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6. (Zoöl.) (a) The proboscis of an elephant. (b) The proboscis of an insect.
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7. A long tube through which pellets of clay, p�as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath.
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He shot sugarplums them out of a trunk. Howell.
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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.
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Locked up in chests and trunks. Shak.
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9. (Mining) A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
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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.
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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.
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Coloq. Trunk engine , a marine engine, the piston rod of which is a trunk. See , 10. -- Coloq. Trunk hose , large breeches formerly worn, reaching to the knees. -- Coloq. Trunk line , the main line of a railway, canal, or route of conveyance. -- Coloq. Trunk turtle (Zoöl.), the leatherback.
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Trunk (?), v. t. [Cf. F. tronquer. See .] 1. To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim. [Obs.] “Out of the trunked stock.” Spenser.
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2. (Mining) To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. See , n., 9. Weale.
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Trunkback (?), n. (Zoöl.) The leatherback.
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Trunked (?), a. Having (such) a trunk.
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Thickset with strong and well-trunked trees. Howell.
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Trunk engine. An engine having a trunk piston, as most internal combustion engines.
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Trunkfish (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidæ, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish.
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Trunkful (?), n.; pl. Trunkfuls (�). As much as a trunk will hold; enough to fill a trunk.
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Trunk piston. In a single-acting engine, an elongated hollow piston, open at the end, in which the end of the connecting rod is pivoted. The piston rod, crosshead and stuffing box are thus dispensed with.
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Trunk steamer. A freight steamer having a high hatch coaming extending almost continuously fore and aft, but not of whaleback form at the sides.
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Trunkwork (?), n. Work or devices suitable to be concealed; a secret stratagem. [Obs.]
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Trunnel (?), n. A trundle. [R.]
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Trunnel, n. (Shipbuilding) See .
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Trunnion (?), n. [OF. trognon the stock, stump, or truck of a tree, F. trognon a core, stalk, fr. tron a trunk, stem. Cf. .] 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 .
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2. (Steam Engine) A gudgeon on each side of an oscillating steam cylinder, to support it. It is usually tubular, to convey steam.
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Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Trunnion ring (Gun.), a ring on a cannon next before the trunnions. [R.]
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Trunnioned (?), a. Provided with trunnions; as, the trunnioned cylinder of an oscillating steam engine.
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Trusion (?), n. [L. trudere, trusum, to thrust, shove: cf. F. trusion.] The act of pushing or thrusting. [R.] Bentley.
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Truss (?), n. [OE. trusse, F. trousse, OF. also tourse; perhaps fr. L. tryrsus stalk, stem. Cf. , , , .] 1. A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass. Fabyan.
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Bearing a truss of trifles at his back. Spenser.
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☞ A truss of hay in England is 56 lbs. of old and 60 lbs. of new hay; a truss of straw is 36 lbs.
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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.
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Puts off his palmer's weed unto his truss, which bore
The stains of ancient arms. Drayton.
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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.
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4. (Bot.) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants.
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5. (Naut.) The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.
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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.
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Coloq. 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 , n.] 1. To bind or pack close; to tie up tightly; to make into a truss. Shak.
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It [his hood] was trussed up in his wallet. Chaucer.
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2. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon. [Obs.]
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Who trussing me as eagle doth his prey. Spenser.
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3. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
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4. To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it.
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5. To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up. [Slang.] Sir W. Scott.
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Coloq. To truss a person or Coloq. To truss 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). -- Coloq. To truss up , to strain; to make close or tight. -- Coloq. Trussed beam , a beam which is stiffened by a system of braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a chord.
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Trussing (?), n. 1. (Arch. & Engin.) The timbers, etc., which form a truss, taken collectively. Weale.
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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.
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3. The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air. [Obs.]
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Trust (?), n. [OE. trust, trost, Icel. traust confidence, security; akin to Dan. & Sw. tröst comfort, consolation, G. trost, Goth. trausti a convention, covenant, and E. true. See , and cf. .] 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.
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Most take things upon trust. Locke.
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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.
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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.
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His trust was with the Eternal to be deemed
Equal in strength. Milton.
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4. That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit.
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5. The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
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[I] serve him truly that will put me in trust. Shak.
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Reward them well, if they observe their trust. Denham.
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6. That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
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O Lord God, thou art my trust from my youth. Ps. lxxi. 5.
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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.
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8. An equitable right or interest in property distinct from the legal ownership thereof; a use (as it existed before the Statute of Uses); also, a property interest held by one person for the benefit of another. Trusts are active, or special, express, implied, constructive, etc. In a Coloq. passive trust the trustee simply has title to the trust property, while its control and management are in the beneficiary.
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9. A business organization or combination consisting of a number of firms or corporations operating, and often united, under an agreement creating a trust (in sense 1), esp. one formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; often, opprobriously, a combination formed for the purpose of controlling or monopolizing a trade, industry, or business, by doing acts in restraint or trade; as, a sugar trust. A trust may take the form of a corporation or of a body of persons or corporations acting together by mutual arrangement, as under a contract or a so-called gentlemen's agreement. When it consists of corporations it may be effected by putting a majority of their stock either in the hands of a board of trustees (whence the name trust for the combination) or by transferring a majority to a holding company. The advantages of a trust are partly due to the economies made possible in carrying on a large business, as well as the doing away with competition. In the United States severe statutes against trusts have been passed by the Federal government and in many States, with elaborate statutory definitions.
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Syn. -- Confidence; belief; faith; hope; expectation.
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Coloq. 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; trustmoney.
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Trust, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Trusting.] [OE. trusten, trosten. See , 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.
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I will never trust his word after. Shak.
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He that trusts every one without reserve will at last be deceived. Johnson.
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2. To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
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Trust me, you look well. Shak.
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3. To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object.
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I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face. 2 John 12.
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We trustwe have a good conscience. Heb. xiii. 18.
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4. to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something.
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Whom, with your power and fortune, sir, you trust,
Now to suspect is vain. Dryden.
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5. To commit, as to one's care; to intrust.
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Merchants were not willing to trust precious cargoes to any custody but that of a man-of-war. Macaulay.
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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.
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7. To risk; to venture confidently.
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[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.
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More to know could not be more to trust. Shak.
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2. To be confident, as of something future; to hope.
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I will trust and not be afraid. Isa. xii. 2.
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3. To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.
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It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust. Johnson.
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Coloq. To trust in , Coloq. 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.
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Her widening streets on new foundations trust. Dryden.
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-- Coloq. To trust to or Coloq. To trust unto , to depend on; to have confidence in; to rely on; as, to trust to luck.
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They trusted unto the liers in wait. Judges xx. 36.
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Trust company. Any corporation formed for the purpose of acting as trustee. Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business.
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Trustee (?), 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.
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Coloq. 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.]
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Trustee (?), v. t. 1. To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate.
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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.]
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Trustee process. (Law) The process of attachment by garnishment. [U. S.]
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Trusteeship, n. The office or duty of a trustee.
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Trustee stock. (Finance) High-grade stock in which trust funds may be legally invested. [Colloq.]
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Truster (?), n. 1. One who trusts, or credits.
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2. (Scots Law) One who makes a trust; -- the correlative of trustee.
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Trustful (?), a. 1. Full of trust; trusting.
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2. Worthy of trust; faithful; trusty; trustworthy.
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-- Trustfully,adv. -- Trustfulness, n.
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Trustily (?), adv. In a trusty manner.
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Trustiness, n. The quality or state of being trusty.
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Trusting, a. Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting; trustful. -- Trustingly, adv.
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Trustless, a. That may not be trusted; not worthy of trust; unfaithful. -- Trustlessness, n.
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Trustworthy (?), a. Worthy of trust or confidence; trusty. -- Trustworthiness (#), n.
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Trusty (?), a. [Compar. Trustier (?); superl. Trustiest.] 1. Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable.
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Your trusty and most valiant servitor. Shak.
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2. Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm.
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His trusty sword he called to his aid. Spenser.
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3. Involving trust; as, a trusty business. [R.] Shak.
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Truth (?), n.; pl. Truths (#). [OE. treuthe, trouthe, treowpe, AS. treów�. See ; cf. , .] 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.
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(b) Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, object of imitation, or the like.
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Plows, to go true, depend much on the truth of the ironwork. Mortimer.
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(c) Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness.
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Alas! they had been friends in youth,
But whispering tongues can poison truth. Coleridge.
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(d) The practice of speaking what is true; freedom from falsehood; veracity.
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If this will not suffice, it must appear
That malice bears down truth. Shak.
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2. That which is true or certain concerning any matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact; verity; reality.
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Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor. Zech. viii. 16.
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I long to know the truth here of at large. Shak.
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The truth depends on, or is only arrived at by, a legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly material. Coleridge.
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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.
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Even so our boasting . . . is found a truth. 2 Cor. vii. 14.
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4. Righteousness; true religion.
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Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. John i. 17.
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Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth. John xvii. 17.
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Coloq. In truth , in reality; in fact. -- Coloq. Of a truth , in reality; certainly. -- Coloq. To do truth , to practice what God commands.
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He that doeth truth cometh to the light. John iii. 21.
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Truth, v. t. To assert as true; to declare. [R.]
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Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have truthed it heaven. Ford.
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Truthful (?), a. Full of truth; veracious; reliable. -- Truthfully, adv. -- Truthfulness, n.
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Truthless, a. Devoid of truth; dishonest; dishonest; spurious; faithless. -- Truthlessness, n.
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Truth-lover (?), n. One who loves the truth.
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Truth-lover was our English Duke. Tennyson.
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Truthness, n. Truth. [Obs. & R.] Marston.
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Truth-teller (?), n. One who tells the truth.
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Truth-teller was our England's Alfred named. Tennyson.
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Truthy (?), a. Truthful; likely; probable. [R.] “A more truthy import.” W. G. Palgrave.
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Trutination (?), n. [L. trutinari to weigh, from trutina a balance. See a steelyard.] The act of weighing. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Truttaceous (?), a. [LL. trutta a trout, L. tructa. See .] (Zoöl.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trout; as, fish of the truttaceous kind.
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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 .] 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.
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2. To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc. Shak.
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The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Ps. xii. 6.
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For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. Ps. lxvi. 10.
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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.
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Let the end try the man. Shak.
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4. To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to.
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Thus far to try thee, Adam, I was pleased. Milton.
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These are the times that try men's souls. Thomas Paine (1776)
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