Chapter 1775

Trump"et , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Trumpeted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Trumpeting .] [Cf. F. trompeter .] To publish by, or as by, sound of trumpet; to noise abroad; to proclaim; as, to trumpet good tidings .

They did nothing but publish and trumpet all the reproaches they could devise against the Irish. Bacon.

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Trump"et , v. i. To sound loudly, or with a tone like a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry.

Trumpeter <Xpage=1546>

Trump"et*er (?) , n. 1. One who sounds a trumpet.

2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.

These men are good trumpeters . Bacon.

3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any one of several species of long-legged South American birds of the genus Psophia , especially P. crepitans , which is abundant, and often domesticated and kept with other poultry by the natives. They are allied to the cranes. So called from their loud cry. Called also agami , and yakamik . (b) A variety of the domestic pigeon. (c) An American swan ( Olor buccinator ) which has a very loud note.

4. (Zo\'94l.) A large edible fish ( Latris hecateia ) of the family Cirrhitid\'91 , native of Tasmania and New Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish.

Trumpeting <Xpage=1546>

Trump"et*ing , n. (Mining) A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft.

Raymond.

Trumpets <Xpage=1546>

Trump"ets (?) , n. pl. (Bot.) A plant ( Sarracenia flava ) with long, hollow leaves.

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Trump"et-shaped` (?) , a. Tubular with one end dilated, as the flower of the trumpet creeper.

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Trump"et-tongued` (?) , a. Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech.

Trumpetweed <Xpage=1546>

Trump"et*weed` (?) , n. (Bot.) (a) An herbaceous composite plant ( Eupatorium purpureum ), often having hollow stems, and bearing purplish flowers in small corymbed heads. (b) The sea trumpet.

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Trump"et*wood` (?) , n. (Bot.) A tropical American tree ( Cecropia peltata ) of the Breadfruit family, having hollow stems, which are used for wind instruments; -- called also snakewood , and trumpet tree .

Trumpie <Xpage=1546>

Trum"pie (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The Richardson's skua ( Stercorarius parasiticus ).

Trumplike <Xpage=1546>

Trump"like` (?) , a. Resembling a trumpet, esp. in sound; as, a trumplike voice .

Chapman.

Truncal <Xpage=1546>

Trun"cal (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the trunk, or body.

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Trun"cate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Truncated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Truncating .] [L. truncatus , p. p. of truncare to cut off, mutilate, fr. truncus maimed, mutilated, cut short. See Trunk .] To cut off; to lop; to maim.

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Trun"cate (?) , a. [L. truncatus , p. p. ] Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or feather .

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Trun"ca*ted (?) , a. 1. Cut off; cut short; maimed.

2. (Min.) Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge .

3. (Zo\'94l.) Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off.

Truncated cone &or; pyramid (Geom.) , a cone or pyramid whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being usually parallel to the base.

Truncation <Xpage=1546>

Trun*ca"tion (?) , n. [L. truncatio .] 1. The act of truncating, lopping, or cutting off.

2. The state of being truncated.

3. (Min.) The replacement of an edge or solid angle by a plane, especially when the plane is equally inclined to the adjoining faces.

Trunch <Xpage=1546>

Trunch (?) , n. [See Truncheon .] A stake; a small post. [Obs.]

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Trun"cheon (?) , n. [OE. tronchoun the shaft of a broken spear, broken piece, OF. tronchon , tron<?/on , F. tron<?/on , fr. OF. & F. tronce , tronche , a piece of wood; cf. OF. trons , tros , trois ; all perhaps from L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, staff. See Thyrsus , and cf. Trounce .] 1. A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.

With his truncheon he so rudely struck. Spenser.

2. A baton, or military staff of command.

The marshal's truncheon nor the judges robe. Shak.

3. A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.

Gardner.

Truncheon <Xpage=1546>

Trun"cheon , v. t. To beat with a truncheon.

Shak.

Truncheoned <Xpage=1546>

Trun"cheoned (?) , a. Having a truncheon.

Truncheoneer <Xpage=1546>

Trun`cheon*eer" (?) , n. A person armed with a truncheon. [Written also truncheoner .]

Truncus <Xpage=1546>

Trun"cus (?) , n. [L.] (Zo\'94l.) The thorax of an insect. See Trunk , n. , 5.

Trundle <Xpage=1546>

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 little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion.

4. (Mach.) (a) A lantern wheel. See under Lantern . (b) One of the bars of a lantern wheel.

Trundle <Xpage=1546>

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 revolve; to roll along; as, to trundle a hoop or a ball .

R. A. Proctor.

Trundle <Xpage=1546>

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 <Xpage=1546>

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 wheels.

Chapman.

Trundlehead <Xpage=1546>

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 capstans on the sane axis.

Trundletail <Xpage=1546>

Trun"dle*tail` (?) , n. A round or curled-up tail; also, a dog with such a tail.

Shak.

Trunk <Xpage=1546>

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 (the same word as trompe a trumpet), but has been confused in English with trunk the stem of a tree (see Trump a trumpet). Cf. Truncate .] 1. The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.

About the mossy trunk I wound me soon, For, high from ground, the branches would require Thy utmost reach. Milton.

2. The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs.

3. The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches .

4. (Arch) That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.

5. (Zo\'94l.) That segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus.

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6. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The proboscis of an elephant. (b) The proboscis of an insect.

7. A long tube through which pellets of clay, p<?/as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath.

He shot sugarplums them out of a trunk . Howell.

8. A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the effects of a traveler.

Locked up in chests and trunks . Shak.

9. (Mining) A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.

10. (Steam Engine) A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.

11. A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc.

Trunk engine , a marine engine, the piston rod of which is a trunk. See Trunk , 10. -- Trunk hose , large breeches formerly worn, reaching to the knees. -- Trunk line , the main line of a railway, canal, or route of conveyance. -- Trunk turtle (Zo\'94l.) , the leatherback.

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Trunk (?) , v. t. [Cf. F. tronquer . See Truncate .] 1. To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim. [Obs.] "Out of the trunked stock."

Spenser.

2. (Mining) To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. See Trunk , n. , 9.

Weale.

Trunkback <Xpage=1547>

Trunk"back` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The leatherback.

Trunked <Xpage=1547>

Trunked (?) , a. Having (such) a trunk.

Thickset with strong and well- trunked trees. Howell.

Trunkfish <Xpage=1547>

Trunk"fish` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion , or the family Ostraciontid\'91 , having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish , and boxfish .

Trunkful <Xpage=1547>

Trunk"ful (?) , n. ; pl. Trunkfuls (<?/) . As much as a trunk will hold; enough to fill a trunk.

Trunkwork <Xpage=1547>

Trunk"work` (?) , n. Work or devices suitable to be concealed; a secret stratagem. [Obs.]

Trunnel <Xpage=1547>

Trun"nel (?) , n. A trundle. [R.]

Trunnel <Xpage=1547>

Trun"nel , n. (Shipbuilding) See Treenail .

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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 side of a piece, whether gun, mortar, or howitzer, serving to support it on the cheeks of the carriage. See Illust . of Cannon .

2. (Steam Engine) A gudgeon on each side of an oscillating steam cylinder, to support it. It is usually tubular, to convey steam.

Trunnion plate (Gun.) , a plate in the carriage of a gun, mortar, or howitzer, which covers the upper part of the cheek, and forms a bearing under the trunnion. -- Trunnion ring (Gun.) , a ring on a cannon next before the trunnions. [R.]

Trunnioned <Xpage=1547>

Trun"nioned (?) , a. Provided with trunnions; as, the trunnioned cylinder of an oscillating steam engine .

Trusion <Xpage=1547>

Tru"sion (?) , n. [L. trudere , trusum , to thrust, shove: cf. F. trusion .] The act of pushing or thrusting. [R.]

Bentley.

Truss <Xpage=1547>

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 grass .

Fabyan.

Bearing a truss of trifles at his back. Spenser.

&hand; A truss of hay in England is 56 lbs. of old and 60 lbs. of new hay; a truss of straw is 36 lbs.

2. A padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the body from the effects of friction; also, a part of a woman's dress; a stomacher. [Obs.]

Nares.

Puts off his palmer's weed unto his truss , which bore The stains of ancient arms. Drayton.

3. (Surg.) A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes.

4. (Bot.) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants.

5. (Naut.) The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.

6. (Arch. & Engin.) An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points, with the least possible strain across the length of any member. Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often contain members not needed for construction, or are built with greater massiveness than is requisite, or are composed in unscientific ways in accordance with the exigencies of style.

Truss rod , a rod which forms the tension member of a trussed beam, or a tie rod in a truss.

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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 [his hood] was trussed up in his wallet. Chaucer.

2. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon. [Obs.]

Who trussing me as eagle doth his prey. Spenser.

3. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.

4. To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it.

5. To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up . [Slang.]

Sir W. Scott.

To truss a person &or; one's self , to adjust and fasten the clothing of; especially, to draw tight and tie the laces of garments. [Obs.] "Enter Honeysuckle, in his nightcap, trussing himself." J. Webster (1607) . -- To truss up , to strain; to make close or tight. -- Trussed beam , a beam which is stiffened by a system of braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a chord.

Trussing <Xpage=1547>

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 the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss.

3. The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air. [Obs.]

Trust <Xpage=1547>

Trust (?) , n. [OE. trust , trost , Icel. traust confidence, security; akin to Dan. & Sw. tr\'94st comfort, consolation, G. trost , Goth. trausti a convention, covenant, and E. true . See True , and cf. Tryst .] 1. Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance. "O ever-failing trust in mortal strength!"

Milton.

Most take things upon trust . Locke.

2. Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust .

3. Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief. "Such trust have we through Christ." 2 Cor. iii. 4 .

His trust was with the Eternal to be deemed Equal in strength. Milton.

4. That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit.

5. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.

[I] serve him truly that will put me in trust . Shak.

Reward them well, if they observe their trust . Denham.

6. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.

O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. Ps. lxxi. 5.

7. (Law) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee , for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust .

8. An organization formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; as, a sugar trust . [Cant]

Syn. -- Confidence; belief; faith; hope; expectation.

Trust deed (Law) , a deed conveying property to a trustee, for some specific use.

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Trust , a. Held in trust; as, trust property; trust money .

Trust <Xpage=1547>

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 can not trust those who have deceived us .

I will never trust his word after. Shak.

He that trusts every one without reserve will at last be deceived. Johnson.

2. To give credence to; to believe; to credit.

Trust me, you look well. Shak.

3. To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object.

I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face. 2 John 12.

We trust we have a good conscience. Heb. xiii. 18.

4. to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something.

Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust , Now to suspect is vain. Dryden.

5. To commit, as to one's care; to intrust.

Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes to any custody but that of a man-of-war. Macaulay.

6. To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment; as, merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods .

7. To risk; to venture confidently.

[Beguiled] by thee to trust thee from my side. Milton.

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Trust , v. i. 1. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.