An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 909
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 909
Fr. id.
_Douglas._
TRONIE, _s._ A traditionary saw, generally in rhyme; any thing frequently repeated, S. B. apparently the same with ~Trewane~.
TROOD, _s._ Perh. wood for fences.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. _trod-r_, lignum, quod materiam praebet saepibus construendis.
TROPLYS, _s. pl._ Expl. _troops_.
_Barbour._
Teut. _troppel_, globus, congeries.
_To_ TROSS, _v. a._
1. To pack up, to truss, S.
2. To pack off, to set out, S. B. also _turs, truss_, S. A.
Fr. _trouss-er_, to truss.
TROSSIS, _s. pl._ The small round blocks in which the lines of a ship run.
_Complaynt S._
Sw. _trissa_, Dan. _tridse_, a pulley.
* TROT, _s._
1. _Schaik a trot_, seems to have been an old phrase for, _Take a dance_.
_Complaynt S._
2. An expedition by hors.e.m.e.n, synon. _raid_.
_Spalding._
Teut. _trot_, cursus, gressus.
TROTCOSIE, _s._ A piece of woollen cloth, which covers the back part of the neck and shoulders, with straps across the crown of the head, and b.u.t.toned from the chin downwards on the breast; for defence against the weather, S. properly _throatcosie_, as keeping the throat warm.
_Waverley._
TROTTERS, _s. pl._ Sheeps feet, S.
_Ferguson._
TROVE, _s._ A turf, Aberd. _toor_, Ang.
_Stat. Acc._
Su. G. Isl. _torf_, id. _torfa_, effodere.
TROW, _s._ The wooden spout in which water is carried to a mill-wheel, S.
Su. G. Belg. _trog_, Dan. _trou_, E. _trough_.
_To_ TROW, TREW, _v. a._
1. To believe, S.
_Wallace._
Moes. G. _traw-an_, Isl. _tru-a_, credere.
2. To confide in.
_Barbour._
3. To make believe; often in sport, S.
TROW, _s._
1. The devil, Orkn.
2. In pl. an inferior order of evil spirits, ibid.
O. Goth, _troll_, a spectre, an incarnate goblin.
_To_ ~Trow~, _v. a._ Apparently, to curse.
_Wallace._