1418The same as TROLL, q. v.
  2. Trowsed, a.p. 1418Wearing, or clothed with, trousers. [Obs.] Drayton.
  3. 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…
  4. 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.
  5. Tru'an-cy, n.p. 1418The act of playing, or state of being, truant.
  6. Tru'and, a. & n.p. 1418The same as TRUANT. [Obs.]
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Tru'ant, v. i.p. 1419To idle away time; to loiter or be absent from employment. [Rare.] Shak.
  10. Tru'ant, v. t.p. 1419To idle away; to waste. [Rare.] I dare not be the author Of truanting the time. Ford.
  11. Tru'ant-ly, adv.p. 1419Like a truant; in idleness.
  12. Tru'ant-ship, n.p. 1419The conduct of a truant; neglect of employment; idleness. Ascham.
  13. Trūb, n.p. 1419A truffle. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
  14. Trŭb'tāil, n.p. 1419A short, squat woman. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
  15. Truce, n.p. 1419(Mil.) A suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders; a temporary cessation of hostilities, for negotiation or other purpose; an armistice. 2. Hence, intermission of action, pain, or contest…
  16. Truce'-break'er, n.p. 1419One who violates a truce, covenant, or engagement.
  17. Truce'less, a.p. 1419Without a truce; unforbearing. Two minds in one, and each a truceless guest, Rending the sphere of our distracted breast. Brooke.
  18. Trŭch'man, n.p. 1419An interpreter. See DRAGOMAN. [Rare.] And after, by the tongue, Her truchman, she reports the mind's each throw. B. Jonson.
  19. Tru'çi-dā'tion, n.p. 1419The act of killing. [Obs.]
  20. Trŭck, v. i.p. 1419To exchange commodities; to barter; to deal. “A master of a ship, who deceived them under color of trucking with them.” Palfrey. Despotism itself is obliged to truck and barter. Burke.
  21. Trŭck, v. t.p. 1419To 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…
  22. Trŭck, n.p. 1419Exchange of commodities; barter. 2. Commodities appropriate to barter, or for small trade; hence, small commodities, and, sometimes, luggage. [Colloq.]
  23. Trŭck, n.p. 1419A small, wooden wheel, not bound with iron; a cylinder. 2. A low carriage for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles. Goods were conveyed about the town almost exclusively in trucks drawn by…
  24. Truck systemp. 1419the practice of paying workmen in goods, instead of money. McCulloch.
  25. Trŭck'age, n.p. 1419The practice of bartering goods; exchange; barter. “The truckage of perishing coin,” Milton. 2. Money paid for conveyance on a truck; freight.
  26. Trŭck'er, n.p. 1419One who traffics by exchange of goods. “No man having ever yet driven a saving bargain with this great trucker for souls.” South.
  27. Truck'le, n.p. 1419A small wheel or caster.
  28. Trŭck'le, v. i.p. 1419To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep. “Small, truckling states.” Burke. Religion itself is forced to truckle with worldly policy. Norris.
  29. Trŭck'le, v. t.p. 1419To roll or move upon truckles or casters; to trundle.
  30. Trŭck'le-bĕd, n.p. 1419A bed that runs on wheels, and may be pushed under another; a trundle-bed.
  31. Trŭck'ler, n.p. 1419One who truckles, or yields servilely to the will of another.
  32. Trŭck'man, n.p. 1419One who does business in the way of barter or exchange. 2. One who drives, or conveys goods on, a truck. [U. S.] Bartlett.
  33. Trŭ'cu-lence, n.p. 1419
  34. Trŭ'cu-len-cyp. 1419The quality of being truculent; savageness of manners; ferociousness. 2. Terribleness of countenance.
  35. Tru'cu-lent, a.p. 1419Fierce; savage; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia. Ray. 2. Of ferocious aspect. Johnson. 3. Cruel; destructive; ruthless. “More or less truculent plagues.” Harvey.
  36. Tru'cu-lent-ly, adv.p. 1419In a truculent manner; fiercely; destructively.
  37. Trŭdge, v. i.p. 1419To go on foot; as, the father rode, the son trudged on behind. 2. To travel or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily. “And trudged to Rome upon my naked feet.” Dryden.
  38. Trädge'man, n.p. 1419A truchman. [Rare.]
  39. True, a.p. 1419Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it…
  40. Trūe'-blüe, a.p. 1419Of inflexible honesty and fidelity; —a term derived from the true or Coventry blue, formerly celebrated for its unchanging color.
  41. True'-blüe, n.p. 1419A person of inflexible integrity and fidelity.
  42. True'-born, a.p. 1419Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, a true-born Englishman.
  43. Trūe'-brĕd, a.p. 1419Of a genuine or right breed; as, a true-bred beast. 2. Being of real breeding or education; as, a true-bred gentleman.
  44. True'-heärt'ed, a.p. 1419Of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless or deceitful; as, a true-hearted friend.
  45. Trŭe'-heärt'ed-ness, n.p. 1419The state or quality of being true-hearted; fidelity; loyalty; sincerity.
  46. True'-lōve, n.p. 1419One really beloved. 2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Paris (P. quadrifolia), possessing narcotic properties, and formerly regarded as a powerful love philter. Dunglison.
  47. True'-lōve'-knōt, n.p. 1419A knot composed of lines united with many involutions; the emblem of interwoven affection or engagements;—called also true-lover's-knot.
  48. True'ness, n.p. 1419The quality of being true; truth; reality; genuineness; faithfulness; sincerity; exactness.
  49. True'-pen'ny, n.p. 1419An honest fellow. Shak. Bacon.
  50. Truf'fle, n.p. 1419A kind of mushroom (Tuber cibarium), of a fleshy, fungous structure, and of a roundish figure, found buried in the soil of woods at a depth of several inches, much esteemed as an esculent.
  51. Truff'led, a.p. 1419Provided or cooked with truffles; as, a truffled turkey.
  52. Truf'fle-worm, n.p. 1419A worm found in truffles, the larva of a fly.
  53. Trŭg, n.p. 1419A hod for mortar. Bailey. 2. A measure of wheat formerly used. Bailey. 3. A basket. Bailey. 4. A trull or concubine; a harlot. Taylor, 1630.
  54. Trŭg'ging-house, n.p. 1419A brothel. [Obs.] Greene.
  55. Tru'ism, n.p. 1419An undoubted or self-evident truth. “Trifling truisms clothed in great, swelling words of vanity.” J. P. Smith.
  56. Tru'ism-mät'ic, a.p. 1419Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, truisms. [Rare.]
  57. Trŭll, n.p. 1419A drab; a strumpet; a harlot; a trollop. 2. A girl; a wench; a lass. [Obs.]
  58. Trŭl-li-zā'tion, n.p. 1419The laying of strata of plaster with a trowel.
  59. Trū'ly, adv.p. 1419In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with fact; as, to see things truly; the facts are truly represented. I can not truly say how I came. Shak. 2. Exactly; justly; precisely; as, to…
  60. Trŭmp, n.p. 1419A wind instrument of music; a trumpet;—used chiefly in Scripture and poetry. “The wakeful trump of doom.” Milton. We shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump.…