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☞ The most important European species are the river, or brown, trout (Salmo fario), the salmon trout, and the sewen. The most important American species are the brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) of the Northern United States and Canada; the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see ); the lake trout (see ); the black-spotted, mountain, or silver, trout (Salmo purpuratus); the golden, or rainbow, trout (see under ); the blueback trout (see ); and the salmon trout (see under .) The European trout has been introduced into America.
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2. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of marine fishes more or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but not belonging to the same family, especially the California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also salt-water trout, sea trout, shad trout, and gray trout. See , and Rock trout under .
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Coloq. Trout perch (Zoöl.), a small fresh-water American fish (Percopsis guttatus), allied to the trout, but resembling a perch in its scales and mouth.
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Troutbird (troutbẽrd), n. (Zoöl.) The American golden plover. [Local, U. S.]
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Trout-colored (-kŭlẽrd), a. White, with spots of black, bay, or sorrel; as, a trout-colored horse.
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Troutlet (-lĕt), n. A little trout; a troutling. Hood.
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Troutling (-lĭng), n. A little trout; a troutlet.
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{ Trouvère (?), Trouveur (?), } n. [F. trouveur, trouvère. See .] One of a school of poets who flourished in Northern France from the eleventh to the fourteenth century.
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Trover (trōvẽr), n. [OF. trover, truver, to find, F. trouver; probably originally, to invent or compose (melodies), fr. (assumed) LL. tropare. See , , and cf. , , .] (Law) (a) The gaining possession of any goods, whether by finding or by other means. (b) An action to recover damages against one who found goods, and would not deliver them to the owner on demand; an action which lies in any case to recover the value of goods wrongfully converted by another to his own use. In this case the finding, though alleged, is an immaterial fact; the injury lies in the conversion.
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Trow (?), n. A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing fish. Knight.
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Trow (?), v. i. & t. [OE. trowen, AS. treówan to trust, believe, fr. treów trust, treówe true, faithful. See .] To believe; to trust; to think or suppose. [Archaic]
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So that ye trow in Christ, and you baptize. Chaucer.
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A better priest, I trow, there nowhere none is. Chaucer.
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It never yet was worn, I trow. Tennyson.
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☞ I trow, or trow alone, was formerly sometimes added to questions to express contemptuous or indignant surprise.
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What tempest, I trow, threw this whale . . . ashore? Shak.
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What is the matter, trow? Shak.
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Trowel (?), n. [OE. truel, OF. truele, F. truelle, LL. truella, L. trulla, dim. of trua a ladle; probably akin to Gr. � a stirrer, ladle, G. quirl a stirrer, MHG. twirel, OHG. dwiril, Icel. þvara, AS. þwiril. Cf. .] 1. A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
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2. A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc.
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3. (Founding) A tool used for smoothing a mold.
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Coloq. Trowel bayonet . See Spade bayonet, under . -- Coloq. Fish trowel . See Fish slice, under .
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Troweled (?). Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel; as, troweled stucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception of paint. [Written also trowelled.]
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Trowelful (?), n.; pl. Trowelfuls (�). As much as a trowel will hold; enough to fill a trowel.
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Trowl (?), n. See .
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Trowsed (?), a. Wearing trousers. [Obs.]
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Trowsers (?), n. pl. Same as .
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Troy (?), n. Troy weight.
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Coloq. Troy weight , the weight which gold and silver, jewels, and the like, are weighed. It was so named from Troyes, in France, where it was first adopted in Europe. The troy ounce is supposed to have been brought from Cairo during the crusades. In this weight the pound is divided into 12 ounces, the ounce into 20 pennyweights, and the pennyweight into 24 grains; hence, the troy ounce contains 480 grains, and the troy pound contains 5760 grains. The avoirdupois pound contains 7000 troy grains; so that 175 pounds troy equal 144 pounds avoirdupois, or 1 pound troy = 0.82286 of a pound avoirdupois, and 1 ounce troy = 117/175 or 1.09714 ounce avoirdupois. Troy weight when divided, the pound into 12 ounces, the ounce into 8 drams, the dram into 3 scruples, and the scruple into 20 grains, is called apothecaries' weight, used in weighing medicines, etc. In the standard weights of the United States, the troy ounce is divided decimally down to the 1/10000 part.
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Troyounce (?), n. See Troy ounce, under Troy weight, above, and under .
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Truage (?), n. [Cf. OF. truage a tax. See .] 1. A pledge of truth or peace made on payment of a tax. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.
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2. A tax or impost; tribute. [Obs.] R. of Gloucester.
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Truancy (?), n. The act of playing truant, or the state of being truant; as, addicted to truancy.
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Truand (-�nd), n. & a. See . [Obs.]
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Truant, n. [F. truand, OF. truant, a vagrant, beggar; of Celtic origin; cf. W. tru, truan, wretched, miserable, truan a wretch, Ir. trogha miserable, Gael. truaghan a poor, distressed, or wretched creature, truagh wretched.] One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk. Dryden.
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I have a truant been to chivalry. Shak.
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Coloq. To play truant , to stray away; to loiter; especially, to stay out of school without leave. Sir T. Browne
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Truant, a. Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy.
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While truant Jove, in infant pride,
Played barefoot on Olympus' side. Trumbull.
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Truant, v. i. [Cf. F. truander.] To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant. Shak.
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By this means they lost their time and truanted on the fundamental grounds of saving knowledge. Lowell.
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Truant, v. t. To idle away; to waste. [R.]
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I dare not be the author
Of truanting the time. Ford.
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Truantly, adv. Like a truant; in idleness.
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Truantship, n. The conduct of a truant; neglect of employment; idleness; truancy. Ascham.
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Trub (?), n. [Cf. .] A truffle. [Obs.]
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Trubtall (?), n. [Prov. E. trub slut; cf. Sw. trubbig stumpy.] A short, squat woman. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
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Trubu (?), n. (Zoöl.) An East India herring (Clupea toli) which is extensively caught for the sake of its roe and for its flesh.
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Truce (?), n. [OE. trewes, triwes, treowes, pl. of trewe a truce, properly, pledge of fidelity, truth, AS. treów fidelity, faith, troth. See .] 1. (Mil.) A suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders of opposing forces; a temporary cessation of hostilities, for negotiation or other purpose; an armistice.
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2. Hence, intermission of action, pain, or contest; temporary cessation; short quiet.
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Where he may likeliest find
Truce to his restless thoughts. Milton.
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Coloq. Flag of truce (Mil.), a white flag carried or exhibited by one of the hostile parties, during the flying of which hostilities are suspended. -- Coloq. Truce of God , a suspension of arms promulgated by the church, which occasionally took place in the Middle Ages, putting a stop to private hostilities at or within certain periods.
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Trucebreaker (?), n. One who violates a truce, covenant, or engagement.
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Truceless, a. Without a truce; unforbearing.
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Two minds in one, and each a truceless guest. H. Brooke.
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Truchman (?), n. [Cf. F. trucheman. See .] An interpreter. See . [Obs.]
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And after, by the tongue,
Her truchman, she reports the mind's each throw. B. Jonson.
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Trucidation (?), n. [L. trucidatio, fr. trucidare to slaughter.] The act of killing. [Obs.]
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Truck (?), n. [L. trochus an iron hoop, Gr. � a wheel, fr. � to run. See , and cf. , v. i.] 1. A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage.
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2. A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles.
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Goods were conveyed about the town almost exclusively in trucks drawn by dogs. Macaulay.
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3. (Railroad Mach.) A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels.
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4. (Naut.) (a) A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through. (b) A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes.
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5. A freight car. [Eng.]
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6. A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.
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7. a motorized vehicle larger than an automobile with a compartment in front for the driver, behind which is a separate compartment for freight; esp. (a) such a vehicle with an inflexible body. (b) A vehicle with a short body and a support for attaching a trailer; -- also called a . (c) the combination of tractor and trailer, also called a tractor-trailer (a form of articulated vehicle); it is a common form of truck, and is used primarily for hauling freight on a highway. (d) a tractor with more than one trailer attached in a series. In Australia, often referred to as a road train.
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Truck, v. t. To transport on a truck or trucks.
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Truck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trucked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. trucking.] [OE. trukken,F. troquer; akin to Sp. & Pg. trocar; of uncertain origin.] To exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust.
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We will begin by supposing the international trade to be in form, what it always is in reality, an actual trucking of one commodity against another. J. S. Mill.
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Truck, v. i. To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal.
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A master of a ship, who deceived them under color of trucking with them. Palfrey.
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Despotism itself is obliged to truck and huckster. Burke.
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To truck and higgle for a private good. Emerson.
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Truck (?), n. [Cf. F. troc.] 1. Exchange of commodities; barter. Hakluyt.
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2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]
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3. The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; -- called also truck system.
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Coloq. Garden truck , vegetables raised for market. [Colloq.] [U. S.] -- Coloq. Truck farming , raising vegetables for market: market gardening. [Colloq. U. S.]
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Truckage (?), n. The practice of bartering goods; exchange; barter; truck.
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The truckage of perishing coin. Milton.
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Truckage, n. Money paid for the conveyance of goods on a truck; freight.
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Trucker (?), n. One who trucks; a trafficker.
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No man having ever yet driven a saving bargain with this great trucker for souls. South.
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Trucking, n. The business of conveying goods on trucks.
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Truckle (?), n. [Dim. of truck a wheel; or from the kindred L. trochlea a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys. See a wheel.] A small wheel or caster. Hudibras.
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Truckle, v. i. [From truckle in truckle-bed, in allusion to the fact that the truckle-bed on which the pupil slept was rolled under the large bed of the master.] To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep. “Small, trucking states.” Burke.
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Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey. Norris.
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Truckle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Truckled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Truckling (?).] To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
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Truckle-bed (?), n. A low bed on wheels, that may be pushed under another bed; a trundle-bed. “His standing bed and truckle-bed.” Shak.
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Truckler (?), n. One who truckles, or yields servilely to the will of another.
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Truckman (?), n.; pl. Truckmen (#). 1. [From barter.] One who does business in the way of barter or exchange.
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2. [From a carriage.] One who drives a truck, or whose business is the conveyance of goods on trucks.
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{ Truculence (?), Truculency (?), } n. [L. truculentia.] The quality or state of being truculent; savageness of manners; ferociousness.
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Truculent (?), a. [L. truculentus, fr. trux, gen. trucis, wild, fierce: cf. F. truculent.] 1. Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia. Ray.
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2. Cruel; destructive; ruthless.
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More or less truculent plagues. Harvey.
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Truculently, adv. In a truculent manner.
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Trudge (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trudged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trudging.] [Perhaps of Scand. origin, and originally meaning, to walk on snowshoes; cf. dial. Sw. truga, trudja, a snowshoe, Norw. truga, Icel. þrūga.] To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily.
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And trudged to Rome upon my naked feet. Dryden.
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Trudgeman (?), n. A truchman. [Obs.]
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Trudgen stroke (?). (Swimming) A racing stroke in which a double over-arm motion is used; -- so called from its use by an amateur named Trudgen, but often erroneously written trudgeon.
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True (trṳ), a. [Compar. Truer (trṳẽr); superl. Truest.] [OE. trewe, AS. treówe faithful, true, from treów fidelity, faith, troth; akin to OFries. triuwe, adj., treuwa, n., OS. triuwi, adj., trewa, n., D. trouw, adj. & n., G. treu, adj., treue, n., OHG. gitriuwi, adj., triuwa, n., Icel. tryggr, adj., Dan. tro, adj. & n., Sw. trogen, adj., tro, n., Goth. triggws, adj., triggwa, n., trauan to trust, OPruss druwis faith. Cf. , , .]
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1. Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts.
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2. Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original.
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Making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time. Sir W. Scott.
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3. Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince, or the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false, fickle, or perfidious; as, a true friend; a wife true to her husband; an officer true to his charge.
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Thy so true,
So faithful, love unequaled. Milton.
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Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie. Herbert.
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4. Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian.
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The true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. John i. 9.
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True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. Pope.
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5. (Biol.) Genuine; real; not deviating from the essential characters of a class; as, a lizard is a true reptile; a whale is a true, but not a typical, mammal.
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☞ True is sometimes used elliptically for It is true.
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Coloq. Out of true , varying from correct mechanical form, alignment, adjustment, etc.; -- said of a wall that is not perpendicular, of a wheel whose circumference is not in the same plane, and the like. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. A true bill (Law), a bill of indictment which is returned by the grand jury so indorsed, signifying that the charges to be true. -- Coloq. True time . See under .
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True, adv. In accordance with truth; truly. Shak.
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True-blue (?), a. Of inflexible honesty and fidelity; -- a term derived from the true, or Coventry, blue, formerly celebrated for its unchanging color. See True blue, under .
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True-blue, n. A person of inflexible integrity or fidelity.
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True-born (?), a. Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, a true-born Englishman.
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True-bred (?), a. 1. Of a genuine or right breed; as, a true-bred beast. Shak.
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2. Being of real breeding or education; as, a true-bred gentleman.
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True-hearted (?), a. Of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless or deceitful; as, a truhearted friend. -- True-heartedness, n.
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