trogosus

[Mod. Lat., from Gr. trox (gen it. trogos)=a gnawer.] Palæont.: A genus of Tillotheridæ, called by Leidy An chip pod us. Founded on remains from the Eocene of Wyoming. trōgue, s. [A. S. trog a trough (q. v.).] Mining: A wooden trough forming a drain. ancient Troy or the Troas; Trojan. Trō-ic, a. [Lat. Troicus.] Of or pertaining to troi-lite, s. [After Dominico Troili of Modena, Italy; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Mineralogy : An iron sulphide occurring only in meteorites, in di eminated nodules. Hardne , 40; specific gravity, 475-482; color, tombac-brown, resembling that of pyrrhotite (q.v.); streak, black. Composition: Sulphur, 36-36; iron, 63-64=100, which is equivalent to the formula FeS. Trō-jan, a . & s. [Lat. Trojanus , from Troja = Troy.] A. As adject .: Pertaining or relating to ancient Troy; as, the Trojan war. marine; gō, pot, B. As substantive: troke I. Lit .: An inhabitant of ancient Troy. II. Figuratively : 1. A person of pluck or determination; one who fights with a will; a courageous endurer; as, He bore the pain like a Trojan . *2. A cant name for an aged inferior or equal. "Sam the butler's true, the cook a reverend Trojan ." Beaum. & Flet.: Night Walker , ii. 1. *3. A cant name for a person of doubtful character. "There are other Trojans that thou dream est not of."Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. I. , ii. 1. IMG:content-1483.png:[blocks in formation] "This 'coach' is a low beach-cart, used in the conveyance of the fish from the seaside; it is properly called a troll, and owes the origin of its construction to the nar IMG:content-1484.png:[blocks in formation] "Where gilded chairs and coaches throng, And jostle as they trowl along." Swift : Dan Smedley's Petition. *2. To stroll, to ramble. *3. To move quickly; to wag. "Fill him but a boule, it will make his tongue troule." F. Beaumont: Exaltation of Ale. 4. To take part in a catch or round, the voices succeeding each other at regulated intervals with the same melody. 5. To angle with a line, running on a reel, and usually dragged behind a boat. "I vainly trolled for pike."- Field , Oct. 29, 1887. trol-le-īte, s . [After H. G. Trolle Wachtmeister, the Swedish chemist; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Sept. 28, 1861, p. 333. troll-plate, s. Mach.: A rotating disc employed to effect the simultaneous convergence or divergence of a number of objects; such as screw-dies in a stock, or the jaws of a universal chuck. troll (2), trōld, trölld, trōw, subst . [Old Norse troll ; Sw. troll ; Dan. trold =giant, monster, specter, unearthly being. (Grimm: Deut. Mythol . (ed. Stallybra ), ii. 527.)] Scand in avian Mythology : 1. A comprehensive term, embracing supernatural beings of widely different character. "We come acro numerous approximations and over lappings between the giant-legend and those of dwarfs and water sprites, as the comprehensive name troll in Scand in avian tradition would of itself indicate." Grimm: Deut. Mythol . (ed. Stallybra ), ii. 552. 2. A giant or giante endowed with sepernatural powers. 3. A witch, a sorcere ; a night-riding hag. Sometimes extended so as to include the Valkyres. "I saw thee ride on the hurdle, loose-haired, loose girt, in troll's garb."-Grimm: Deut. Mythol. (ed. Stallybra ), iii. 1,054. 4. (See extract.) "Lucas Jacob son Debes, who dates his description of Ferve from his Pathmos in Thorshaven, March 12, 1670, dedicates a long chapter to the spectres who disturbed his congregation, and sometimes carried off his hearers. The actors in these disturbances he states to be the Skoo or Biergen - Trold -i.e., the spirits of the woods and mountains, sometimes called subterranean people, and adds, they appeared in deep caverns and among horrid rocks; as also that they haunted the places where murders or other deeds of mortal sin had been acted. They appear to have been the genuine northern dwarfs, or Trows , another pronunciation of Trollds , and are considered by the reverent author as little better than fiends."-Scott: Demonology, lett. iv.