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_To_ TROW, _v. a._ To season a cask, by rinsing it with a little wort, before it be used, Ang.
A. S. _ge-treow-ian_, purgare.
TROWENTYN, L. _tranouwintyn_.
V. ~Tranont~.
_Barbour._
TROWIE GLOVES, a name given to sponges, Caithn.
_Stat. Acc._
Q. _make-believe gloves_.
TROWTH, _s._
1. Truth.
_Wyntown._
2. Belief.
_Wyntown._
TRUBLY, _adj._ Dark, lowering.
_Doug._
Fr. _trouble_, overcast, obscure.
TRUCKER, _s._
V. ~Trukier~.
TRUDGE-BAK, a humpback.
_K. Hart._
Su. G. _trutn-a_, to swell.
TRUDGET, _s._ A trick, a mischievous prank, Loth.
Alem. _trug_, fraud; O. Fr. _trick-er_, to deceive.
TRUE-BLUE, _adj._ An epithet given to those accounted rigid Presbyterians, from the colour of the c.o.c.kade worn by the Covenanters, S.
_True Bleu Presb. Loyalty._
TRUFF, _s._ Corr. of E. _turf_, S.
_Ferguson._
TRUFF, _s._ A trick, a deceit.
_Douglas._
Ital. _truffa_, id. _truff-are_, to cheat.
_To_ ~Truff~, _v. a._ To steal.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
~Truffure~, _s._ A deceiver.
_Douglas._
TRUGS, _adv._ A mode of profane swearing, used among the vulgar, S. B.
Moes. G. _triggua_, Su. G. _trigg_, faithful.
TRUKIER, TRUCKER, _s._
1. A deceitful person.
_Polwart._
O. Fr. _trikeur_, a deceiver.
2. A designation often given to a female in contempt, as equivalent to "worthless hussy," S.
TRULIE, _adj._ True, not fact.i.tious. _A trulie story_, S. B.
Su. G. _trolig_, credibilis.
