trencher-critic 
trencher-critic (tivnVhcr-krit'ik), n. A per- 
son ourious in cookery and table-service; a 
gourmet. 
trencher-flyt (tren'rlier-tli), . One whi liiiinits 
the tables of others ; a parasite. 
MI otherwise delighted 
In keeping Dogs ami Hom-s, or by hearing 
Mis Irrnchrr-flifl nlxjut his table jeariliK. 
Ilei/ieimd, Dialogues (Works, ed. Pearson, 1871, VI. 171). 
trencher-friend (teaa'ehto-trtnd), . one who 
flatters another for the sake of a place st his 
table ; a sponger. 
You fools of fortune, trencher-friendt, time's flics ! 
Shale., T. of A., ill. 6. 106. 
trencher-knight (treu'chrr-nil ), . A serving- 
man lit tending at table ; a waiter. 
Some trencher-kniijht, some Dick, 
That smiles his cheek in years, and knows the trick 
To make my lady laugh. Shak., I,. I.. I,., v. 2. 464. 
trencher-law (tren'cher-la), n. The regulation 
of diet; dietetics. 
When spleenish morsels cram the gaping maw, 
Withouten diet's care, or trencher-law. 
Bp. Hall, Satires, IV. Iv. 2L 
trencher-loaft (tren'cher-lof), n. [< ME. 
trenchoure lofe; < trencher^ + foa/l.] Same 
as trencher-bread. 
Ye muste haue thre pantry knyues, one knyfe to square 
trenchmtre louef, an otner to be a chypperu, the thyrde 
shall be sharpe to make smothe trenchoures. 
Babees Bool! (E. E. T. S.), p. 288. 
trencherman (tren'cher-man), n.; pi. trencher- 
men (-men). 1. An eater: with a qualifying 
word noting the degree of appetite: as, a poor 
trencherman. 
You had musty victual, and he hath holp to eat it ; he 
Is a very valiant trencher-man. Shak., Mucn Ado, I. 1. 61. 
2t. A cook. Johnson. 
Palladius assuring him that hee had already been mure 
fed by his discourses than he could bee by the skllfullcst 
trenchermen of Media. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, i. 
3. A table-companion ; a trencher-mate. 
Mr. Wagg, the celebrated wit, and a led-captaln and 
trencher-man of my Lord Steyne. 
Thackeray, Vanity Fair, II. 
trencher-mate (tren'cher-mat), . A table- 
companion ; a guest at dinner or other meal. 
These trencher-mates . . . frame to themselves a way 
more pleasant. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. :'. 
trencher-plate (tren'cher-plat), . In ecram., 
an earthenware plate of a special pattern, very 
flat and having a small rim, made by different 
potters of the eighteenth century. Jewitt, II. 
350. 
trenchmoret (trench'mor), n. [Prob. < OP. 
'trench-more, "trunchemore, a fanciful name. 
alluding to the rough swashing manner of the 
dancers, < trencher, cut, + More, a Moor (cf. 
morris-dance); cf. OF. tranchemontaigne, a 
swash-mountain, a swash-buckler, lit. 'cut- 
mountain.'] 1. An old English country-dance, 
of a lively and boisterous character, common 
in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. 
Pray you, do not disturb 'em, sir ; here lie such youths 
Will make you start, if they but dance their trenchmoret. 
Fletcher, Pilgrim, Iv. S. 
2. Music for such a dance, which was in triple 
or sextuple rhythm. 
trenchmoret (trench'mor), v. i. [< trenchmore. 
.] To perform the dance so called ; dance the 
trenchmore. 
Mark, he doth courtesy, and salutes a block 
Will seem to wonder at a weathercock, 
Trenchinure with apes, play music to an owl. 
. Satires, ii. 03. 
6459 
This Caravan . durst nut by themselves \. utureover 
tlie main liri-aits: which all this while wt- hail ' 
aluiiK, and now were to passe thorow. 
fiandyi, Travalles, p. 107. 
3. Tohaveageneral course ordination: strei.-li 
or incline; run: a.-.. Hie Aineriean eoast trmii.t 
southwest from Nova Scotia to Florida. 
Vnder the name of India, heere we comprehend* all that 
Tract brtwrcm- 1 mlus ;m<l tin- Ivi si:m Kmj,iir.,ii tin; West, 
vnto China Eastward, as It trcndrth betwixt the Tartarian 
and the Indian Heas. 1'ttrcltn*, Pllgrlmagi-. p> I -'- 
Where the river trend* westward into the main he set 
up a memorial cross. Bancroft, Hist U. S., I. 91. 
4. Figuratively, to have a general tendency or 
proclivity; incline; lean; turn. See fovW, 
9 
II., -. 
The discussion with his philosophic Egeria now trended 
away from theology In the direction of politics, or, as we 
now say, sociology. E. Dovden, Shelley, I. 164. 
5. In iii nl. and mining, same as strike, 5. 
II. MM 1. To cause to turn or roll. [Kare 
or obsolete.] 
I at him rollen and trenden wlthlnne hyinself the lyht 
of his Inward syhte. Chaucer, Boethlus, IIL meter 11. 
Not farre beneath i' th' valley as she trendi 
HIT silver streame. 
W. Browne, Britannia's Pastorals, II. 8. (Kant.) 
2f. To follow the course or direction of; coast 
along. 
We trendrd the said land about 9. or 10. leagues, hoping 
to limit- some good harborough. 
HaHuytl Voyayet, IIL 208. 
trend 1 (trend), . [< trend 1 , r.] 1. A general 
course or direction ; inclination of the course 
of something toward a particular line or point. 
All 
The trend of the coast lay hard and black. 
Whittier, Tent on the Beach. 
Owing to the westerly trend of the valley and Its vast 
depth, there Is a great difference between the climates at 
the north and south sides. The Century, XL. 497. 
2. A general tendency or proclivity; a final 
drift or bent ; an ultimate inclination. 
What can support the dogma against the trend of Scrip- 
ture? BMiotheca Sacra, XLIII. 571. 
I have quoted these few examples to show the trend of 
opinion in respect to certain forms of atrophy. 
Alirii. and Neural., XI. 808. 
3. Nattt., the thickening of an anchor-shank 
as it approaches the arms. 4. A current or 
stream. Halliteell. [Prov. Eng.] 
trend 2 (trend), r. t. [Perhaps for tren, separate : 
see frc/i 1 .] To cleanse, as wool. Also trent. 
[Local, Eng.] 
trend 2 (trend), n. [See trend*, r.] Clean or 
cleansed wool. [Local. Eng.] 
trender (tren'der), n. [< trend? + -er\.] One 
whose business is to free wool from its filth. 
[Local, Eng.] 
trendle (tren'dl), n. [< ME. trendel, trendil, 
trenrii/l, trendull, trindel, < AS. trendel, triFndcl, 
tryndel (= MLG. trendel, trindel = MHG. tren- 
del), a roller, roll, wheel, < "trendan, roll: see 
trend 1 , v., trendle, v. The noun also appears in 
the variant forms trindle and trundle, q. v.] 1. 
That which turns or rolls, as a ball, a wheel, or 
the like; a roller; a trundle. 
Hir Ene as a trendull turned full rounde, 
tlirst on hir fader, for feare that she hade, 
And sethyn on that semely with a sad wllle. 
Dcstrvctim of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 453. 
And Y 81 ball cumpas as a round trendil In thi cumpasse. 
f, I"- '* 3. 
trenchourt, trenchurt, " See trencher*. 
trench-plow (trench'plou), . A form of plow 
for opening land to a greater depth than that 
of common furrows; a ditching-plow. Imp. 
Diet. 
trend 1 (trend), v. [< ME. trenden, < AS. *tren- 
dan (found only in deriv. d-treiiiiliini) = MLG. 
trenden. roll; cf. OFries. trind, trund = MLG. 
trint, trent, round, = Sw. Dan. triad, round (Dan. 
trindt, around); MD. "treat = MLG. trent, a 
ring, circle; whence in the adverbial phrase 
MLG. umme den trent, umtrent, LG. umtrent = 
D. omtrent = Sw. Dan. omtretit, around. Cf. 
trendle, trundle.'] I. iittrans. If. To turn; re- 
volve; roll. 
Meuynge hath cause fyrste & pryncypally of trcndynge 
aboute of heuen. 
Bartholomew Annlicta, DC Proprietatilms Rerum 
[(trans., ed. Wynkyn de Worde, 1494), Is. 
2t. To travel round or along a region, tmct. 
etc., at its edge; skirt; coast. 
You shall trend about the very Northerne and most 
Easterly point of all Asia. IlaUuyt't Voyage*, I. 4S7. 
2. A brewers' cooler. [Prov. Eng.] 3. The 
turning-beam of a spindle. Halliteell. 
trendlet (tren'dl), v. [< ME. trendlen, trenditen, 
trindlen, < AS. 'trendlian (in comp. d-trendlian), 
tryndylian (in pp. tryndyled) (= MHG. trendelen, 
trindelen, trendeln), roll, turn ; freq. of trend 1 , or 
from the noun trendle. The verb also appears 
in the variant forms trindle, trundle, q. v.] I. 
intrans. 1. To revolve upon an axis; turn round. 
A thynge that trenlyth rounde abowte chaungyth not 
place towchynge al the hole, but ... towchynge partyes 
therof >-' treitlyth rounde abowte. 
Bartholonurut Angllcta, De Proprictatlbus Rerum 
[(trans., ed. Wynkyn de Worde, 1494), ta. 
2. To roll along; trundle; bowl. 
The hedde trended on the borde. 
Ovy of Warwick, ed. Zupitza (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 8712. 
A tk-kell treasure, like a trrndlynge ball. 
Qatcuiijne, Fruits of War. 
II. trn>i.i. To roll. 
Y saw3 a swenen, and It seemed to me as a loot of bar- 
Ih-li moad undir asshen to be trendlid and Into the tent is 
of Madyan to goo doun. Viicl\f, Judges viL 13. 
trendledt, . [ME. trendled, < AS. 'trended. 
tryndyled ; as trendle + -erf 2 .] Rounded like a 
wheel, lli'l. .In tig., I. 225. 
trenkett, . An old spelling of trinl-efl. 
trepanize 
trennel (tren'l), . A currupt furin of luiiiiiil. 
trent 1 (trent), /. /. Same a-, tfi-mf-. 
trent'-'torent ). //. |<MI:.', /OF. (and 
F.) trrnti-, thirl y.< L. liii/niln, thirty: see thirty. ] 
The niimlier thirty: a trental. 
On the morwe to sele a trrnl of masse* site same ffrere*. 
Jfapfu* WiM.(E. E. T. 8.), p. x. 
trental (Iren'tal), . [< MK. tn-ntiil, tn-nli-l. < 
OF. Innlil. li-nitiil (\\\.. retlex Irrntiili >. :i ti-.-f 
tal. set (if thirty masses (ML. 'triiiiiiliilni. ]>\. '. 
< tri-nli'. thirty, < I,, tni/mln. tliirty: see trrnt-.\ 
A collection or series of anything numbi-i-int; 
thirty; specifically, a service of thirty m 
for a deceased person in the Roman Catholic 
Church on as many successive days, or former- 
ly sometimes in one day. Also rarely tri</inttil. 
" TrentaU" seyde he, "dellTeren fro penaunce 
Hir freendes soules, as wel olde as yonge." 
Chaucer, ftummoner's Tale, L 16. 
A trental (thirty) of masses used to be offered up for 
almost every one on the burial day. 
Kodt, Church of our Fathers, II. 604, note. 
trente-et-quarante (front 'a-ka-roht'), . [F., 
lit. 'thirty and forty': trente, < L. triiiintu, 
thirty (see In nl-) et, < L. < I. and ; ifuarante, 
< L. quatlraijinta, forty: see thirty and forty.] 
The game of rouge-et-noir. 
Trenton limestone. See limestone. 
trepan 1 (tre-pan'), . [Formerly trejiane; < OF. 
trepane, F'. trepan = Sp. trejxino = Pg. tn- 
pano = It. trepano, tritpano, < ML. trepainiin, 
prop, 'trypanum, < Gr. Tfiiiravav, a borer, an au- 
ger, a surgeons' trepan, < rmmav, bore, < rpvna, 
Tpkirn, hole, < rpivrn; turn.] 1. An instrument 
for boring; a borer. Specifically -(at) An engine 
formerly used In sieges for piercing or making boles In 
the walls. 
And their th' Inglners haue the Trepan drest. 
And reared vp the Kaninie for battery ln-st. 
lludtun, tr. of Du Bartas's Judith, ill. 
(by The name given by the French to a boring-tonl used 
for sinking wells and mining shafts to great depths and 
sometimes of great dimensions. 
2. An instrument, in the form of a crown-saw, 
used by surgeons for removing parts of the 
bones of the skull, in order to relieve the brain 
from pressure or irritation. The trephine is an 
improved form of this instrument. See cuts 
under crown-saw and trephine. 
trepan 1 (tre-pan'), r. t.; pret. and pp. trepanned, 
ppr. trepanning, [Formerly also trepune; < OF. 
trepaner, F. trrpaner, trepan; from the noun.] 
To perforate by a trepan, especially by the sur- 
gical trepan; operate on with a trepan. -Tre- 
panned brush, a drawn brush having the boles for the 
nristlcs drilled partially through the stock to meet lateral 
holes drilled from the edge or end. 1 he tufts of bristles 
are drawn into these boles by strong silk or thread passing 
through the laterals, which holes are then plugged up and 
the whole polished. See drait-n bnah, under drawn. 
trepan-, and r. See trapan. 
trepanation (trep-a-na'shon), n. [< F. trepana- 
tion, < trepaner, trepan: see trepan*, r. ] The 
operation of trepanning; the process of perfo- 
rating the skull with tne trepan or trephine, 
or by other means. 
Inoculation from the bulb produces rabies In ten ami 
kills in fifteen days after trepanation. 
Nature, XXXVII. 860. 
trepanet, . and r. An obsolete form of trepan*. 
trepang(tre-pang'), . [Also tripam/; < Malay 
tripamj.] A kind of edible holothurinu, as 
Holothttria edulis ; a sea-slug, sea-cucumber, 
sea-pudding, or bche-de-mer; also, such holo- 
thunans as a commercial product prepared for 
food. Trepang Is found chiefly on coral reefs in the East- 
ern seas, snd is highly esteemed for food In China, where 
ft is imported In large quantities. The animal is repul- 
sive, somewhat resembling a stout worm in shape, nut 
Trepang 
having rows of processes on Its body, snd others radiated 
about the mouth. It varies In length from 8 to 24 Inches. 
Much skill and care are required In the operation of cur- 
ing. which is performed by gutting and boiling these sea- 
t-Ink's, and spreading them out on a perforated platform 
over a wood-fire (or sometimes In the sun) to dry. sun- 
dried trepangs are In special request In China for making 
soups. The fishery Is carried on In numerous localities In 
the Indian Ocean, In the Eastern Archipelago, and on the 
shores of Australia. 
trepanize (trep'an-iz), r. t.; pret. and pp. trepan- 
i-rd. ppr. ti-i/iinii-iiiii. [< trepan 1 + -ize.] To 
trepan. 
Some have been cured ... by trrpcatizing the scull, or 
drawing bones from It 
Jer. Taylor, Miseries of Temporal Life. 
