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troan, tron, trone, troune,
tron [tron]
n. A weighing-machine or the building in which such a machine is kept.
v. To weigh on a tron.
troonce, troonse, trounce, trounse, trunce, trunse,
troonce [truns]
n. A ramble, jaunt, gallivant.
v. To rush off quickly, to stump along briskly. To hustle off, to take away at a swoop.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
trooncin: Trouncing.
throuser, trooser, troosers, troozers, troozirz,
troosers [ˈtruːzərz]
n. Trousers.
trooshlach, trooshlich,
trooshlach [ˈtruʃləx]
n. Trash, worthless things or people.
adj. Of people: dirty, slovenly.
troot, trooter,
troot [trut]
n. A trout, usually Salmo trutta.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Musselburgh troot: The sea trout Salmo trutta.
trooter: A trout fisher.
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.

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