trental (trental)

[ Chaucer , Summoner's Tale, 1. 16. A trental (thirty) of ma es used to be offered up for almost every one on the burial day. Rock , Church of our Fathers, ii. 504, note. trente-et-quarante (tront'ā-ka-ront'), n. [F., lit. 'thirty and forty': trente, L. triginta, thirty (see trent2); et, et , and; quarante , (L. qua drag int a , forty: see thirty and forty .] The game of rouge-et-noir. Trenton limestone. See limestone . trepan1 (trē-pan'), n. [Formerly trepane ; trepane , F. trépan = Sp. tr Sp. trépano Pg. tre pano = It. trepano, trapano, trepanum , prop . * trypanum , τρύπανov , a borer, an auger, a surgeons' trepan, τρυπᾶν , bore, τρύπη , hole, τρέπειν , turn.] 1. An instrument for boring; a borer. Specifically - (at) An engine formerly used in sieges for piercing or making holes in the walls. = And their th' Inginers haue the Trepan drest, And reared vp the Ramme for battery best. Hudson, tr. of Du Bartas's Judith, iii. What can support the dogma against the trend of Scripture? Bibliotheca Sacra, XLIII. 571. I have quoted these few examples to show the trend of opinion in respect to certain forms of atrophy. Alien. and Neurol ., XI. 308. 3. Naut., the thickening of an anchor-shank as it approaches the arms.-4. A current or stream. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] trend2 (trend), v. v. t. [Perhaps for tren, separate: see tren1.] To cleanse, as wool. Also trent. [Local, Eng.] trend2 (trend), n. [See trend2, v.] Clean or cleansed wool. [Local, Eng.] trender (tren'dėr), n. [ One