Webster's Dictionary 1913

5185

Trombone

Trom″bone (?), n. [It., aug. of tromba a trumpet: cf. F. trombone. See Trump a trumpet.] 1. (Mus.) A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the anc...

5186

Trommel

Trom″mel (?), n. [Cf. G. trommel a drum.] (Mining) A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores. Raymond.

5187

Tromp

Tromp (?), n. [F. trombe, trompe, a waterspout, a water-blowing machine. Cf. Trump a trumpet.] A blowing apparatus, in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube th...

5188

Tromp (2)

{ Tromp, Trompe }, n. [See Trump a trumpet.] A trumpet; a trump. Chaucer.

5189

Trompil

Tromp″il (?), n. [OF. trompille, equiv. to F. trompette a trumpet.] An aperture in a tromp.

5190

Tron

Tron (?), n. See 3d Trone, 2.

5191

Trona

Tro″na (?), n.(Chem. & Min.) A native double salt, consisting of a combination of neutral and acid sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.2HNaCO3.2H2O, occurring as a white crystalline fibrou...

5192

Tronage

Tron″age (?), n. [From Trone a steelyard.] A toll or duty paid for weighing wool; also, the act of weighing wool. Nares.

5193

Tronator

Tro‐na″tor (?), n. [LL. See Tronage.] An officer in London whose duty was to weigh wool.

5194

Trone

Trone (?), n. A throne. Chaucer.

5195

Trone (2)

Trone, n. [Cf. Prov. F. trogne a belly.] A small drain.

5196

Trone (3)

{ Trone (?), Trones (?), } n. [LL. trona, fr. L. trutina a balance; cf. Gr. �.] 1. A steelyard.2. A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars c...

5197

Troop

Troop (?), n. [F. troupe, OF. trope, trupe, LL. troppus; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. þorp a hamlet, village, G. dorf a village, dial. G. dorf a meeting. Norw. torp a little f...

5198

Troop (2)

Troop, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Trooped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trooping.] 1. To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops. “Armies... troop to their standard.” Milton.2. To ...

5199

Troop (3)

Troop, n. See Boy scout, above.

5200

Troop (4)

Troop, v. t. — To troop thecolors or colours(Mil.), in the British army, to perform a ceremony consisting essentially in carrying the colors, accompanied by the band and escort,...

5201

Troopbird

Troop″bird′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any troupial.

5202

Trooper

Troop″er, n. A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horse of a cavalryman.

5203

Trooper (2)

Troop″er, n. A mounted policeman. The black troopers of Queensland are a regiment of aboriginal police, employed chiefly for dispersing wild aborigines who encroach on sheep runs.

5204

Troopfowl

Troop″fowl′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The American scaup duck.

5205

Troopial

Troop″i‐al (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Troupial.

5206

Troopmeal

Troop″meal′ (?), adv. [Troop + -meal as in piecemeal.] By troops; in crowds.So, troopmeal, Troy pursued a while, laying on with swords and darts. Chapman.

5207

Troopship

Troop″ship′ (?), n. A vessel built or fitted for the conveyance of troops; a transport.

5208

Troostite

Troost″ite (?), n. [So named after Dr. Gerard Troost, of Nashville, Tenn.] (Min.) Willemite.

5209

Tropæolin

Tro‐pæ″o‐lin (?), n.(Chem.) A name given to any one of a series of orange-red dyestuffs produced artificially from certain complex sulphonic acid derivatives of azo and diazo hy...

5210

Trope

Trope (?), n. [L. tropus, Gr. �, fr. � to turn. See Torture, and cf. Trophy, Tropic, Troubadour, Trover.] (Rhet.) (a) The use of a word or expression in a different sense from t...

5211

Tropeine

Tro‐pe″ine (?), n.(Chem.) Any one of a series of artificial ethereal salts derived from the alkaloidal base tropine.