Webster's Dictionary 1913

5239

Trothplight

Troth″plight′ (?), v. t. To betroth.

5240

Trothplight (2)

Troth″plight′, a. Betrothed; espoused; affianced. Shak.

5241

Trothplight (3)

Troth″plight′, n. The act of betrothing, or plighting faith; betrothing. Shak.

5242

Trothplighted

Troth″plight′ed, a. Having fidelity pledged.

5243

Trotter

Trot″ter (?), n. 1. One that trots; especially, a horse trained to be driven in trotting matches.2. The foot of an animal, especially that of a sheep; also, humorously, the huma...

5244

Trottoir

Trot″toir (?), n. [F., from trotter to trot. See Trot.] Footpath; pavement; sidewalk.Headless bodies trailed along the trottoirs. Froude.

5245

Trou-de-loup

‖Trou″–de–loup″ (?), n.; pl.Trous-de-loup (�). [F. trou hole + de of + loup wolf.] (Mil.) A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the app...

5246

Troubadour

Trou″ba‐dour′ (?), n. [F. troubadour, fr. Pr. trobador, (assumed) LL. tropator a singer, tropare to sing, fr. tropus a kind of singing, a melody, song, L. tropus a trope, a song...

5247

Troublable

Trou″bla‐ble (?), a. Causing trouble; troublesome. “troublable ire.” Chaucer.

5248

Trouble

Trou″ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Troubled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Troubling.] [F. troubler, OF. trobler, trubler, tourbler,fr. (assumed) LL. turbulare, L. turbare to disorderly grou...

5249

Trouble (2)

Trou″ble (?), a. Troubled; dark; gloomy. “With full trouble cheer.” Chaucer.

5250

Trouble (3)

Trou″ble, n. [F. trouble, OF. troble, truble. See Trouble, v. t.] 1. The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity.Lest the fiend... some n...

5251

Troubler

Trou″bler (?), n. One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace.The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller.

5252

Troublesome

Trou″ble‐some (?), a. Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.This troublesome world. Book of Common Prayer.These troublesome disguises that we wear. Milton....

5253

Troublous

Trou″blous (?), a. Full of trouble; causing trouble. “In doubtful time of troublous need.” Byron.A tall ship tossed in troublous seas. Spenser.

5254

Trough

Trough (?), n. [OE. trough, trogh, AS. trog, troh; akin to D., G., & Icel. trog, Sw. tråg, Dan. trug; probably originally meaning, made of wood, and akin to E. tree. � & 241. Se...

5255

Trough (2)

Trough (?), n.(Meteor.) The transverse section of a cyclonic area where the barometric pressure, neither rising nor falling, has reached its lowest point.

5256

Trough-shell

Trough″–shell′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any bivalve shell of the genus Mactra. See Mactra.

5257

Troul

Troul (?), v. t. & i. See Troll.

5258

Trounce

Trounce (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Trounced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Trouncing (?).] [F. tronce, tronche, a stump, piece of wood. See Truncheon.] To punish or beat severely; to whip sma...

5259

Troupe

‖Troupe (?), n. [F., troop. See Troop.] A company or troop, especially the company of performers in a play or an opera.

5260

Troupial

Troup″i‐al (?), n. [F. troupiale.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of bright-colored American birds belonging to Icterus and allied genera, especially Icterus icterus, a nat...

5261

Trouse

Trouse (?), n. Trousers. Spenser.

5262

Trousering

Trou″ser‐ing (?), n. Cloth or material for making trousers.

5263

Trousers

Trou″sers (?), n. pl. [OF. trousses breeches worn by pages, from trousse, trosse, a bundle, a truss. See Truss, and cf. Trossers, Trouse.] A garment worn by men and boys, extend...

5264

Trousse

‖Trousse (?), n. [F. See Truss; cf. Trousseau.] A case for small implements; as, a surgeon's trousse.

5265

Trousseau

‖Trous′seau″ (tro͞o′sō″), n. [F., fr. OF. trossel, dim. of trousse a bundle, truss. See Truss.] The collective lighter equipments or outfit of a bride, including clothes, jewelr...