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TROUP, a village of Scotland, in Banffshire, on the sea 
coast, near Gardenston, about half a mile from the above 
head. 
TROUSE, or Tro'users, s. [trousse, Fr.; trius, Irish: 
" Their breeches like the Irish trooze, have hose and stock¬ 
ings sewed together." Sir T. Herbert, Trav. p. 297.-— 
Roquefort calls the French trousse, “ culotte ou haut-de- 
chausse en usage au dix-cinquieme siecle.] Breeches; long 
breeches; pantaloons. See also Trossers. —The leather 
quilted jack serves under his shirt of mail, and to cover his 
trouse on horseback. Spenser on Ireland. 
TROUT, s. [tpuhc, Saxon; trocta, truta, trutta, Lat.] 
A delicate spotted fish inhabiting brooks and quick steams. 
—The pond will keep trout and salmon in their seasonable 
plight, but not in their reddish grain. Carew■ —A familiar 
phrase for an honest, or perhaps for a silly fellow. [“ The 
trout is in some kind a foolish fish, and an emblem of one 
who loves to be flattered; for when he is once in his hold, 
you may take him with your hands by tickling, rubbing, or 
cjawing him under the belly.” Swan, Speculum Mundi, ch. 
8 . § 1. So Beaum. and FI. “Leave off your tickling of 
young heirs like trouts.'] Here come3 the trout that must be 
caught with tickling. Shakspeare. 
TROUTBECK, a river of England, in Cumberland, 
which runs into the Irthing, below Horsehead.—Another 
river in Westmoreland, which runs into the Eden, 3 miles 
below Appleby. 
TROUTBECK, a township of England, in Westmore¬ 
land, situated on the river of the same name, over which it 
has a bridge; 5 miles south-east-by-east of Ambleside. 
TROUTSDALE, a township of England, North Riding 
of Yorkshire; 12 miles from Malton. 
To TROW, v. n. [tro, Su. Goth. ; Irawan, M. Goth. 
Tb think ; to imagine; to conceive. A word now disused, 
and rarely used even in ancient writers but in familiar 
language. 
To-morrow next 
We will for Ireland ; and ’tis time, I trow. Shakspeare. 
To believe. 
Lend less than thou owest. 
Learn more than thou trowest. Shakspeare. 
TROW, interject, [for I trow, or trow you.] An excla¬ 
mation of enquiry. Well, if you be not turned Turk, there 
is no more sailing by the star.—What means the fool, trow ? 
Shakspeare. 
TRO WAY, a township of England, in Derbyshire; 6J 
miles north-by-east of Chesterfield. 
TROWBRIDGE, a market town of England, in the 
county of Wilts, situated on the side of a rocky hill, by the 
river Were, which runs into the Avon near Bradford, and 
over which it has a stone bridge. It is a thriving and po¬ 
pulous town, and has long been noted-for its manufactures, 
Trowbridge had anciently a castle, no part of which, how¬ 
ever, is now standing, although its site can still be easily 
distinguished by the remains of the moat and vallum by 
which it was surrounded. This site is more elevated than 
the ground on which the town stands, and still retains the 
name of Court-hill. The castle was formerly approached 
from the town by a draw-bridge over the moat. This castle 
was traditionally said to have been built by John of Gaunt, 
but the original structure must have existed before his time, 
as it is mentioned in the reign of king Stephen. The go¬ 
vernment of Trowbridge is vested in the county magistrates, 
who hold the petty sessions for the Trowbridge division of 
the hundred, alternately here and at Bradford. Two other 
annual, courts are likewise held in the town, namely, a 
court leet and a court baron, belonging to the lord of the 
manor. It contains 1170 houses, and 6075 inhabitants. 
Market on Saturday, and an annual fair on the 5th of Au¬ 
gust, at which a considerable quantity of woollen goods, 
and some cattle, cheese, &c. are sold; 10 miles south-east 
of Bath, and 98 west of London* Lat. 51. 19. N. long. 2. 
1:2, W, 
TRO 
TROWEL, s. [trulla, Lat ] A trowel is a tool to take 
up the mortar with, and spread it On the bricks, with which 
also they cut the bricks to such lengths as they have occasion,, 
and also stop the joints. Moxon. 
This was dext’rous at his trowel. 
That was bred to kill a cow well. Swift . 
It is used for any coarse instrument. 
How shall I answer you ? 
—As wit and fortune will. 
—Or as the destinies decree. 
—Well said, that was laid on with a trowel. Shakspeare. 
TROWELL, a parish of England, in Nottinghamshire; 
5| miles west of Nottingham. 
TROWERT ISLAND, a small island in the Eastern seas, 
near the south coast of Java. Lat. 7. 2. S. long. 105. 
45. E. 
TROWERYN, a river of North Wales, which rises in a 
lake iu Merionethshire, and runs into the Dee. 
To TROWL. See To Troll. 
TRO'WSERS. See Trouse. 
TROWSE, or Trowse Newton, a parish or England, 
in Norfolk; 2 miles south-east-by-southof Norwich. Popu¬ 
lation 488. 
TROY, a parish of England, in. Monmouthshire; 3 miles' 
south-west of Monmouth. 
TROY, a township of the United States; int Orleans 
county, Vermont; 60 miles north of Montpelier. Population 
231. 
TROY, a post township of the United States, in Bristol 
county, Massachusetts ; 16 miles south of Taunton, and 48 
south of Boston. Population 1296.—2. Amity of-the-United 
States, and capital of Rensselaer county. New York, on the 
east bank of the Hudson. Population 3895'; 3 miles south 
of Lansingburgh, 6 north of Albany, and 166 north of New 
York.—3. A township of the United States, in Athens 
county, on the Ohio, at the junction of the Hockhocking, 
25.miles below Marietta. Population578.—4. A post town 
of the United States, and capital of Miami county, Ohio; 
72 miles north of Cincinnati.-—5. A township of the United 
Stares, in Trumbull county, Ohio. Population 23§.—6. A 
township of the United States, in Perry county, Indiana, on 
the Ohio, about 55 miles west-south-west of Corydoil-. 
TROY, or Troy-weight, s. [from T-roies, Er.J Akind 
of weight by which gold and bread are weighed, consisting 
of these denominations: a pound — 12 ounces; ounce zz 
20 pennyweights; pennyweight — 24 grains,—The-English. 
physicians make use of troyweight after the- following 
manner. 
Grains 
20 
Scruple 
60 
3 
Drachm 
Ounce 
480 
24 
8 
5760 
288 
96 
12 Pound". 
The Romans left their ounce in Britain, now our averdu- 
pois ounce,for our troy ounce we had elsewhere. Arbuthnot- 
TROYES, a large ‘town in the north-east of France, in 
Champagne, the capital of the department of the Aube. It 
is situated between two fine meadows on the Seine, which 
is here comparatively small, and divided into several chan¬ 
nels. It is the seat of an archbishop, and of the'different 
branches of the administration of the department of the 
Aube. Pope Urban IV. was a native of Troyes; 42 miles 
north-east of Auxerre, 70 south of Rheims, and 100-south- 
east of Paris. Lat. 48. 18. 5. N. long. 4. 4. 49; Bi 
TRSTENNA, or Trszienna, a small town in the north¬ 
west of Hungary; 48 miles south-by-west of Cracow. Po¬ 
pulation 2700. 
TRU'ANT, s. [truand, old Fr.; treuwant, Dutch, a vaga- 
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