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trosk,
trosk [NN.b. trɔsk]
n. A silly, talkative, empty-headed sort of person, a buffoon, an oaf, a slow-witted, slovenly person.
From Gaelic trosg
back-door-trot, bak-dour-trot, trot, trott,
trot [trɔt, trot]
n. A short quick pace. The fall, angle or run on a drain.
v. To move at a quick steady pace. Of water: to flow rapidly and noisily, to purl, ripple.
Compounds and phrases etc.
back-door-trot: U. A stomach upset necessitating frequent visits to the toilet.
short in the trot: Short-tempered.
trootle, trötl, tröttel, trottle, truitl, truittle, trutle,
trottle [trɔtl]
also troddle [trɔdl]
v. To toddle, dawdle, idle, flow slowly.
gar-me-trew, gar-me-trou, gar-me-true, trew, trew$t, trewed, troo, trood, trou, troud, troued, trow, trowd, trowe, trowed, tru, true,
trou [truː, S. trʌu]
v. Trow, to trust, believe. To make one believe.
pt. pp. troued
Compounds and phrases etc.
gar-me-trou: MN. A hypocrite, a pretender, a philanderer, a make-believe.
trewan, trone, trooan, trooel, trooen, trool, troon, trouel, trouen, troul, trowan, trowen, truan, truel, truint, trule,
trouen [ˈtruən]
also trouel [ˈtruəl]
n. A gardener's or mason's trowel.
troop, troopit, troops, troopsin, troup, troupit, troups, troupsin,
troup [trup]
n. A band, company, group often of fighting men. A herd or flock of animals.
pl. troups
v. To assemble, to march.
pt. pp. troupit
Compounds and phrases etc
troupsin: Marching along.
trow, trowe, trowl,
trowe [trʌu]
n. Any long unshapely thing which trails on the ground.
v. To troll, to roll, to fish by dragging a baited line through the water. To roll over, descend by rolling, to spin round. To cause to roll, spin or turn round, to trundle. To walk with a rolling or waddling gait.
trow, trow$s, trowe, trowel, trowey, trowie, trowl, trowle, trowy, trullie,
trowe [trʌu]
n. A troll. A a supernatural being such as a hobgoblin, mischievous sprite or fairy.
dim. trowie An animal that is puny and of a diminutive size, in relation to others of its kind. A term of disparagement or pity for an unlucky, feeble or stupid person or animal.
Compounds and phrases etc.
trowe's haud: I. A habitation of trowes.
trowly [ˈtrʌule]
n. A trolley.
s$trowth, s$truith, strewth, stroothe, strowth, struith, struth, throth, traath, trath, treuth, trewth, trith, trooth, troth, trowth, trowthfu, truith, trüth,
trowth [trʌuθ, I. traθ]
also truith [trøθ, C. trɪθ, treθ]
n. Truth. Troth, a petty oath.
Compounds and phrases etc.
strowth, struith: A euphamism for God's truth.
trowthfu [-fə S. -fɛ, -fɪ, EC. -fe, WC. -fɑ, N. -fɛ, U. I. -fu]: Truthful.
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