trilllt (tril)

[Early mod. E. also tril, tryll; Trille this pin, and he wol vanishe anon. Chaucer, Squire's Tale, 1. 328. I tryll a whirly gig round aboute. Je pirouette.... I holde the a peny that I wyll tryll my whirly gig longer about than thou shalte do thyne. Palsgrave , p. 762. The sundrie sodaine smartes Which daily chaunce as fortune trilles the ball. 6479 trillibub (tril'i-bub), n. [Also trillabub ; early mod. E. trull i bub be , trullybub ; also in dial. troll i- bags , trolly bags (appar. simulating bag ); origin obscure. For the form, cf. sillibub , syllabub .] Tripe; figuratively, anything trifling or worth- le . [Prov. Eng.] There cannot be an ancient tripe or trillibub in the town but thou art straight nosing it. I forgive thee, and forget thy tricks And trill a bubs , and will swear to love thee heartily. Shirley, Hyde Park, iii. 2. trill i chan (tril'i-chan), n. [ trill each an , the pied oyster-catcher.] Same as tirma . trillilt, v . t . [Appar. par. an imitative extension of Gas coigne , Fruits of War. trill2 .] To drink with a gurgling sound. [Rare.] 2. To roll to and fro; rock. zit myzt the mylde may among Her cradel trille to and fro, And syng, Osye, thi song! 3. To throw; cast. I Tryll. Je jecte. 4. To pour out. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 213. Palsgrave, p. 762. For her tender Brood Tears her own bowells, trilleth out her blood To heal her young. IMG:content-0877.jpg:[ocr errors] In nothing but golden cups he would drinke or quaffe it; whereas in wodden mazers and Agathocles' earthen stuffe they trillild it off before. Nashe , Lenten Stuffe (Harl. Misc., VI. 166). ( Davies .)