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pl. An obsolete form of trousers. And tro ers made of thy skin to tumble in. Beau. and Fl., Coxcomb, ii. trot1 (trot), v.; pret. and pp. trotted, ppr. trot ting. [ME. trotten, * tlo tare, > trotare, trot (see tolutation ), is improbable.] I. in trans. 1. To go at a quick, steady pace; run; go. Al be it so that no man fynden shal Noon in this world that trotteth hool in al, Ne man, ne beest. Chaucer , Merchant's Tale, 1. 294. Being pricked with as strong an itch to be Abroad, and trot about the world, as she. IMG:content-0948.png:[blocks in formation] They would sit for hours solemnly trotting out for one another's admiration their commonplaces of the philosophical copy-book, until I tingled from head to foot. troth. To a gret lady that day be trought plight, Ryght at the font a in of thurstes gladne e ay; Nothyng so loue ne likyng to my pay. Rom . of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), L. 822. Having sworn too hard a keeping oath, Study to break it and not break my troth . loq.]-2. A gait faster than the walk and slower than the run. In the trot of bipeds both feet are alternately off the ground at the same time for an inter there is always one foot on the ground, a part of the time val in each step; in that of quadrupeds, in a very slow trot two feet, and a part of the time three. If fast, there are two intervals in each stride when all the feet are off the ground (the stride being the distance in time or space between the succe ive points on the ground touched by the same foot), the horse leaving the ground from the hind feet in succe ion, while in the run he leaves the ground from a fore foot. In the trot the limbs move in pairs, diagonally but not quite simultaneously, even in the "square trot." If the difference becomes considerable, it constitutes "single footing"; if the difference becomes so great that the ace is reversed, and the pair of limbs the same side move together, it becomes "pacing." While the trot is naturally a slower gait than the run, it has become the instinctive fast gait in certain breeds of horses. See trotter, and cut in preceding column. The canter is to the gallop very much what the walk is to the trot . Youatt, The Horse (Treatise on Draught). In those days, the Star Cambridge Coach, which left the Belle Sauvage Yard in Ludgate Hill about 4 P. M., threaded all the streets between its starting-point and Shore ditch Church at a trot . Quarterly Rev., CXLVI. 198. IMG:content-0949.png:[blocks in formation] trots. J. Beaumont, Psyche, vi. 222. 2. Specifically, to go at the quick, steady pace known as a trot. See trot1, n., 2, and trotter. Succe ive Positions of a Horse in Trotting. (After instantaneous photographs made by Eadweard Muybridge.) Sometimes he trots, as if he told the steps, With gentle majesty and modest pride. Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 277. This is true, whether they [animals] move per later a, that is, two legs of one side together, which is tolutation or ambling, or per diametrum, lifting one foot before and the cro foot behind, which is succu ation or trotting . Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iv. 6. I saw Lady Suffolk trot a mile in 2.26. Flora Temple has trotted close down to 2.20, and Ethan Allen or le . O. W. Holmes , Profe or, vii. II. trans . 1. To cause to trot; ride at a trot. 4. A "pony"; a "crib." [College slang, U. S.] -5. A trot-line. [U.S.]-6. A small line that sets off from the main trot-line, to the extreme end of which the hook is fastened. See trot line. [U. S.]- Eggwife-trot. Same as egg -trot. trot2+ (trot), n. [A var. of trat.] An old woman: a term of disparagement. An aged trot and tough did marie with a lad. Turberville , Of a Contrerie Mariage. An old trot with ne'er a tooth in her head. Shak . , T. of the S., i. 2. 80. trotcozy, trotcosy (trot'kō-zi), n.; pl. trotco zies, trot cosies (-ziz). [Appar. so called as enabling one to 'trot,' drive, or travel 'cozy' or warm, The upper part of his form... was shrouded in a large great-coat belted over his under habiliments, and crested with a huge cowl of the same stuffs, which, when drawn over the head and hat, completely overshadowed both, and, being buttoned beneath the chin, was called a trot Scott, Waverley, i. 318. cozy. trotevalet, n. [ME., appar. trotevale (per- haps referring orig. to Scand in avian myths), Thrūdhvaldr , a title of Thor ( Thrüdhvaldr godha, the heroic defender of the gods), Thrỹtho , the name of a woman; cf. OHG. trūta , G. dial. trute , drude , a witch), + -valdr , valda , rule: see wield . Cf. walterot .] A trifling thing. Yn gamys and festys and at the ale Love men to lestene trotevale . MS . Harl . 1701, f. 1. ( Hall i well .) zwan thre trait ours at o tale to-gidere weren age in me sworn, Al ye maden trotenale [read troteuale ] that I haved seid bi- forn; ze ledde me bi doune and dale, as an oxe bi the horn, Til ther as him is browen bale, ther his throte schal be schorn. Walter Mapes, Poems (ed. Wright), p. 337. troth (trôth or trōth), n. [ He that can trot a courser, break a rush, And, arm'd in proof, dare dure a straw's strong push. Marston, Satires, i. 28. 2. To ride over or about at a trot. This lovely boy... bestrid a Scythian steed, Trotting the ring, and tilting at a glove. He made him turn, and stop, and bound, To gallop and to trot the round; He scarce could stand on any ground, He was so full of mettle. Drayton , Nymphidia. 3. To use a "pony" or some similar means in studying; "pony": as, to trot a le on. [College slang, U. S.] - To trot out, to cause to trot, as I could wish that from hencefoorth he would learne to tell troth . Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 560. Troth , and I would have my will then. Middle ton (and others ), The Widow, ii. 1. Moll. When will you come home, heart? Ten. In troth , self, I know not. Dekker and Webster , Westward Ho, i. 2. plight; betroth. Shak., L. L. L., 1. 1. 66. So says the prince and my new- trothed lord. Shak., Much Ado, iii. 1. 38. trothle t (trôth'les or troth'les), a. [ troth +-le . Cf. truthle .] Faithle ; treacherous. A trothle e or perfidious fellow. Verstegan , Rest. of Decayed Intelligence (ed. 1628), p. 209. Now, trothle King, what fruits have braving boasts? Peele , Edward I. troth-plight (trôth'plit), a. [Early mod. E. trout he- plyght .] Betrothed; espoused; affianced. [Obsolete or provincial.] This is your son-in-law, And son unto the king, who, heavens directing, Is troth - plight to your daughter. Shak., W. T., v. 3. 151. That wench will be troth - plight to th' first man as will wed her and keep her i' plenty. Mrs. Gaskell , Sylvia's Lovers, x. troth-plight (trôth'plit), v. t. [Early mod. E. trout he-plyght; troth - plight , a.] To betroth or affiance. Palsgrave. [Obsolete or provincial.]