TROCHILICS
TROCHIL'ICS, noun [Latin trochilus.] The science of rotary motion.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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TROCHILUS
TRO'CHILUSTRO'CHINGS, noun The small branches on the top of a deer's head.
TROCHISCH
TRO'CHISCH, noun [Gr.] A kind of tablet or lozenge.
TROCHITE
TRO'CHITE, noun [Latin trochus; Gr. to run.]1. In natural history, a kind of figured fossil stone, resembling parts of plants, called St. Cuthbert's beads. These stones are usua...
TROCHLEA
TROCH'LEA, noun [Latin a pulley, from Gr. to run.] A pulley-like cartilage, through which the tendon of the trochleary muscle passes.
TROCHLEARY
TROCH'LEARY, adjective [from Latin trochlea.] Pertaining to the trochlea; as the trochleary muscle, the superior oblique muscle of the eye; the trochleary nerve, the pathetic ne...
TROCHOID
TRO'CHOID, noun [Latin trochus, to run.] In geometry, a curve generated by the motion of a wheel; the cycloid.
TROD
TROD, preterit tense of tread.TROD
TRODDEN
TRODDEN, participle passive of tread.Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles. Luke 21:24.
TRODE
TRODE, old preterit tense of tread.TRODE, noun Tread; footing.
TROGLODYTE
TROG'LODYTE, noun [Gr. a cavern, and to enter.] The Troglodytes were a people of Ethiopia, represented by the ancients as living in caves, about whom we have many fables.
TROLL
TROLL, verb transitive To move in a circular direction; to roll; to move volubly; to turn; to drive about.They learn to roll the eye, and troll the tongue.TROLL about the bridal...
TROLLED
TROLLED, participle passive Rolled; turned about.
TROLLING
TROLLING, participle present tense Rolling; turning; driving about; fishing with a rod and reel.
TROLLOP
TROL'LOP, noun A stroller; a loiterer; a woman loosely dressed; a slattern.
TROLLOPEE
TROLLOPEE', noun Formerly, a loose dress for females.
TROLMYDAMES
TROL'MYDAMES, noun The game of nine-holes.
TROMP
TROMP, noun [See Trumpet.] A blowing machine formed of a hollow tree, used in furnaces.
TROMPIL
TROMP'IL, noun An aperture in a tromp.
TRONAGE
TRON'AGE, noun Formerly, a toll or duty paid for weighing wool.
TRONATOR
TRONA'TOR, noun An officer in London, whose business was to weigh wool.
TRONCO
TRON'CO, noun [Latin truncus.] A term in Italian music, directing a note or sound to be cut short, or just uttered and then discontinued.
TRONE
TRONE, noun A provincial word in some parts of England for a small drain.
TROOP
TROOP, noun1. A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude. Genesis 49:19. 2 Samuel 23:11. Hosea 7.That which should accompany old age,As honor, love, obedience, tro...
TROOPER
TROOP'ER, noun A private or soldier in a body of cavalry; a horse soldier.
TROOPING
TROOP'ING, participle present tense Moving together in a crowd; marching in a body.
TROPE
TROPE, noun [Latin tropus; Gr. to turn.] In rhetoric, a word or expression used in a different sense from that which it properly signifies; or a word changed from its original s...