Index of English words, starting with "tr"

(1) - Trunk (v. t.) To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. See Trunk, n., 9.
(2) - Trunk (v. t.) To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim.
(3) - Trunk (n.) 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.
(4) - Trunk (n.) 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.
(5) - Trunk (n.) A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
(6) - Trunk (n.) 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.
(7) - Trunk (n.) A long tube through which pellets of clay, p/as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath.
(8) - Trunk (n.) The proboscis of an insect.
(9) - Trunk (n.) The proboscis of an elephant.
(10) - Trunk (n.) That segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus.
(11) - Trunk (n.) That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
(12) - Trunk (n.) The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches.
(13) - Trunk (n.) The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs.
(14) - Trunk (n.) The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.

(1) - Trunnion (n.) A gudgeon on each side of an oscillating steam cylinder, to support it. It is usually tubular, to convey steam.
(2) - Trunnion (n.) 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 Cannon.

(1) - Trunnioned (a.) Provided with trunnions; as, the trunnioned cylinder of an oscillating steam engine.

(1) - Truss (n.) To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up.
(2) - Truss (n.) To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it.
(3) - Truss (n.) To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
(4) - Truss (n.) To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
(5) - Truss (n.) To bind or pack close; to make into a truss.
(6) - Truss (n.) 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.
(7) - Truss (n.) The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.
(8) - Truss (n.) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants.
(9) - Truss (n.) A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes.
(10) - Truss (n.) 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.
(11) - Truss (n.) A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass.