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Trent, where it becomes the boundary between Nottingham 
and Lincolnshire, and passes Gainsborough, but does not 
leave that county until it reaches Heck Dyke, from whence 
it proceeds, after a course of near 200 miles, to the Humber. 
At Gainsborough, about eight miles before its leaving the 
county, it loses the influence of the tide, which flows up so 
far, and is no longer navigable for vessels of any great bur¬ 
den ; but vessels of a flatter construction are constantly occu¬ 
pied in it as high up as Burton. Its navigation is indeed 
of such importance to the country at large, in consequence 
of the numerous communications which it forms with other 
rivers and canals, that every means have been taken to afford 
it all the facilities possible. For this purpose it has a side 
cut of ten miles in length, in order to avoid 21 shoals, which 
occur in little more than 13 miles of its course between Trent 
bridge at the commencement of the Nottingham canal, and 
.Sawley Ferry at the commencement of the Trent and Mersey 
canal. It has a communication by canals with Mersey, the 
Severn, and the Thames. 
TRENT, a parish of England, in Somersetshire ; 3 miles 
north-east-by-east of Yeovil. 
TRENT, a circle of the Austrian states, in the Tyrol, 
which includes the eastern part of the Italian confines, and 
the chief part of the ancient bishopric of Trent. 
TRENT, a city of Austria, in the Tyrol, on the Adige, 
not far from the borders of Italy. It stands in a small but 
delightful valley among the Alps, but its climate is subject 
to .great extremes, being intensely cold in winter, while the 
reflection of the heat from the surrounding mountains, 
makes it as intensely hot in summer. Though surrounded 
with walls, it is not capable of sustaining a siege. Its po¬ 
pulation, about 10,000 in number, are employed partly in the 
manufactureof silk, partly in the culture of vines and tobacco. 
Their bishopric was included among the secularizations of 
1802, given at first to the grand duke of Tuscany, and after¬ 
wards to Bavaria, but restored after 1815 to Austria. 
The great feature in the history of Trent is its council or 
assemblage of Catholic prelates from all parts of Europe, 
opened in 1545, after the reformation had acquired a consi¬ 
derable degree of consistency, and continued with more or 
less of interruption during 18 years; 85 miles south of Inns- 
pruck, and 70 north-west of Venice. Lat. 46. 6.26. N. long. 
11.3. 45. E. 
TRENT, a river of the United States, in North Carolina, 
which runs into the Neuse at Newbern. 
TRENT, a river of Upper Canada, which rises out of Rice 
Lake, and is the channel by which a chain of shallow lakes 
connected with Lake Huron are brought into Lake Ontario. 
TRE'NTALS, s. [ trente , Fr.] Trerifa/s or trigintals 
were a number of masses, to the tale of thirty, said on the 
same account, according to a certain order instituted by 
Saint Gregory. Ayliffe. —Their diriges, their trentals, and 
their shrifts. Spenser. 
TRENTHAM, a township of England, in Staffordshire, 
situated upon the river Trent; 3 miles south-south-east of 
Newcastle-under-Lyne. Population 555. 
TRENTISHOE, a parish of England, in Devonshire; 
9 miles east-by-north of Ilfordcombe. 
TRENTON, a post township of the United States, in 
Hancock county, Maine, at the mouth of the Union river; 
275 miles north-east of Boston. Population 501. 
TRENTON, a post township of the United States, in 
Oneida county, New York; 12 miles north of Utica. Po¬ 
pulation 1548. 
TRENTON, a town of the United States, and the capital 
of the state of New Jersey, in Hunterdon county, situated on 
the east bank of the Delaware, opposite the falls. At the 
foot of the falls there is an eiegant covered bridge across the 
river. Population 3003; 10 miles south-west of Princeton, 
30 north-east of Philadelphia, and 60 south-west of New 
York.- Lat. 40. 13. N. long. 75.48 W. 
TRENTON, a post town of the United States, and capi¬ 
tal of Jones county, North Carolina, on the Trent. 
TRENTON, New, a post township of the United States, 
in Franklin county, Indiana. 
TRENTSCHIN, or Trentsin, a palatinate occupying 
the north-west corner of Hungary, and adjacent to Galicia, 
Silesia, and Moravia. Its area is 1650 square miles, and its 
population 250,000, partly of Slowac, partly of Magyar 
descent. Situated among the Carpathians, this country 
abounds in timber. 
TRENTSCHIN, or Trentsin, a small town of Hun¬ 
gary, near the Waag, and the chief place of the above pala¬ 
tinate ; 87 miles north-east of Vienna, and 54 south-east of 
Olmufz. Lat. 48. 53. 50. N. long. 18. 1. 35. E. 
TREP'AN, s. [trepan, Fr. from rpuiras), Gr. to pierce 
An instrument by which chirurgeons cut out round pieces of 
the skull.—A snare; a stratagem by which any one is en¬ 
snared. 
But what a thoughtless animal is man. 
How very active in his own trepan ? Roscommon. 
To TREPA'N, v. a. [trepanner , Fr.] To perforate with 
the trepan.—Few recovered of those that were trepanned. 
Arbuthnot. —To catch ; to ensnare. 
They trepann'cl the state, and fac’d it down 
With plots and projects of our own. Hudibras. 
TREPASSE BAY, or Trespasse Harbour, a bay on 
the south coast of Newfoundland. The harbour is large and 
well secured; the ground is good to anchor in ; and the 
shores of the bay are bold and rugged. Lat. 46. 50. N. 
long. 53. VV. 
TREPHI'NE, s. A small trepan; a smaller instrument 
of perforation managed by one hand.—I shewed a trepan 
and trephine, and gave them liberty to try both upon a 
skull. Wiseman. 
TREi IDATION, s. [ trrpidatio , Lat.] The state of 
trembling, or quivering. 
They pass the planets seven, and pass the fix’d, 
And that crystalline sphere whose balance weighs 
The trepidation talk’d, and that first mov’d. Milton. 
State of terror.—Because the whole kingdom stood in a 
zealous trepidation of the absence of such a prince, I have 
been the more desirous to research the several passages of the 
journey. Wotton. 
TREPORT, a small town in the north of France, depart¬ 
ment of the Lower Seine, at the mouth of the small river 
Bresle. It has a population of 2000. It has a harbour 
and a good fishery; 17 miles north-east of Dieppe. Lat. 
50. 4. N. long. 1. 26. E. 
TREPRENAL, a township of England, in Salop ; 5 miles 
south of Oswestry. 
TREPTOW, Old, a small town of Prussia, in Pome¬ 
rania, on the Tollen-see, with 2000 inhabitants; 55 miles 
west-north-west of Old Stettin, and 42 south of Stralsund. 
Lat. 53. 39. N. long. 13. 10. E. 
TREPTOW, Circle. See Demmin. 
TREPTOW AM REGA, or New Treptow, a small 
town of Prussia, in Pomerania, or the river Rega, which is 
made navigable to this place. Population 3400; 15 miles 
south-south-west of Colberg, and 53 north-north-east of 
Stettin. Lat. 54. 5. N. long. 15. 25. E. 
TRES HERMANOS, three small islands in the bay of 
Honduras, near the coast. Lat. 19. 20. N. long. 88.50 W. 
TRES ISLAS; three small islands of the Atlantic ocean, 
opposite the entrance of the river Essequibo. Lat. 6. 50. N. 
TRES MONTES, Cape, on the coast of Chili. Lat. 45. 
11. S. 
TRES PIES, small islands of the Pacific ocean, so called 
from their number, three. They are barren and desert, 
abounding only in marine wolves. Lat. 20. 47. S. 
TRESA, a river of Austrian Italy, in the Milanese, which 
unites the Lake Maggiore with the Lake Lugario. 
TRESCAW, one of the Scilly islands, situated to the 
west of Annet. It contains about 40 families, and is ex¬ 
tremely fertile. Near the landing place are the remains of a 
castle built on a rock. 
TRESCORIO, a small town of Austrian Italy, in the 
Milanese delegation of Bergamo. 
TRESHAM, 
