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Trochee (?), n. [L. trochaeus, Gr. � (sc.�), from � running, from � to run. Cf. , a wheel.] (Pros.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.
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Trochil (?), n. [Cf. F. trochile. See .] (Zoöl.) The crocodile bird.
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The crocodile . . . opens his chaps to let the trochil in to pick his teeth, which gives it the usual feeding. Sir T. Herbert.
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Trochili (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) A division of birds comprising the humming birds.
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Trochilic (?), a. [See .] OF or pertaining to rotary motion; having power to draw out or turn round. “By art trochilic.” Camden.
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Trochilics (?), n. [Gr. � the sheaf of a pulley, roller of a windlass, from � to run.] The science of rotary motion, or of wheel work. Wilkins.
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Trochilidist (?), n. [See .] One who studies, or is versed in, the nature and habits of humming birds, or the Trochilidæ. Gould.
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Trochilos (?), n. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) The crocodile bird, or trochil.
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Trochilus (?), 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 species. (b) Any one of several species of wrens and kinglets. [Obs.] (c) The crocodile bird.
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2. (Arch.) An annular molding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley; -- called also scotia.
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Troching (?), 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 branches of a stag's antler.
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Trochiscus (?), n.; pl. Trochisci (#). [L., fr. Gr. � a small ball, dim. of � a wheel. See .] (Pharm.) A kind of tablet or lozenge; a troche.
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Trochisk (?), n. [Cf. F. trochisque.] See . [Obs.] Bacon.
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Trochite (?), n. [Gr. � a wheel.] (Paleon.) A wheel-like joint of the stem of a fossil crinoid.
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Trochlea (?), n. [L., a case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys, Gr. �. See .] 1. (Mach.) A pulley. [Obs.]
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2. (Anat.) A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley; as, the trochlea, or pulleylike end, of the humerus, which articulates with the ulna; or the trochlea, or fibrous ring, in the upper part of the orbit, through which the superior oblique, or trochlear, muscle of the eye passes.
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Trochlear (?), 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; the trochlear muscle of the eye.
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Coloq. Trochlear nerve . See Pathetic nerve, under .
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Trochleary (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; trochlear; as, the trochleary, or trochlear, nerve.
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Trochoid (?), n. [Gr. � a wheel + -oid; cf. F. trochoïde. See .] (Geom.) The curve described by any point in a wheel rolling on a line; a cycloid; a roulette; in general, the curve described by any point fixedly connected with a moving curve while the moving curve rolls without slipping on a second fixed curve, the curves all being in one plane. Cycloids, epicycloids, hypocycloids, cardioids, etc., are all trochoids.
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Trochoid, 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.
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2. (Zoöl.) Top-shaped; having a flat base and conical spire; -- said of certain shells.
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3. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the genus Trochus or family Trochidæ.
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Trochoidal (?), a. 1. (Geom.) Of or pertaining to a trochoid; having the properties of a trochoid.
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2. (Anat. & Zoöl.) See , a.
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Trochometer (?), n. [Gr. � a wheel + -meter.] A contrivance for computing the revolutions of a wheel; an odometer.
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Trochosphere (?), 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 anterior end.
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Trochus (?), n.; pl. Trochi (#). [NL., fr. Gr. � a wheel.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to Trochus and many allied genera of the family Trochidæ. Some of the species are called also topshells.
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Troco (?), n. An old English game; -- called also lawn billiards.
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Trod (?), imp. & p. p. of .
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Trodden (?), p. p. of .
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Trode (?), archaic imp. of .
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On burnished hooves his war-horse trode. Tennyson.
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Trode, n. [AS. trod, fr. tredan to tread. See .] Tread; footing. [Written also troad.][Obs.] Spenser.
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Troglodyte (?), n. [L. troglodytae, pl., Gr. � one who creeps into holes; � a hole, cavern (fr. � to gnaw) + � enter: cf. F. troglodyte.] 1. (Ethnol.) One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller, or cave man. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes.
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In the troglodytes' country there is a lake, for the hurtful water it beareth called the “mad lake.” Holland.
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2. (Zoöl.) An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.
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3. (Zoöl.) The wren.
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Troglodytes (?), n. [NL. See .] 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of apes including the chimpanzee. The chimpanzee is now named Pan troglodytes., and its genus is Pan.
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2. (Zoöl.) A genus of singing birds including the common wrens.
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{ Troglodytic (?), Troglodytical (?), } a. [L. troglodyticus, Gr. �.] Of or pertaining to a troglodyte, or dweller in caves.
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Trogon (?), n. [NL.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of beautiful tropical birds belonging to the family Trogonidæ. They are noted for the brilliant colors and the resplendent luster of their plumage.
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☞ Some of the species have a train of long brilliant feathers lying over the tail and consisting of the upper tail coverts. Unlike other birds having two toes directed forward and two backward, they have the inner toe turned backward. A few species are found in Africa and India, but the greater number, including the most brilliant species, are found in tropical America. See Illust. of .
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Trogonoid (?), a. [Trogon + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the trogons.
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Trogue (?), n. [Cf. G. trog trough, E. trough.] (Mining) A wooden trough, forming a drain. Raymond.
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Troic (?), a. [L. Troicus, Gr. �, fr. �. See .] Pertaining to Troy; Trojan. Gladstone.
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Troilite (?), n. [Named after Dominico Troili, an Italian of the 18th century.] (Min.) Native iron protosulphide, FeS. It is known only in meteoric irons, and is usually in imbedded nodular masses of a bronze color.
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Troilus (?), n.; pl. L. Troili (#), E. Troiluses (#). [NL., fr. L. Troilus, Gr. �, the son of Priam.] (Zoöl.) A large, handsome American butterfly (Euphœades troilus, or Papilio troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue spots on the rear wings; -- also called troilus butterfly.
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Troilus butterfly (?). A large American butterfly (Papilio troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue on the rear; -- also called troilus.
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Trois point (?). [F. trois three.] (Backgammon) The third point from the outer edge on each player's home table.
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Trojan (?), a. [L. Trojanus, fr. Troja, Troia, Troy, from Tros, Gr. Trws, Trwos, Tros, the mythical founder of Troy.] 1. Of or pertaining to ancient Troy or its inhabitants. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Troy.
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2. One who shows the pluck, endurance, determined energy, strength, or the like, attributed to the defenders of Troy; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase Coloq. like a Trojan ; as, he endured the pain like a Trojan; he studies like a Trojan.
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Tim jumped like a Trojan from the bed. Finnegan's Wake (Irish song)
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Trojan horse (?), n. [from the incident described in Homer's .] 1. (Classical mythology) a large hollow wooden horse built by Greek soldiers besieging Troy during the Trojan War, and left as a “gift” when they pretended to abandon their seige. It was taken into the city by the Trojans, and Greek soldiers concealed inside came out and opened the gates to the city, enabling the capture of the city by the Greeks.
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2. Hence, any thing or person which appears harmless but is designed to destroy or attack from within. It may sometimes refer to a group; -- see also .
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3. (Computers) A computer program designed to evade the security precautions within a computer system and perform illicit operations, or to do malicious damage, and often designed to look like a different kind of program, such as a game, archiver, or directory lister. This term is not applied to a program that replicates itself, such as a virus.
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Troll (?), n. [Icel. troll. Cf. , .] (Scand. Myth.) A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves, hills, and like places; a witch.
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Coloq. Troll flower . (Bot.) Same as (a).
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Troll (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trolling.] [OE. trollen to roll, F. trôler, Of. troller to drag about, to ramble; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. G. trollen to roll, ramble, sich trollen to be gone; or perhaps for trotler, fr. F. trotter to trot (cf. .). Cf. .] 1. To move circularly or volubly; to roll; to turn.
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To dress and troll the tongue, and roll the eye. Milton.
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2. To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking.
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Then doth she troll to the bowl. Gammer Gurton's Needle.
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Troll the brown bowl. Sir W. Scott.
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3. To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly or freely.
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Will you troll the catch ? Shak.
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His sonnets charmed the attentive crowd,
By wide-mouthed mortaltrolled aloud. Hudibras.
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4. To angle for with a trolling line, or with a book drawn along the surface of the water; hence, to allure.
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5. To fish in; to seek to catch fish from.
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With patient angle trolls the finny deep. Goldsmith.
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Troll, v. i. 1. To roll; to run about; to move around; as, to troll in a coach and six.
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2. To move rapidly; to wag. F. Beaumont.
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3. To take part in trolling a song.
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4. To fish with a rod whose line runs on a reel; also, to fish by drawing the hook through the water.
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Their young men . . . trolled along the brooks that abounded in fish. Bancroft.
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Troll, n. 1. The act of moving round; routine; repetition. Burke.
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2. A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch; a round.
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Thence the catch and troll, while “Laughter, holding both his sides,” sheds tears to song and ballad pathetic on the woes of married life. Prof. Wilson.
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3. A trolley.
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Coloq. Troll plate (Mach.), a rotative disk with spiral ribs or grooves, by which several pieces, as the jaws of a chuck, can be brought together or spread radially.
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Troller (?), n. One who trolls.
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{ Trolley, Trolly } (?), n. (a) A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like. [Eng.] (b) A narrow cart that is pushed by hand or drawn by an animal. [Eng.] (c) (Mach.) A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes. (d) (Electric Railway) A truck which travels along the fixed conductors, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car. (e) A trolley car.
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Trolley car. (Elec.) A motor car powered by electricity drawn from a trolley, and thus constrained to follow the trolley lines.
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Coloq. Trolley line , (a) A trolley (f). (b) The path along which a trolley car runs.
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Trolley wire. A heavy conducting wire on which the trolley car runs and from which it receives the current.
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Trollmydames (?), n. [F. trou-madame pigeon holes.] The game of nineholes. [Written also trolmydames.] [Obs.] Shak.
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Trollop (?), n. [From to roll, to stroll; but cf. also .] A stroller; a loiterer; esp., an idle, untidy woman; a slattern; a slut; a whore.
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Trollopee (?), n. A kind of loose dress for women. [Obs.] Goldsmith.
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Trombone (?), n. [It., aug. of tromba a trumpet: cf. F. trombone. See a trumpet.] 1. (Mus.) A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family of wind instruments whose scale, both diatonic and chromatic, is complete without the aid of keys or pistons, and which can slide from note to note as smoothly as the human voice or a violin. Softly blown, it has a rich and mellow sound, which becomes harsh and blatant when the tones are forced; used with discretion, its effect is often solemn and majestic.
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2. (Zoöl.) The common European bittern.
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Trommel (?), n. [Cf. G. trommel a drum.] (Mining) A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores. Raymond.
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Tromp (?), n. [F. trombe, trompe, a waterspout, a water-blowing machine. Cf. a trumpet.] A blowing apparatus, in which air, drawn into the upper part of a vertical tube through side holes by a stream of water within, is carried down with the water into a box or chamber below which it is led to a furnace. [Written also trompe, and trombe.]
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{ Tromp, Trompe }, n. [See a trumpet.] A trumpet; a trump. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Trompil (?), n. [OF. trompille, equiv. to F. trompette a trumpet.] An aperture in a tromp.
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Tron (?), n. See 3d , 2. [Obs. or Scot.]
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Trona (?), n. [Of Egyptian or North African origin.] (Chem. & Min.) A native double salt, consisting of a combination of neutral and acid sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.2HNaCO3.2H2O, occurring as a white crystalline fibrous deposit from certain soda brine springs and lakes; -- called also urao, and by the ancients nitrum.
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Tronage (?), n. [From a steelyard.] A toll or duty paid for weighing wool; also, the act of weighing wool. [Obs.] Nares.
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Tronator (?), n. [LL. See .] An officer in London whose duty was to weigh wool. [Obs.]
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Trone (?), n. A throne. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Trone, n. [Cf. Prov. F. trogne a belly.] A small drain. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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{ Trone (?), Trones (?), } n. [LL. trona, fr. L. trutina a balance; cf. Gr. �.] 1. A steelyard. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused. [Scot.] Jamieson.
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Coloq. Trone stone , a weight equivalent to nineteen and a half pounds. [Scot.] -- Coloq. Trone weight , a weight formerly used in Scotland, in which a pound varied from 21 to 28 ounces avoirdupois.
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Troop (?), n. [F. troupe, OF. trope, trupe, LL. troppus; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. þorp a hamlet, village, G. dorf a village, dial. G. dorf a meeting. Norw. torp a little farm, a crowd, E. thorp. Cf. .] 1. A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
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That which should accompany old age --
As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends --
I must not look to have. Shak.
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2. Soldiers, collectively; an army; -- now generally used in the plural.
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Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars. Shak.
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His troops moved to victory with the precision of machines. Macaulay.
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3. (Mil.) Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery.
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4. A company of stageplayers; a troupe. W. Coxe.
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5. (Mil.) A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
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6. See , above.
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Troop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trooped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trooping.] 1. To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops. “Armies . . . troop to their standard.” Milton.
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2. To march on; to go forward in haste.
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Nor do I, as an enemy to peace,
Troop in the throngs of military men. Shak.
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Troop, v. t. -- Coloq. To troop the colors or Coloq. To troop the colours (Mil.), in the British army, to perform a ceremony consisting essentially in carrying the colors, accompanied by the band and escort, slowly before the troops drawn up in single file and usually in a hollow square, as in London on the sovereign's birthday.
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Troopbird (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any troupial.
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Trooper, n. 1. A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horse of a cavalryman.
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2. A state police officer; -- also called state trooper. [U. S.]
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3. A mounted policeman. [Australia] The black troopers of Queensland are a regiment of aboriginal police, employed chiefly for dispersing wild aborigines who encroach on sheep runs.
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4. Trouper.
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Coloq. like a trooper , with energy, endurance, or enthusiasm; as, to work like a trooper.

Troopfowl (?), n. (Zoöl.) The American scaup duck. [Local, U. S.]
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Troopial (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Troopmeal (?), adv. [Troop + -meal as in piecemeal.] By troops; in crowds. [Obs.]
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So, troopmeal, Troy pursued a while, laying on with swords and darts. Chapman.
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