Chapter 1776

More to know could not be more to trust . Shak.

2. To be confident, as of something future; to hope.

I will trust and not be afraid. Isa. xii. 2.

3. To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.

It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust . Johnson.

To trust in , To trust on , to place confidence in,; to rely on; to depend. " Trust in the Lord, and do good." Ps. xxxvii. 3 . "A priest . . . on whom we trust ." Chaucer.

Her widening streets on new foundations trust . Dryden.

To trust to ∨ unto , to depend on; to have confidence in; to rely on.

They trusted unto the liers in wait. Judges xx. 36.

Trustee <Xpage=1547>

Trus*tee" (?) , n. (Law) A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.

Trustee process (Law) , a process by which a creditor may attach his debtor's goods, effects, and credits, in the hands of a third person; -- called, in some States, the process of foreign attachment , garnishment , or factorizing process . [U. S.]

Trustee <Xpage=1547>

Trus*tee" (?) , v. t. 1. To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate .

2. (Law) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor. [U.S.]

Trusteeship <Xpage=1547>

Trus*tee"ship , n. The office or duty of a trustee.

Truster <Xpage=1547>

Trust"er (?) , n. 1. One who trusts, or credits.

2. (Scots Law) One who makes a trust; -- the correlative of trustee .

Trustful <Xpage=1547>

Trust"ful (?) , a. 1. Full of trust; trusting.

2. Worthy of trust; faithful; trusty; trustworthy.

-- Trust"ful*ly , adv. -- Trust"ful*ness , n.

Trustily <Xpage=1547>

Trust"i*ly (?) , adv. In a trusty manner.

Trustiness <Xpage=1547>

Trust"i*ness , n. The quality or state of being trusty.

Trusting <Xpage=1547>

Trust"ing , a. Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting; trustful. -- Trust"ing*ly , adv.

Trustless <Xpage=1547>

Trust"less , a. That may not be trusted; not worthy of trust; unfaithful. -- Trust"less*ness , n.

Trustworthy <Xpage=1547>

Trust"wor`thy (?) , a. Worthy of trust or confidence; trusty. -- Trust"wor`thi*ness (#) , n.

Trusty <Xpage=1547>

Trust"y (?) , a. [ Compar. Trustier (?) ; superl. Trustiest .] 1. Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable.

Your trusty and most valiant servitor. Shak.

2. Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm.

His trusty sword he called to his aid. Spenser.

3. Involving trust; as, a trusty business . [R.]

Shak.

Truth <Xpage=1547>

Truth (?) , n. ; pl. Truths (#) . [OE. treuthe , trouthe , treowpe , AS. tre\'a2w<?/ . See True ; cf. Troth , Betroth .] 1. The quality or being true; as: -- (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be.

(b) Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, object of imitation, or the like.

Plows, to go true, depend much on the truth of the ironwork. Mortimer.

(c) Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness.

Alas! they had been friends in youth, But whispering tongues can poison truth . Coleridge.

(d) The practice of speaking what is true; freedom from falsehood; veracity.

If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth . Shak.

2. That which is true or certain concerning any matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact; verity; reality.

Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor. Zech. viii. 16.

I long to know the truth here of at large. Shak.

The truth depends on, or is only arrived at by, a legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly material. Coleridge.

3. A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement or proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the like; as, the great truths of morals .

Even so our boasting . . . is found a truth . 2 Cor. vii. 14.

4. Righteousness; true religion.

Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. John i. 17.

Sanctify them through thy truth ; thy word is truth . John xvii. 17.

In truth , in reality; in fact. -- Of a truth , in reality; certainly. -- To do truth , to practice what God commands.

He that doeth truth cometh to the light. John iii. 21.

Truth <Xpage=1547>

Truth , v. t. To assert as true; to declare. [R.]

Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have truthed it heaven. Ford.

Truthful <Xpage=1547>

Truth"ful (?) , a. Full of truth; veracious; reliable. -- Truth"ful*ly , adv. -- Truth"ful*ness , n.

Truthless <Xpage=1547>

Truth"less , a. Devoid of truth; dishonest; dishonest; spurious; faithless. -- Truth"less*ness , n.

Truth-lover <Xpage=1547>

Truth"-lov`er (?) , n. One who loves the truth.

Truth-lover was our English Duke. Tennyson.

Truthness <Xpage=1547>

Truth"ness , n. Truth. [Obs. & R.]

Marston.

Truth-teller <Xpage=1547>

Truth"-tell`er (?) , n. One who tells the truth.

Truth-teller was our England's Alfred named. Tennyson.

Truthy <Xpage=1547>

Truth"y (?) , a. Truthful; likely; probable. [R.] "A more truthy import."

W. G. Palgrave.

Trutination <Xpage=1547>

Tru`ti*na"tion (?) , n. [L. trutinari to weigh, from trutina a balance. See Trone a steelyard.] The act of weighing. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Truttaceous <Xpage=1547>

Trut*ta"ceous (?) , a. [LL. trutta a trout, L. tructa . See Trout .] (Zo\'94l.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trout; as, fish of the truttaceous kind .

Try <Xpage=1547>

Try (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. tried (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Trying .] [OE. trien to select, pick out, F. trier to cull, to out, LL. tritare to triturate (hence the sense of, to thresh, to separate the grain from the straw, to select), L. terere , tritum , to rub, bruise, grind, thresh. See Trite .] 1. To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out ; as, to try out the wild corn from the good . [Obs.]

Sir T. Elyot.

2. To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc.

Shak.

The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Ps. xii. 6.

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried . Ps. lxvi. 10.

3. To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions .

Let the end try the man. Shak.

4. To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to.

Thus far to try thee, Adam, I was pleased. Milton.

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5. To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy for disease; to try a horse .

Come, try upon yourselves what you have seen me. Shak.

To ease her cares the force of sleep she tries . Swift.

6. To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes ; repeated disappointments try one's patience.

7. (Law) To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal .

8. To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions .

Left I the court, to see this quarrel tried . Shak.

9. To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience.

Milton.

Or try the Libyan heat or Scythian cold. Dryden.

10. To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.

Let us try . . . to found a path. Milton.

To try on . (a) To put on, as a garment, to ascertain whether it fits the person. (b) To attempt; to undertake. [Slang] Dickens .

Syn. -- To attempt; endeavor; strive; aim; examine. -- Try , Attempt . To try is the generic, to attempt is the specific, term. When we try , we are usually uncertain as to success; when we attempt , we have always some definite object in view which we seek to accomplish. We may be indifferent as to the result of a trial , but we rarely attempt anything without a desire to succeed.

He first deceased: she for a little tried To live without him; liked it not, and died. Sir H. Wotton.

Alack, I am afraid they have a waked, And 't is not done. The attempt , and not the deed, Confounds us. Shak.

Try <Xpage=1548>

Try (?) , v. i. 1. To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn .

2. To do; to fare; as, how do you try ! [Prov. Eng.]

Try <Xpage=1548>

Try , n. 1. A screen, or sieve, for grain. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Holland.

2. Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.

This breaking of his has been but a try for his friends. Shak.

Try cock , a gauge cock. See under Gauge .

Try <Xpage=1548>

Try , a. [Cf. Try , v. t. ] Refined; select; excellent; choice. [Obs.] "Sugar that is try ."

Chaucer .

Trygon <Xpage=1548>

Try"gon (tr&imac;"g&ocr;n) n. [L., a sting ray, from Gr.<?/ a kind of fish with a prickle in the tail.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species of large sting rays belonging to Trygon and allied genera.

Trying <Xpage=1548>

Try"ing , a. Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position .

Trypsin <Xpage=1548>

Tryp"sin (?) , n. [Cr. <?/ a rubbing, fr. <?/ to rub, grind. So called because it causes proteid matter to break up or to fall apart.] (physiol.) A proteolytic ferment, or enzyme, present in the pancreatic juice. Unlike the pepsin of the gastric juice, it acts in a neutral or alkaline fluid, and not only converts the albuminous matter of the food into soluble peptones, but also, in part, into leucin and tyrosin.

Trypsinogen <Xpage=1548>

Tryp*sin"o*gen (?) , n. [ Trypsin + -gen .] (Physiol.) The antecedent of trypsin, a substance which is contained in the cells of the pancreas and gives rise to the trypsin.

Tryptic <Xpage=1548>

Tryp"tic (?) , a. (Physiol.) Relating to trypsin or to its action; produced by trypsin; as, trypsin digestion .

Tryptone <Xpage=1548>

Tryp"tone (?) , n. (Physiol. Chem.) The peptone formed by pancreatic digestion; -- so called because it is formed through the agency of the ferment trypsin .

Trysail <Xpage=1548>

Try"sail (?) , n. (Naut.) A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast , close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer .

Totten.

Try-square <Xpage=1548>

Try"-square` (?) , n. An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, etc., for laying off right angles off right angles, and testing whether work is square.

Tryst <Xpage=1548>

Tryst (?) , n. [OE. trist , tryst , a variant of trust ; cf. Icel. treysta to make trusty, fr. traust confidence, security. See Trust , n. ] 1. Trust. [Obs.]

2. An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst ; to break tryst . [Scot. or Poetic]

To bide tryst , to wait, at the appointed time, for one with whom a tryst or engagement is made; to keep an engagement or appointment.

The tenderest-hearted maid That ever bided tryst at village stile. Tennyson.

Tryst <Xpage=1548>

Tryst , v. t. [OE. tristen , trysten . See Tryst , n. ]

1. To trust. [Obs.]

2. To agree with to meet at a certain place; to make an appointment with. [Scot.]

Burns.

Tryst <Xpage=1548>

Tryst , v. i. To mutually agree to meet at a certain place. [Scot.]

Tryster <Xpage=1548>

Tryst"er (?) , n. One who makes an appointment, or tryst; one who meets with another.

Trysting <Xpage=1548>

Tryst"ing , n. An appointment; a tryst.

Trysting day , an arranged day of meeting or assembling, as of soldiers, friends, and the like.

And named a trysting day , And bade his messengers ride forth East and west and south and north, To summon his array. Macaulay.

-- Trysting place , a place designated for the assembling of soldiers, the meeting of parties for an interview, or the like; a rendezvous. Byron .

Tsar <Xpage=1548>

Tsar (?) , n. The title of the emperor of Russia. See Czar .

Tsarina, Tsaritsa <Xpage=1548>

Tsa*ri"na (?) , Tsa*rit"sa (?) , n. [Russ. tsaritsa . Cf. Czarina .] The title of the empress of Russia. See Czarina .

Tschakmeck <Xpage=1548>

Tschak*meck" (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The chameck.

Tschego <Xpage=1548>

Tsche"go (?) , n. [From a native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A West African anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee, and by some considered only a variety of the chimpanzee. It is noted for building large, umbrella-shaped nests in trees. Called also tscheigo , tschiego , nschego , nscheigo .

Tsebe <Xpage=1548>

Tse"be (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The springbok.

Tsetse <Xpage=1548>

Tset"se , n. (Zo\'94l.) A venomous two-winged African fly ( Glossina morsitans ) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year. [Written also tzetze , and tsetze .] <-- carrier of sleeping sickness, in areas where that disease is endemic. -->

T square <Xpage=1548>

T" square` (?) . See under T .

Tuatera <Xpage=1548>

Tu`a*te"ra (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) See Hatteria .

Tub <Xpage=1548>

Tub (?) , n. [OE. tubbe ; of Dutch or Low German origin; cf. LG. tubbe , D. tobbe .] 1. An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, -- used for various purposes.

2. The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as, a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., etc .

3. Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or opprobriously.

All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs , in the grand work of preaching and holding forth. South.

4. A sweating in a tub; a tub fast. [Obs.]

Shak.

5. A small cask; as, a tub of gin .

6. A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners.

Tub fast , an old mode of treatment for the venereal disease, by sweating in a close place, or tub, and fasting. [Obs.] Shak . -- Tub wheel , a horizontal water wheel, usually in the form of a short cylinder, to the circumference of which spiral vanes or floats, placed radially, are attached, turned by the impact of one or more streams of water, conducted so as to strike against the floats in the direction of a tangent to the cylinder.

Tub <Xpage=1548>

Tub , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tubbed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tubbing .] To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant .

Tub <Xpage=1548>

Tub , i. To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe. [Colloq.]

Don't we all tub in England ? London Spectator.

Tuba <Xpage=1548>

Tu"ba (?) , n. [L., trumpet.] (Mus.) (a) An ancient trumpet. (b) A sax-tuba. See Sax-tuba .

Tubal <Xpage=1548>

Tub"al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to a tube; specifically, of or pertaining to one of the Fallopian tubes; as, tubal pregnancy .

Tubbing <Xpage=1548>

Tub"bing (?) , n. 1. The forming of a tub; also, collectively, materials for tubs.

2. A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety.

Tubby <Xpage=1548>

Tub"by (?) , a. Resembling a tub; specifically sounding dull and without resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound; as, a tubby violin .

Tube <Xpage=1548>

Tube (?) , n. [L. tubus ; akin to tuba a trumpet: cf F. tube .] 1. A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

2. A telescope. "Glazed optic tube ."

Milton.

3. A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance.

4. (Bot.) The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.

5. (Gun.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming , and Friction .