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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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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.Tū′ber-oŭs-ness, n. p. 1422The state of being tuberous; tuberosity.Tŭb'-fāst, n. p. 1422An old mode of treatment for the venereal disease, by sweating in a close place, or tub, and fasting. [Obs.] Shak.Tūb'-fish, n. p. 1422(Ichth.) A fish of the genus Trigla (T. hirundo); sapphirine gurnard.Tŭb'ful, n. p. 1422As much as a tub will hold; enough to fill a tub.Tu-bĭc'i-nāte, v. i. p. 1422To blow a trumpet.Tū'bi-cōle, n. p. 1422(Zoöl.) One of an order of annelides most of which live in shelly tubes. Baird.Tū'bi-cōrn, n. p. 1422(Zoöl.) One of a family of ruminant animals having horns composed of a horny axis, covered with a horny sheath.Tū'bi-côrn'ōus, a. p. 1422Of, or pertaining to, a tubicorn.Tū'bi-fer, n. p. 1422(Zoöl.) One of an order of polyps comprising those which are united upon a common substance fixed at its base, and whose surface is wholly or partially covered with retractile hollow tubes. Brande.Tū'bi-fōrm, a. p. 1422Having the form of a tube. “Tubiform cells.” Carpenter.Tūb'ing, n. p. 1422The act of making tubes. 2. A series of tubes; a length or piece of a tube; material for tubes; as, leather tubing.Tū'bi-pōre, n. p. 1422One of a genus of coral zoöphytes; organ-pipe coral. The coral consists of a cluster of small tubes, and has a red color. [Written also tubulipore.]Tū'bi-pō-rite, n. p. 1422A fossil tubipore.Tūb'-man, n. p. 1422One of the two most experienced barristers in the English exchequer. See POSTMAN.Tū'bu-lar, a. p. 1422Having the form of a tube or pipe; consisting of a pipe; fistular; as, a tubular snout; a tubular calyx. Tubular boiler, a steam-boiler in which the products of combustion pass from the fire-box…Tū'bu-lā'ri-an, n. p. 1422(Zoöl.) One of a family of polypoid acalephs, having simple or branched horny tubes, and terminating above in polyp-like extremities. The tubularians grow usually in delicate tufts. Dana.Tū'bu-lā'ri-an, a. p. 1422Of, or pertaining to, the tubularians. Dana.Tū'bu-late, a. p. 1422Tubular; tubulated; tubulous.Tū'bu-lā'ted, a. p. 1422Made in the form of a small tube. Fig. 2. Furnished with a tube. Tubulated retort, a retort with a tubular orifice at top, closed with a stopper for introducing materials to be subjected to operation.