Webster's Dictionary 1913

5131

Trochanteric

Tro′chan‐ter″ic (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to one or both of the trochanters.

5132

Trochantine

Tro‐chan″tine (?), n.(Zoöl.) The second joint of the leg of an insect, — often united with the coxa.

5133

Trochar

Tro″char (?), n.(Surg.) See Trocar.

5134

Troche

Tro″che (trō″kē), n. [Gr. τροχόσ anything round or circular, a wheel, properly, a runner, fr. τρέχειν to run. Cf. Trochee.] (Pharm.) A medicinal tablet or lozenge; strictly, one...

5135

Trochee

Tro″chee (?), n. [L. trochaeus, Gr. � (sc.�), from � running, from � to run. Cf. Troche, Truck a wheel.] (Pros.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as...

5136

Trochil

Tro″chil (?), n. [Cf. F. trochile. See Trochilus.] (Zoöl.) The crocodile bird.The crocodile... opens his chaps to let the trochil in to pick his teeth, which gives it the usual ...

5137

Trochili

‖Troch″i‐li (?), n. pl. [NL. See Trochilus.] (Zoöl.) A division of birds comprising the humming birds.

5138

Trochilic

Tro‐chil″ic (?), a. [See Trochilics.] OF or pertaining to rotary motion; having power to draw out or turn round. “By art trochilic.” Camden.

5139

Trochilics

Tro‐chil″ics (?), n. The science of rotary motion, or of wheel work. Wilkins.

5140

Trochilidist

Tro‐chil″i‐dist (?), n. [See Trochilus.] One who studies, or is versed in, the nature and habits of humming birds, or the Trochilidæ. Gould.

5141

Trochilos

‖Troch″i‐los (?), n. [NL. See Trochilus.] (Zoöl.) The crocodile bird, or trochil.

5142

Trochilus

‖Troch″i‐lus (?), n.; pl.Trochili (#). [L. trochilus a kind of small bird. Gr. �, fr. � to run.] 1. (Zoöl.) (a) A genus of humming birds. It Formerly included all the known spec...

5143

Troching

Tro″ching (?), n. [OF. troche cluster, group; cf. F. trochure a surantler, trochée branches of a seedling, trochet cluster of flowers or fruits.] (Zoöl.) One of the small branch...

5144

Trochiscus

‖Tro‐chis″cus (?), n.; pl.Trochisci (#). [L., fr. Gr. � a small ball, dim. of � a wheel. See Troche.] (Pharm.) A kind of tablet or lozenge; a troche.

5145

Trochisk

Tro″chisk (?), n. [Cf. F. trochisque.] See Trochiscus. Bacon.

5146

Trochite

Tro″chite (?), n.(Paleon.) A wheel-like joint of the stem of a fossil crinoid.

5147

Trochlea

‖Troch″le‐a (?), n. [L., a case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys, Gr. �. See Trochilics.] 1. (Mach.) A pulley.2. (Anat.) A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley; as,...

5148

Trochlear

Troch″le‐ar (?), n. [L. trochlea block or pulley.] (Anat.) Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; as, a trochlear articular surface;...

5149

Trochleary

Troch″le‐a‐ry (?), a.(Anat.) Pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; trochlear; as, the trochleary, or trochlear, nerve.

5150

Trochoid

Tro″choid (?), n. [Gr. � a wheel + -oid; cf. F. trochoïde. See Troche.] (Geom.) The curve described by any point in a wheel rolling on a line; a cycloid; a roulette; in general,...

5151

Trochoid (2)

Tro″choid, a. 1. (Anat.) Admitting of rotation on an axis; — sometimes applied to a pivot joint like that between the atlas and axis in the vertebral column.2. (Zoöl.) Top-shape...

5152

Trochoidal

Tro‐choid″al (?), a. 1. (Geom.) Of or pertaining to a trochoid; having the properties of a trochoid.2. (Anat. & Zoöl.) See Trochoid, a.

5153

Trochometer

Tro‐chom″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. � a wheel + -meter.] A contrivance for computing the revolutions of a wheel; an odometer.

5154

Trochosphere

Troch″o‐sphere (?), n. [Gr. � a wheel + sphere.] (Zoöl.) A young larval form of many annelids, mollusks, and bryozoans, in which a circle of cilia is developed around the anteri...

5155

Trochus

‖Tro″chus (?), n.; pl.Trochi (#). (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to Trochus and many allied genera of the family Trochidæ. Some of the s...

5156

Troco

Tro″co (?), n. An old English game; — called also lawn billiards.

5157

Trod

Trod (?), imp. & p. p. of Tread.