Trundle
Trun″dle (?), n. [AS. tryndel a little shield. See Trend, v. i.] 1. A round body; a little wheel.2. A lind of low-wheeled cart; a truck.3. A motion as of something moving upon l...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Trundle (2)
Trun″dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Trundled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trundling (?).] 1. To roll (a thing) on little wheels; as, to trundle a bed or a gun carriage.2. To cause to roll or re...
Trundle (3)
Trun″dle, v. i. 1. To go or move on small wheels; as, a bed trundles under another.2. To roll, or go by revolving, as a hoop.
Trundle-bed
Trun″dle–bed′ (?), n. A 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 simiral bed without w...
Trundlehead
Trun″dle‐head′ (?), n. 1. (Gearing) One of the disks forming the ends of a lantern wheel or pinion.2. The drumhead of a capstan; especially, the drumhead of the lower of two cap...
Trundletail
Trun″dle‐tail′ (?), n. A round or curled-up tail; also, a dog with such a tail. Shak.
Trunk
Trunk (?), n. [F. tronc, L. truncus, fr. truncus maimed, mutilated; perhaps akin to torquere to twist wrench, and E. torture. Trunk in the sense of proboscis is fr. F. trompe (t...
Trunk (2)
Trunk (?), v. t. [Cf. F. tronquer. See Truncate.] 1. To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim. “Out of the trunked stock.” Spenser.2. (Mining) To extract (ores) from the sli...
Trunk engine
Trunk engine. An engine having a trunk piston, as most internal combustion engines.
Trunk piston
Trunk piston. In a single-acting engine, an elongated hollow piston, open at the end, in which the end of the connecting rod is pivoted. The piston rod, crosshead and stuffing b...
Trunk steamer
Trunk steamer. A freight steamer having a high hatch coaming extending almost continuously fore and aft, but not of whaleback form at the sides.
Trunkback
Trunk″back′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The leatherback.
Trunked
Trunked (?), a. Having (such) a trunk.Thickset with strong and well-trunked trees. Howell.
Trunkfish
Trunk″fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidæ, having an angular body covered with a...
Trunkful
Trunk″ful (?), n.; pl.Trunkfuls (�). As much as a trunk will hold; enough to fill a trunk.
Trunkwork
Trunk″work′ (?), n. Work or devices suitable to be concealed; a secret stratagem.
Trunnel
Trun″nel (?), n. A trundle.
Trunnel (2)
Trun″nel, n.(Shipbuilding) See Treenail.
Trunnion
Trun″nion (?), n. [OF. trognon the stock, stump, or truck of a tree, F. trognon a core, stalk, fr. tron a trunk, stem. Cf. Trunk.] 1. (Gun.) A cylindrical projection on each sid...
Trunnioned
Trun″nioned (?), a. Provided with trunnions; as, the trunnioned cylinder of an oscillating steam engine.
Trusion
Tru″sion (?), n. [L. trudere, trusum, to thrust, shove: cf. F. trusion.] The act of pushing or thrusting. Bentley.
Truss
Truss (?), n. [OE. trusse, F. trousse, OF. also tourse; perhaps fr. L. tryrsus stalk, stem. Cf. Thyrsus, Torso, Trousers, Trousseau.] 1. A bundle; a package; as, a truss of gras...
Truss (2)
Truss, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Trussed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trussing.] [F. trousser. See Truss, n.] 1. To bind or pack close; to make into a truss. Shak.It was trussed up in his walle...
Trussing
Truss″ing (?), n. 1. (Arch. & Engin.) The timbers, etc., which form a truss, taken collectively. Weale.2. (Arch. & Engin.) The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or ...
Trust
Trust (?), n. [OE. trust, trost, Icel. traust confidence, security; akin to Dan. & Sw. tröst comfort, consolation, G. trost, Goth. trausti a convention, covenant, and E. true. S...
Trust (2)
Trust, a. Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.
Trust (3)
Trust, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Trusted; p. pr. & vb. n.Trusting.] [OE. trusten, trosten. See Trust, n.] 1. To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we...