Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TRENCH'ER-MAN, n. [trencher and man.]

1. A feeder; a great eater. Shak.
2. A cook. [Obs.]

TRENCH'ER-MATE, n. [trencher and mate.]

A table companion; a parasite. Hooker.

TRENCH'ING, ppr.

Cutting into trenches; digging; ditching.

TRENCH'-PLOW, n. [trench and plow.]

A kind of plow for opening land to a greater depth than that of common furrows. Cyc.

TRENCH'-PLOW, v.t. [trench and plow.]

To plow with deep furrows.

TRENCH'-PLOW-ING, n.

The practice or operation of plowing with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual. Cyc.

TREND, n.

That part of the stock of an anchor from which the size is taken. Cyc.

TREND, v.i. [This word seems to be allied to trundle or to run.]

To run; to stretch; to tend; to have a particular direction; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

TREND, v.t.

In rural economy, to free wool from its filth. [Local.] Cyc.

TREND'ER, n.

One whose business is to free wool from its filth. [Local.] Cyc.

TREND'ING, n.

The operation of freeing wool from filth of various kinds. Cyc.

TREND'ING, ppr.

1. Running; tending.
2. Cleaning wool. [Local.]

TREN'DLE, n. [Sax.; probably connected with trundle; Sw. trind, round; that is, round, with a prefix.]

Any thing round used in turning or rolling; a little wheel.

TREN'TAL, or TREN'TALS, n. [Fr. trente, thirty; contracted from L. triginta, It. trenta.]

An office for the dead in the Spanish service, consisting of thirty masses rehearsed for thirty days successively after the party's death. Cyc.

TRE-PAN', n. [Fr. trepan; It. trapano; Gr. τρυπανον, from τρυπαω, to bore; τρυπα, a hole; Qu. L. tero, terebra, on the root Rp.]

In surgery, a circular saw for perforating the skull. It resembles a wimble. Cyc.

TRE'PAN, n. [a snare, and Trepan, to insnare, are from trap, and written trapan, – which see.]

TRE-PAN', v.t.

To perforate the skull and take out a piece; a surgical operation for relieving the brain from pressure or irritation. Cyc.

TRE-PAN'NED, pp.

Having the skull perforated.

TRE-PAN'NER, n.

One who trepans.

TRE-PAN'NING, n.

The operation of making an opening in the skull, for relieving the brain from compression or irritation. Cyc.

TRE-PAN'NING, ppr.

Perforating the skull with a trepan.

TREPH'INE, n. [See Trepon.]

An instrument for trepanning, more modern than the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator, called the center-pin. Cyc.

TREPH'INE, v.t.

To perforate with a trephine; to trepan. Cyc.

TREPH'IN-ED, pp.

Trepanned.

TREP'ID, a. [L. trepidus.]

Trembling; quaking. [Not used.]