Emily Dickinson Lexicon

trouble, n. [OFr truble.] (webplay: turn, insects, disturbance, guest, vessel, hollow, channel, sea, hollow, waves, truant, trick, intermission, violates, covenant).

1. Disturbance; annoyance; vexation; agitation; perplexity; thing that prevents peace of mind.
2. Molestation; inconvenience; annoyance; uneasiness; trial; affliction.

trouble (-d, troubling, -s), v. [L. turbulare.]

1. Agitate; disturb; put into confused motion.
2. Perplex; tease.
3. Afflict; grieve, distress; vex, molest.

troubled, verbal adj. [see trouble, v.]

1. Restless; difficult; perplexed; discomforting; unsettling; [fig.] stormy; turbulent; tempest-tossed; ill at ease.
2. Pounding; throbbing; fluttering; palpitating; pulsing quicker than usual; beating faster than normal; off the regular beat; [fig.] stirred with emotion.

trough (-s), n. [OE trog.]

Ditch or channel that carries water; hollow or depression between waves.

troupe, n. [F.]

trowsers, n. [Ir.]

trudge (trudging), v. [unknown]

trudging, adj. [see trudge, v.]

true (-r, -est), adj. [Sax. treow, faithful, faith, trust.]

1. Free from falsehood; honest; honourable; upright; virtuous; trustworthy; free from deceit; sincere; truthful of actions, feelings, etc.; sincere; unfeigned.
2. Steadfast in adherence to a commander or friend, to a principle or cause, to one's promises, faith, etc.; firm in allegiance; faithful, loyal, constant.
3. Not false or pretended; real; to be verified or realized in actual experience; to be fulfilled.
4. Conformable to fact, reality, nature; being in accordance with the actual state of things.
5. Genuine; pure; real; rightly answering to the description; not counterfeit, adulterated, false, spurious, or imaginary.
6. Exact; right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern.
7. Rightful; as, George IV. is the true king of England.
8. Straight; right; as, a true line.

truffle (-d), adj. [Fr.]