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citing only Spenser.—The trustless wing's of false desire. 
Skakspeare. 
TRU'STY, adj. Honest; faithful; true; fit to be trusted. 
This trusty servant 
Shall pass between us. Skakspeare. 
Strong; stout; such as will not fail. 
The neighing steeds are to the chariot ty’d. 
The trusty weapon sits on every side. Drydem 
TRUTH, s. [cpeopSe, Sax. veracitas, fides data, foedus. 
triggwo, M. Goth, pactum, foedus. Mr. Horne Tooke ap¬ 
peals, deducting truth from trawan, or tjieopian; saying 
that “ it is the third person singular of the indicative trow, 
and was formerly written troweth, trowth, trouth, and 
troth; and means (aliquid, any thing, something,) that 
which one troweth, i. e. thinketh, or firmly believeth.” Div. 
of Purl. ii. 408.] The contrary to falsehood; conformity of 
notions to things.—All truths are equal, verifas non recipit 
?nagis ac minus. Wilkins. —Conformity of words to thoughts. 
— Truth is the joining or separating of signs, as the things 
signified agree or disagree. Locke. —Purity from falsehood 
So young and true. 
-Let it be so, thy truth then be thy dower. Skakspeare. 
Right opinion. 
But, self-devoted from the prime of youth 
To life sequester'd, and ascetic truth. 
With fasting mortified, worn out with tears, 
And bent beneath the load of seventy years. Harte. 
Fidelity; constancy. 
PH follow this good man, and go with you ; 
And, having sworn truth, ever will be true. Skakspeare. 
Honesty; virtue. 
The money I tender for him in the court; 
If this will not suffice, it must appear, 
That malice bears down truth. Skakspeare. 
It is used sometimes by way of concession.—She said, 
Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall. 
St. Matthew. —Exactness; conformity to rule.—Ploughs to 
go true, depend much upon the truth of the iron work.— 
Mortimer. —Reality; real state of things.—There are innu¬ 
merable truths with which we are wholly unacquainted. 
Beattie. 
Of a Truth, or in Truth. In reality.— Of a truth. Lord, 
the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations. 2 Kings. 
— In truth, what should any prayer, framed to the minister’s 
hand, require, but only so to be read as behoveth ? Hooker. 
TRU'THFUL, adj. Full of truth.—I profess to be as 
accurate as I can, and as truthful as the character of my re¬ 
cords will allow. Berington. 
TRU'TIILESS, adj. Wanting truth; faithless; wanting 
reality.—What shall I call her? truthless woman. Beaum. 
and FI. 
TRUTINA'TION, s. \trutina, Latin.] The act of 
weighing; examination by the scale.—Men may mistake if 
they distinguish not the sense of levity unto themselves, and 
in regard of the scale or decision of trutination. Brown. 
TRUXILLO, Turris Julia, a small town in the west of 
Spain, in Estremadura, situated on a hill, of which it oc¬ 
cupies the top and the south side. Francis Pizarro, the 
conqueror of Peru, was a native of this town ; 44 miles 
north-north-east of Merida, and 130 west-south-west of 
Madrid. 
TRUXILLO, a city of the Caraccas, in the province of 
Venezuela. This was formerly a splendid and flourishing 
city. It enjoys a pure air, but its w’aters, although clear 
and light, are impregnated with metallic particles, and 
occasion goitres, which, however, are only an inconvenience, 
as they do not in the least affect the health; 105 leagues 
south-west of Caraccas, and 20 -north-east of Merida. Lat. 
8. 33. N. long. 70. 15. 30. W. 
TRUXILLO, a town of Guatimala, in the province of 
Honduras, situated between two rivers of good water, on a 
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hill near the sea, in Truxillo bay. Truxillo is 90 miles 
north of Valladolid. Lat. 15. 51. E. long. 86. 8. W. 
TRUXILLO, a city of New Granada, in the province of 
Popayan. 
TRUXILLO, an intendancy of Peru, containing within 
its limits seven jurisdictions : viz. Sana, Pluru, Truxillo, 
Caxamarca, Chachapoyas, Llulia, and Chiloas and Pataz. 
TRUXILLO, a province of Peru in the above intendancy. 
TRUXILLO, the chief town of the above district, and 
also of the whole province, pleasantly situated, and sur¬ 
rounded with gardens, groves, and delightful walks; 480 
miles south of Quito, and 268 north-north-west of Lima. 
Lat. 8. 8. S. long. 78. 53. W. 
TRUXTON, or Fabius, a post township of the United 
States, in Courtland county. New York; 142 miles west of 
Albany. Population 1012. 
TRUXVILLE, a township of the United States, in Rich¬ 
land county, Ohio. 
To TRY, v. a. [trier, French.] To examine; to make 
experiment of. 
Some among you have beheld me fighting. 
Come try upon yourselves what you have seen me. 
Shalcspeare. 
To experience; to assay; to have knowledge or experi¬ 
ence of. 
Some to far Oaxis shall be sold, 
Or try the Libyan heat, or Scythian cold. Dry den. 
To examine as a judge. To bring before a judicial tribunal. 
—To bring to a decision, with out emphatical.—I’ll try it 
out, and give no quarter. Dry den. —To act on as a test. 
Sure he who first the passage try'd 
In harden’d oak his heart did hide, 
And ribs of iron arm’d his side. Dryden, 
To bring as to a test. 
They open to themselves at length the way 
Up hither, under long obedience try'd. Milton. 
To essay; to attempt.-*—Let us try adventurous work. 
Milton. —To purify; to refine. 
After life 
Try'd in sharp tribulation, and refin’d 
By faith and faithful w orks. Milton. 
To use as means. 
To ease her cares the force of sleep she tries. 
Still wakes her mind, though slumbers seal her eyes. Swift. 
To TRY, v. n. To endeavour; to attempt; to make 
essay. 
He first deceas’d, she for a little try'd 
To live without him, lik’d it not, and dy’d. Wotton. 
TRYDDIN, a township of Wales, in the parish, and 
adjoining to the village of Mold. Population 554. 
TRYON MOUNTAINS, mountains of the United States, 
in North Carolina, west of Salisbury, bordering on Ten¬ 
nessee. 
TRYSALL, a parish of England, in Staffordshire; 5 
miles from Wolverhampton. Population 491. 
TRZEMEZNO, a small town of Prussian Poland; 9 
miles east of Gnesna. Population 1400. 
TSANG, a city of China, of the third rank, in Pe-che« 
lee; 102 miles south of Peking. 
TSAO, a city of China, of the second rank, in Shantung, 
Lat. 35. 22. N. long. 115.16. E. 
TSCIIAIKISTS, meaning the Pontooneer district, a part 
of the military frontier of Hungary, lying between the 
Theyss and the Danube. Its superficial extent is 340 square 
miles; its inhabitants in number about 22,000. 
TSCHAKATHURN, or Csakatornya, a small but 
populous town in the south-west of Hungary, between the 
Muhr and the Drave. It is remarkable for the good 
quality of its wine, &c.; 126 miles south of Vienna, and 
6 north-north-east of Warasdin. 
TSCHANGNAU, a village of the Swiss canton of Berne 
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