true 
Thanne shal lirlli \> iih<lni\vr, unit Hcrthu be Instlce, 
And lliiwc tin 1 dykcr ilryi- fur liuiiK'T. 
But if (Jolt nf his f-ooilncssc grannt vs a tr* . 
/., I'l i///inn(BX vl. 332. 
Hi- |<'harli'xtlii'SiiM|>lr| tin ii fore M ntr liiin 1 1 hf l:ihp 
uf Kuilfli) nil AmhaKRadc to . . . Kollo, to require a true 
or trust 1 for ill. monthcs. ^'o//.van, Chron.(ed. 1669),!. 227. 
true (tro), r. I.; prct. iiml pp. trui'il,\>\>r. truing, 
[(.true, n. Cf. /roiel.] If. To verify. 
Hi- :il,so inli'iMteil til h:i\i- :iroiiti!in:ill Hint I'onsclCntloUS 
care not txi impeach the I'arliament in the hearts one of 
iiliotliiT liy \vhispri ink- complaints, easilirr tolil thru tryt-il 
in Inied. N. Ward. Simple t'obler, p. 81. 
2. To make true in position, form, adjustment, 
or the like; give a right form to; a<ljust nicely; 
put n keen, line, or smooth cilsjc on; make ex- 
iictly sti"iio;ht, square, plumb, level, or the like: 
a workmen's terra. 
Alioiit six Bizcs of washed emery progressively liner are 
I'lnployeil for grinding the lenses to the true figure, or, a 
it i.H called, I/ <" lift I llf IrllS. 
Byrne, Artisan's Handbook, p. 162. 
true-blue (tn'i'blo'), a. and n. I. a. See true 
lilui'. Milder him . 
For his I! rl it-inn . . . 
'Twas Presbyterian, true-blue. 
S. Butler, Hudibras, I. i. 191. 
II. '. A person faithful to the principles or 
characteristics of a body or class. 
Be merry, true-Hue, be merry ; thou art one of my friends 
too. Randolph, Hey for Honesty, II. X 
"This gentleman " here Jerniyn made a slight back- 
ward movement of the head " Is one of ourselves ; lie Is 
a true Hue." George Eliot, Felix Holt, ivll. 
Especially - (a) A Scotch Covenanter. (6) A British sailor ; 
iiiiin-of-war's-man. 
true-born (tro'bprn ) , a. Of genuine birth ; hav- 
ing a right by birth to any title. 
Where'er I wander, boast of this I can. 
Though Imnish'd, yet a Irueborn Englishman. 
Shalt., Rich. II., I. 3. 309. 
true-bred (trii'bred), a. 1. Of a genuine or 
recognized breed: as, a true-bred horse. 2. Of 
genuine breeding or education : as, a true-bred 
gentleman. 
true-derived (tro'de-rivd'), a. Of lawful de- 
scent; legitimate. Shak., Rich. III., iii. 7. 200. 
[Rare.] 
true-devoted (tro'de-vo'ted), a. Full of true 
devotion and honest zeal. Hhak., T. G. of V., 
ii. 7. 9. [Rare.] 
true-disposing (tr6'dis-p6"zing), a. Dispos- 
ing, arranging, or ordaining justly ; just. 
Shak., Rich. III., iv. 4. 55. [Rare.] 
true-divining (tro'di-vi'ning), a. Having a 
true presentiment. Shak., Tit. And., ii. 3. 214. 
[Rare.] 
true-hearted (tro'har'ted), a. Being of a faith- 
ful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless or de- 
ceitful: as, a true-hearted friend. 
true-heartedness (tro'har'ted-nes), n. Fidel- 
ity; loyalty; sincerity. 
true-love (tro'luv), n. and a. [< ME. trewe-love, 
orig. two words: see true, a., and love 1 , n. The 
word has an accidental resemblance to Icel. 
trOqfa (= Sw. trolofva = Dan. trolove), betroth, 
< trua, faith, + to/a, praise: see true, n., and 
love?, r. The elements are only ult. related.] 
1. n. 1. One truly loved or loving; one whose 
love is pledged to another; a sweetheart. 
" Where gat ye your dinner, my handsome young man? " 
"I dined wi' my true-love." 
Lord Jtandal (Child's Ballads, II. 249). 
2. A plant of Europe and temperate Asia, Paris 
quadrifolia : so named because its four leaves 
are set together in the form of a heraldic true- 
love knot. Also herb-truelove. See herb-imris 
and 1'aris. 3f. A condiment for sweetening 
the breath. 
I mler his tonge a trewe-love he beer, 
For therby wende he to ben gracious. 
Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 606. 
4f. An ornament, probably shaped like a true- 
love knot. Fairhoit. 
My lady gan me sodenly beholde, 
And with a trewe-love, pitted many-foldc, 
She smote me thrugh the harte as bllve. 
Court of Love, 1 
1440. 
i MM of his Im/nnir drawnc foorth a lappet of his napkin, 
edged with a lilu lace, and marked with a trulixirr, a nart, 
:mil :i 1). for Damian ; for he was but a bachelar yet. 
K. Laiieham, Letter (IGOfi), in J. Nichols's Progresses, etc., 
[of Queen Elizabeth, I. 4S2. 
II. . Indicating genuine love ; affectionate ; 
sincere. [Rare.] 
Wash him fresh again with true-love tears. 
Shale., Rich. II., v. 1. 10. 
True-love knot. SeefrnoM. Also true-lovers' kiwi. 
trueneSS (trd'nes), . [< ME. trririH'xm; tn/xr- 
nesst; < true + -ness.] The character of being 
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true; truth; faithfulness: sincerity; reality; 
jjeiiiiineness: cxai'tness ; :icciir;u'y. 
rlarlz ihi-iili- the> Hie rrtitln- 
i it Ireienemr and of trewthe. 
King Horn (K. K. T. S.), p. 06. 
In trufiifM, and so methinki too. 
/(. Jmuon, Cynthia's Revels, iv. 1. 
truepenny (trii'pon'i), n. [< true + penny.] 
An BOBMt fellow. [Familiar.] 
Say'st thou so? art thou there, truepenny f 
Sluilr., Hamlet, L .',. ISO. 
Oo, go thy ways, old True-penny ! thou hast but one fault : 
Thou art even too valiant, fletcker, Loyal Subject, I. .1. 
truer (trii'er), H. A truing-tool. 
true-stitch (tro'stich), n. Through-stitch: ap- 
plied to embroidery exactly alike on both sides 
of the foundation. 
Sister, I' faith, you take too much tobacco ; 
It makes you black within, as you are without. 
What, true-Mtitch, sister ! both your sides alike ! 
Be of a slighter work ; for, of my word, 
You shall be sold as dear, or rather dearer. 
V. Jonton, Case is Altered, II. 3. 
true-tablet (trS'ta'bl), . A table for playing 
hazard. 
There It also a bowling-place, a tavern, and a true-table 
(var. trey-table). Krelyn, Diary <164X p. 193. (Oaefei.) 
trufF 1 t(truf),r. t. [Origin obscure.] To steal. 
[Scotch.] 
Be sure to truff his pocket-book. 
Kamtay, Lucky Spence. 
truff'-'t, A transposed form of turf. 
No holy trufe was left to hide the head 
Of holiest men. 
Sir J. Dame*, Humours, Heaven on Earth, p. 48. (Dane*.) 
truffle (truf'l), . [Formerly also truftc; = D. 
truffel = G. truffel = Sw. tryffel = Dan. tn'iffel, 
< OF. trufle, with unorig. I, for trufe, tniffe, F. 
truffe = Pr. trufa = Sp. trufa, truffle ; prob. < L. 
tubera, neut. pi. (taken later as fern, sing.) of 
tuber, an esculent root, a tuber: see tuber. Cf. 
F. tartoufle, < Olt. tartu/ola, tartoffalo (Milan- 
ese tartuffol, Venetian tartufola), truffle (>G. 
tartu/el, kartoffel, potato), also tartuffo, tartufo, 
truffle; prob. < L. terra tubera, 'earth-tubers': 
terry, gen. of terra, earth ; tuber, tuber. Cf . tri- 
./'<!.] A subterranean edible fungus, especially 
of the ascoraycetous genus Tuber. The common 
English truffle, T. aMnuin, Is roundish in shape, and Is 
covered externally with polygonal warts. It Is black out- 
side, and brownish veined with white inside, and grows 
In calcareous soils, usually under birch- or oak-trees. 
Truffles are much esteemed as an Ingredient In high- 
seasoned dishes. As there is no appearance above ground 
to Indicate their presence, dogs and pigs are frequently 
trained to find them by the scent, and scratch or root 
them up. Many persons also become expert in selecting 
the places where 
they are likely to 
grow. The most 
famous field for the 
production of truf- 
fles Is the old prov- 
ince of Perlgord In 
France. The com- 
monest species of 
the French mar- 
kets is T. melano- 
iporum. T. mag- 
natum is the garlic- 
scented trufile of 
Italy. Other edible 
species of Tuber are 
T. brutaale, T. 
meientericum, etc. 
The celebrated po- 
tato-like truffle of 
Italy, etc., is Ter- 
fezia leoni*. The 
false truffle, which 
Is frequently sold 
in the English and 
continental markets, Is Scleradtrin* ndgare, allied, as is 
the so-called red truffle, Melanoyadrr tariegatut, to the 
puffballs. See Tuber, 2, and compare tuctoJtoe. 
A dish of tntjlet, which Is a cerUine earth nut, found 
out by an hogg train' d to It, and for which those animals 
are sold at a greate price. Evelyn, Diary, Sept. 30, 1644. 
truffled (truf'ld), a. [< truffle + -etf*.] Fur- 
nished, cooked, or stuffed with truffles: as, a 
truffled turkey. 
truffle-worm (truf'1-werm), . The larva of a 
dipterous insect which infests truffles. 
truflet, truffullet, and r. Middle English 
forms of trifle 1 . 
trng 1 (trug), n. [Appar. a var. of trogue, ult. 
oH/wi(//i.J 1. A hod for mortar. Bailey. 2t. 
A measure of wheat, as much as was carried in 
a trough, three trugs making two bushels. 3. 
A kind of wooden basket for carrying vegeta- 
bles, etc. [Prov. Eng.] 
trug' 2 t (trug), ii. [Origin obscure.] A trollop; 
a trull. 
A pretty middle-sited trua. 
Mid fleton. Your Five Gallant*, L 1. 
trumeau 
trugmant, ". Snme as trufhiunn. 
truing-tool (trii'iniMoli. ii. Aii apparatus for 
cutting tli. uriiiiUtniie. i-t-., to ke, ], 
it true or acciinite ; ;i grimlstonc Inn r. 1.11. 
Truffle { Tttlxr me 
a, section, showing the interior structure ; 
truish (trii'iHli), ii. [< trur + -*/!.] Somewhat 
true. [Kan-. ] 
They perchance light upon something that iccmi IruuA 
and newish. /:, it- ..I tin i linn h, p. 18**. 
truism (trii'izm), H. [< true + -imn.] An 1111- 
iloiilited or Self-evident truth. 
- which In one seine (hall be true and In 
another false, at once teeming Paradoxes and manifest 
trmmu. Berkeley, Minute Phlloaoph't. >ii 
= 8yn. Aphorim, Axiom, Maxim, etc. Beej>*orim. 
truiBmatic (ti-i/.-iiuifik), . |< ..- + -/- 
-i>'-'.] Of or pertaining to truisms; consisting 
of truisms. [Hare.] 
truite 1 (trwe-ta'), a. [F., spotted like a trout. 
< truite, a trout: HOC trout.] Having tin- sur- 
face covered with crackle of the most minute 
and delicate sort: noting porcelain and some 
of the varieties of the hard pottery of Japan. 
trull 1 (trul), r. /. [Appar. a var. of train.] To 
trundle. [Local.] 
trull* (trill), M. [Early mod. E. also trul; cf. 
G. troltr, a trull; Swiss tntlti; Swaliiuu trull, a 
thick, fat woman ; cf . also trnlliiji-. ] 1. Alow 
vagrant strumpet ; a drab; a trollop. 
I never saw In all my life such an ugly company of trult 
and sluti as their women were. Coryat, Crudities, 1. 104. 
2f. A girl ; a lass ; a wench. 
Pray, hear back this la no place for such youths and 
their trulU let the doors shut again. 
Anu. and PL, Maid's Tragedy, L i 
Be thy voyce shrill, be thy mirth scene ; 
Heard to each swalnc. scene to each triU. 
Sir H. Walton, In England's Helicon. 
Trullan (trul'an), n. [< ML. trullus. truUum, 
a dome-shaped building, a dome, < L. trulla, 
a scoop, ladle: see trou-el.] Pertaining to the 
council in trul In that is. in the trullus, or domed 
room in the imperial palace in Constantinople. 
This epithet Is usually given to the Quinlsext Council, 691 
(though the sixth Ecumenical Council also met In the trul- 
ituX considered as ecumenical In the Eastern Church, but 
not so acknowledged In the Western. It allowed the con- 
tinuance In marriage of the priests, and passed a number 
of canons Inconsistent with Roman authority and Western 
legislation and usages. See Coiutantinnpulitan. 
trullization (trul-i-za'shon), . [< F. trullisa- 
tion, < L. trullissatio(n-),"< trullixnare, trowel, < 
trulla, a trowel: see trowel.] The laying on of 
layers of plaster with a trowel. Imp. Diet. 
truly (tr8 Ii), adv. [Early mod. E. also truiiy ; 
< ME. truely, treuly, treuli, trcu-elu, trfowliche, < 
AS. tretiielice (= D. troutcflijk = MLG. trvwlike 
= OHG. getriuirelicho, MHG. getriutrelirhe, ge- 
tritiliflie, G. getreulich = Sw. troligen), truly, < 
treoire, true: see true.] 1. In a true manner; 
in accordance with truth, (a) In accordance or 
agreement with fact 
He whom thou now hast Is not thy husband : in that 
Mi. 1st thou truly. John Iv. 18. 
(6) With truth ; truthfully ; rightly. 
The King Is truly charg'd to bee the first beginner of 
these civil Warn. Milton, Eikonoklaatea, x. 
(c) Exactly ; accurately ; precisely ; correctly ; unerringly ; 
unmistakably ; Justly. 
Te ought to allow them that time that beat semes your 
purpose and pleaseth your eare most, and truliett aun- 
sweres the nature of the ortographle. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 88. 
(d) Naturally ; with truth to nature. 
A pageant Inly play'd. Shak., As yon Like It, III. 4. 66. 
(<) Sincerely ; faithfully ; loyally ; constantly ; honestly. 
We have always truly served you. 
Sfci*., W. T., U. 3. 147. 
(f) Certainly ; surely. 
dates onersome know It shal surely. 
And then in hert gret dole shall haue truely ! 
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. 8.), I. 2788. 
(0) Verily. 
Jhesu answeride, and seyde to him, Trfiili, treuli, I sejre 
to thee, no but a man schal be bom agen, he may not see 
the kyngdom of God. Wydtf, John IIL 3. 
2. According to law ; legitimately. 
Leontes I Is] a Jealous tyrant ; his Innocent babe truly 
begotten. Shak., W. T., 111. i 1SS. 
3. In deed; in truth; in reality; in fact: often 
used emphatically, sometimes expletively. 
Treuly that ls a gret Myracle of God. 
Mandenlle, Travels, p. 48. 
Truely Aristotle hfmselfe In his discourse of Poesie 
plaint ly determineth this question. 
Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie (ed. ArberX p. . 
Truly, madam, I suspect the house to be no better than 
it should be. Rrau and Ft, Woman-Hater, Iv. 2. 
trumeau (tr^-mo' ), . ; pi. trumeuux (-moz'). [< 
F. trumeau, a leg of beef, a pier, pier-glass.] 
