trump1 (trump)

[Early mod. E. also trumpe, trompe; E. drum: see drum1, which is thus a doublet of trump1 ) = Sw. trumma = Dan. tromme, a drum, = Icel. trumba, a pipe, a trumpet; orig. sense appar. 'pipe' or 'tube, but commonly regarded (as with many other terms denoting sound or instruments of sound) as ult. imitative. The Teut. forms are supposed to be derived from the Rom. forms, and, according to Diez, are prob. from L. tuba, tube, pipe (cf. OF. trufe, truffe, But hoolsumest and best is to have made Trumpes of cley by potters in thaire gise, And iche of hem II finger thicke a ise. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 177. 2. A musical wind-instrument; a trumpet: as, the trump of doom; the last trump (the summons to final judgment). [Obsolete or archaic.] As when his Tritons' trumps do them to battle call Within his surging lists to combat with the whale. Drayton, Polyolbion, v. 99. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump . 1 Cor. xv. 51, 52. And will you think Pride speaks the word, if here I tell you Fame's Trump breath'd my History? J. Beaumont , Psyche, ii. 55. 3t. A trumpeter; a herald. See trumpet, 3. Alexander the Great sighed and saide: Oh the most fortunate, which haste founde suche a trompe to magnifi thi doinges! IMG:content-0974.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0975.jpg:[graphic] Ther herde I trumpen Me enus. Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 1243. Qwhene they tristely had tretyd, thay trumppede up aftyre, Descendyd doune with a daunce of dukes and erles. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 407. trump2 (trump), v . t . [Formerly also tromp ; = MD. trompen , tromper , deceive, dupe, lit. play on the trump or trumpet, hence se tromper finery. The trumpery in my house go bring hither, For stale to catch these thieves. Shak., Tempest, iv. 1. 186. IMG:content-0976.jpg:[blocks in formation] de quelqu'un , play with any one, mock, beguile, 4. Nonsense; false or idle talk; foolishne . cheat, etc.: see trump1 , and cf. trump3 .] 1. To impose upon; dupe; deceive; gull. IMG:content-0977.jpg:[blocks in formation] 2. To obtrude or impose unfairly. Authors have been trumped upon us, interpolated and corrupted. C. Leslie, Short Method with Deists. To trump up, to devise; forge; fabricate; seek and collect from every quarter: as, to trump up a story. Hang honesty! Trump me not up with honesty. Fletcher and Mas singer , A Very Woman, ii. 3. trump3 (trump), n. [Formerly also triumph ; = D. troef = G. trumpf = Sw. Dan. trumf , trionfo , a game of cards so called, ruff or trump, also a triumph, triumph us , triumph: see triumph . The word was in part confused with trump2 , tromper , deceive: see trump2.] 1. One card of that suit which for the time being outranks the other suits, and which is generally determined by turning up the last card in dealing, but in some games by choice or otherwise; also, the suit which thus outranks the others (a loose use, for the plural trumps ). Hearts is trump , as I said before. Latimer, Sermons on the Card, i. Come hether, Dol; Dol, sit downe and play this game, And as thou sawest me do, see thou do even the same; There is five trumps besides the queen, the hindmost thou shalt find her; Take hede of Sim Glover's wife, she hath an eie behind her. Bp. Still, Gammer Gurton's Needle, ii. 2. What's Trumpes? Heywood, Woman Killed with Kindne (Works, ed. 1874, [II. 123). O Martin, if dirt were trumps , what a hand you would hold! Lamb , in Barry Cornwall, vii. Ugline being trump , I wonder more people don't win. C. D. Warner, Backlog Studies, p. 133. 21. An old game at cards, also called ruff (see ruff4 ), the original of the modern game of whist. See triumph, 7.-3. A person upon whom one can depend; one who spontaneously does the right thing in any emergency; a good fellow. [Colloq.] I wish I may die if you're not a trump, Pip. Tom Dickens , Martin Chuzzlewit, xxviii. took his three to es without a kick or a cry, T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, i. 6. and was called a young trump for his pains. IMG:content-0978.png:[blocks in formation] All the Trumpery of the Ma , and Follies of their [Church of Rome's] Worship, are by no means Superstitious, because required by the Church. Stilling fleet, Sermons, II. viii. Extinct be the fairies and fairy trumpery of legendary fabling. Lamb, Old Benchers. II. a. Showy, but usele or unsubstantial; hence, trifling; worthle : as, trumpery ornaments. A very trumpery case it is altogether, that I must admit. T. Hook, Gilbert Gurney, II. 1.