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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Trŭl-li-zā'tion, n. p. 1419The laying of strata of plaster with a trowel.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…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.…Trŭmp, v. i. p. 1419To blow a trumpet. [Obs.] Wycliffe.Trŭmp, n. p. 1419A winning card; one of the suit of cards which takes any of the other suits. 2. An old game with cards;—called also ruff. It was nearly the same as whist. Decker. 3. A good fellow; an excellent…Trŭmp, v. i. p. 1419(Card-playing.) To play a trump card when another suit has been led.Trŭmp, v. t. p. 1419To play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card.Trŭmp, v. t. p. 1419To trick or impose on. “To trick or trump mankind.” B. Jonson. 2. To impose unfairly; to obtrude. Authors have been trumped on us. Leslie. To trump up, to devise; to collect with unfairness; to…Trăm'p'er-y, n. p. 1419Deceit; fraud. [Obs.] Britannicus was now grown to man's estate, a true and worthy plant to receive his father's empire, which a grafted son by adoption now possessed by the injury and trumpery of…Trŭmp'er-y, a. p. 1419Worthless or deceptive in character. “A trumpery little ring.” Thackeray.Trümp'et, n. p. 1420A wind instrument of music, often used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. It consists of a long metallic tube, with a bell-shaped opening at one end for the emission…Trŭmp'et, v. t. p. 1420To publish by sound of trumpet; to proclaim; as, to trumpet good tidings. They did nothing but publish and trumpet all the reproaches they could devise against the Irish. Bacon.Trŭmp'et, v. i. p. 1420To sound loudly like a trumpet, or with a tone like that of a trumpet.Trŭmp'et-call, n. p. 1420A call by the sound of the trumpet.Trŭmp'et-er, n. p. 1420One who sounds a trumpet. 2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces, “These men are good trumpeters.” Bacon. 3. (Ornith.) (a.) A variety of the domestic pigeon. (b.) A bird of South America, of…Trŭmp'et-fish, n. p. 1420(Ichth.) A sea-fish; the Centriscus scolopax;—so called from its tubular muzzle; bellows-fish; snipe-fish.Trümp'et-flow'er, n. p. 1420(Bot.) (a.) A plant of the genus Tecoma. (b.) A plant of the genus Lonicera; trumpet-honeysuckle.Trŭmp'et-hōn'ey-sŭck'le, n. p. 1420(Bot.) A twining plant of the genus Lonicera, with trumpet-shaped flowers;—called also trumpet-flower. Loudon.Trūmp'et-mā'jor, n. p. 1420(Mil.) The chief trumpeter of a band or regiment.Trŭmp'et-shāped, a. p. 1420(Bot.) Tubular with one end dilated, as the flower of the trumpet-creeper. Henslow.Trŭmp'et-shĕll, n. p. 1420(Conch.) A univalvular shell, of the form of a trumpet; a species of Buccinum.Trŭmp'et-tŏngued, a. p. 1420Having a tongue vociferous as a trumpet.Trŭmp'et-weed, n. p. 1420(Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the genus Eupatorium (E. purpureum), having flowers in cylindrical heads. Gray.Trŭmp'et-wōōd, n. p. 1420(Bot.) An evergreen tree of the genus Cecropia (C. peltata), growing in the West Indies, having hollow stems which are used for wind instruments; snake-wood. Baird.Trŭmp'-like, a. p. 1420Resembling a trumpet. [Obs.]Trun'cal, a. p. 1420Pertaining to the trunk or body.Trūn'cate, v. t. p. 1420To cut off; to lop; to maim.Trŭn'cate, a. p. 1420(Bot.) Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf. Martyn.Trūn'că-ted, p. a. p. 1420Cut off; cut short; maimed. 2. (Min.) Replaced by a plane equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge. Dana. Truncated cone or pyramid (Geom.), a cone or pyramid whose vertex is cut…Trun-cā'tion, n. p. 1420The act of truncating, lopping, or cutting off. 2. The state of being truncated. a, truncated angles; b, truncated cone; c, truncated cube. 3. (Min.) The replacement of an edge by a plane equally…Trūnch, n. p. 1420A stake; a small post. [Obs.]Trŭn'cheon, n. p. 1420[Fr. tronçon, Pr. tronçô, troncho, trenso, O. Fr. tronchon, tronce, trons, tros, trois, trus, Sp. & Pg. troço, It. torso, from Lat. thyrsus, a stalk, stem, staff, Gr. θύρσος. 1. A short staff; a…Trŭn'cheon, v. t. p. 1420To beat with a truncheon; to cudgel. [Obs.]Trùn'cheoned, a. p. 1420Furnished with a truncheon.Trŭn'cheon-eer', n. p. 1420A person armed with a truncheon.Trŭn'dle, n. p. 1420A round body; a little wheel. 2. A kind of low cart with small wooden wheels. 3. A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion. 4. (Mech.) (a.) A wheel or pinion…Trŭn'dle, v. t. p. 1420Trundle, or Wallower. 1. To roll, as a thing on little wheels; as, to trundle a bed or a gun-carriage. 2. To cause to roll; as, to trundle a hoop.Trŭn'dle, v. i. p. 1420To roll, as on little wheels; as, a bed trundles under another. 2. To roll, as a hoop.Trăn'dle-bĕd, n. p. 1420A 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 similar bed without wheels.Trŭn'dle-hēad, n. p. 1420The wheel that turns a mill-stone.Trăn'dle-tāil, n. p. 1420A round tail; a dog with a tail curled up. Shak.Trŭnk, n. p. 1420The 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…Trŭnk, v. t. p. 1420To lop off; to curtail; to truncate. [Obs.] 2. To extract, as ores, from the mud or slime in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. See TRUNK, n., 10. Weale.Trŭnked, p. a. p. 1420Having a trunk. “Thick-set with strong and well-trunked trees.” Howell.Trŭnk'-èn/ġine, n. p. 1420A marine engine, the piston of which is attached to a trunk. See TRUNK, 11.Trŭnk’ful, n. p. 1420As much as a trunk will hold; enough to fill a trunk.Trŭnk'-hōse, n. p. 1420Large breeches formerly worn, reaching to the knees.Trŭnk'-līne, n. p. 1420The main line of a railway, canal, or other mode-of conveyance. Simmonds. A well-judging man will open his trunk-line of study in such a direction that, while habitually adhering to it, he may enjoy…Trŭnk'-tŭr'tle, n. p. 1420(Zoöl.) A species of turtle of the genus Testudo (T. arcuata).Trŭnk'-work, n. p. 1420Work or devices suitable to be concealed; a secret stratagem. [Obs.]Trŭn'nel, n. p. 1420A trundle. [Rare.] 2. A wooden pin or plug; a treenail.Trŭn'nion, n. p. 1420(Gun.) A knob projecting on each side of a piece, whether gun, mortar, or howitzer, and serving to support it on the cheeks of the carriage. 2. (Steam-eng.) A gudgeon on each side of an oscillating…Trŭnn'ioned, a. p. 1420Provided with trunnions; as, the cylinder of an oscillating steam-engine is trunnioned.Trŭnn'ion-plāte, n. p. 1420(Gun.) A plate in the carriage of a gun, mortar, or howitzer, which covers the upper part of the cheek, and goes under the trunnion.Trŭnn'ion-rĭng, n. p. 1420(Gun.) A ring on a cannon next before the trunnions. [Rare.]Tru'sion, n. p. 1420The act of pushing or thrusting. [Rare.] Bentley.Trŭss, n. p. 1420A bundle; as, a truss of hay or straw. “Bearing a truss of trifles at his back.” Spenser. ☞ A truss of hay in England is 56 lbs. of old and 60 of new hay; a truss of straw is 36 lbs. Simmonds. 2. A…Trŭss, v. t. p. 1420To bind or pack close. You might have trussed him and all his apparel into an eel-skin. Shak. 2. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon. [Obs.] “Who trussing me as eagle doth…Trŭss'ing, n. p. 1421(Arch.) The timbers, &c., which form a truss, taken collectively. Weale. 2. The act of a hawk or other bird of prey in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into the air.Trŭst, n. p. 1421Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle of another person; confidence; reliance. “O, ever-failing trust in mortal strength.” Milton. Most…