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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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Trŭst'i-ly, adv. p. 1421In a trusty manner; faithfully; honestly; with fidelity.Trŭst'i-ness, n. p. 1421The quality of being trusty; fidelity; faithfulness; honesty; as, the trustiness of a servant.Trūst'ing-ly, adv. p. 1421In a trusting manner; with trust or implicit confidence.Trūst'less, a. p. 1421Not worthy of trust; unfaithful.Trüst'less-ness, n. p. 1421The state or quality of being trustless; unworthiness of trust.Trust'wor-thi-ness, n. p. 1421The state or quality of being trustworthy.Trŭst'wor-thy, a. p. 1421Worthy of trust or confidence; trusty.Trŭst'y, a. p. 1421Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable. “Your trusty and most valiant servitor.” Shak. 2. Hence, not liable to fail; strong…Truth, n. p. 1421The quality of being true; as, (a.) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been, or shall be. (b.) Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an…Truth, v. t. p. 1421To assert as true; to declare. [Obs. and very rare.] Had they dreamt this, they would have truthed it heaven. Ford.Truth'ful, a. p. 1421Full of truth; veracious; reliable.Truth'ful-ly, adv. p. 1421In a truthful manner.Trūth'ful-ness, n. p. 1421The state of being truthful.Truth'less, a. p. 1421Wanting truth; wanting reality. 2. Faithless. [Rare.] Fuller.Truth'less-ness, n. p. 1421The state of being truthless.Truth'ness, n. p. 1421Truth. [Obs. and rare.] Marston.Truth'-tĕll'er, n. p. 1421One who tells the truth. Truth-teller was our England's Alfred named. Tennyson.Tru'ti-nā'tion, n. p. 1421The act of weighing. [Obs.] Browne.Trut-tā'ceōus, a. p. 1421Of, or pertaining to, the trout; as, fish of the trutta'ceous kind.Trŷ, v. i. p. 1421To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort; to attempt; as, try to learn; try to lift a weight; the horses tried to draw the load.Trŷ, v. t. p. 1421To prove by experiment; to apply or use for the purpose of determining the quality; to make experiment of; to examine; to prove; to test. Come, try upon yourselves what you have seen me. Shak. 2. To…Trŷ, n. p. 1421Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial. This breaking of his has been but a try for his friends. Shak. 2. A corn-screen; also, a club tipped with iron. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Try'gon, n. p. 1421A genus of fishes, including the sting-ray.Trŷ'ing, p. a. p. 1421Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion.Try'-sail, n. p. 1421(Naut.) A fore-and-aft sail, set with a boom and gaff, and hoisting on a small mast abaft the lower mast;— a term generally confined to the sail so carried at the mainmast of a full-rigged brig. Dana.Trŷst, n. p. 1421An appointment to meet; an appointed place of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst. [Scot.] To bide tryst, to wait, at the appointed time, for one with whom a tryst or engagement is made; to…Trŷst, v. t. or i. p. 1421To agree to meet, or agree with to meet. [Scot.] Burns.Trŷst'er, n. p. 1421One who makes an appointment or tryst; one who meets or convenes with another.Trŷst'ing, n. p. 1421An appointment; a tryst. [Scot.]Trŷst'ing-dāy, n. p. 1421An arranged day of meeting or assembling, as of soldiers, friends, and the like. And named a trysting-day, And bade his messengers ride forth East and west and south and north, To summon his array.…Trўst'ing-plāce, n. p. 1421A place designated for the assembling of soldiers, the meeting of parties for an interview, and the like; a rendezvous.Tsär, n. p. 1421The emperor of Russia. See CZAR.Tsä-rï'nä or Tsä-rït'sä, n. p. 1421The empress of Russia. See CZARINA.T'-squāre, n. p. 1421A rule having a cross-piece at one end, for the purpose of making parallel lines:—so called from its shape. It is laid on a drawing-board and guided by the cross-piece, which is pressed against the…Tūb, n. p. 1421An open wooden vessel formed with staves, heading, and hoops; a kind of short cask with but one head;—used for various domestic purposes, as for washing, and the like. 2. Hence, the amount which a…Tūb, v. t. p. 1421To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.Tū'bā, n. p. 1421(Mus.) (a.) An ancient trumpet. (b.) A sax-tuba. See SAX-TUBA.Tūb'ber, n. p. 1421(Cornish Mining.) A certain mining instrument;—called also beele.Tŭb′ber-măn, n. p. 1421One who uses a tubber.Tŭb'bing, n. p. 1422The forming of a tub; materials for tubs. 2. Hence, a lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink…Tŭb'by, a. p. 1422Sounding dull and without resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound.Tūbe, n. p. 1422A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe; a conduit. 2. A telescope. “Glazed optic tube.” Milton. 3. A vessel of animal bodies or…Tūbe, v. t. p. 1422To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a spring.Tūbe'fōrm, a. p. 1422In the form of a tube; tubular; tubiform.Tūbe'-plāte, n. p. 1422(Steam-boilers.) The same as FLUE-PLATE, q. v.Tūbe'-pouch, n. p. 1422(Mil.) A pouch containing priming tubes.Tū'ber, n. p. 1422(Bot.) A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrow-root; a thickened root-stock or subterraneous portion of a stem. London. 2. (Anat.) A knob or…Tū'ber-ā'ted, a. p. 1422(Her.) Knotted or swelled out.Tū'ber-cle, n. p. 1422(Anal.) A natural small projection or mass. 2. (Med.) A small mass or aggregation of diseased matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard…Tū'ber-cled, a. p. 1422Having, or being affected with, tubercles; as, a tubercled lung. 2. (Bot.) Having, or covered with, small, wart-like prominences; tuberculate.Tu-bēr'eu-lar, a. p. 1422Having little knobs or tubercles; tuberculated. 2. Affected with tubercles; tuberculous.Tu-bêr'eu-late or Tu-bêr'eu-lā'ted, a. p. 1422Tubercular; tuberculose. 2. (Bot.) Having small knobs or tubercles, as a plant.Tūber-cūle, n. p. 1422(Bot.) A tuber, or root made up of tubers.Tu-bēr'cu-li-zā'tion, n. p. 1422(Med.) The development of tubercles; the condition of becoming affected with tubercles. Dunglison.Tu-bĕr'cu-lōse' or Tu-bĕr'cu-lōus, a. p. 1422Having, or being affected by, tubercles.Tū'ber-ĭf'er-oûs, a. p. 1422Producing or bearing tubers.Tū'berōse or Tū'ber-ōse, n. p. 1422A plant with a tuberous root and a liliaceous flower; the Polianthes tuberosa. It is much cultivated for the beauty and exquisite fragrance of its flowers. See POLIANTHES.Tū'ber-ōse', a. p. 1422Tuberous.Tū'ber-ōs'i-ty, n. p. 1422The state of being tuberous; the state of being knobbed or protuberant. 2. (Anat.) A knob-like prominence on a bone, having a rough, uneven surface, to which muscles and ligaments are attached.…Tū'ber-ōus, a. p. 1422Covered with knobby or wart-like prominences; knobbed. 2. (Bot.) Consisting of, or containing, tubers; resembling a tuber.