Trow

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trow \Trow\, n.
     A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing
     fish. --Knight.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Trow \Trow\, v. i. & t. [OE. trowen, AS. tre['o]wan to trust,
     believe, fr. tre['o]w trust, tre['o]we true, faithful. See
     {True}.]
     To believe; to trust; to think or suppose. [Archaic]
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           So that ye trow in Christ, and you baptize. --Chaucer.
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           A better priest, I trow, there nowhere none is.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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           It never yet was worn, I trow.           --Tennyson.
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     Note: I trow, or trow alone, was formerly sometimes added to
           questions to express contemptuous or indignant
           surprise.
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                 What tempest, I trow, threw this whale . . .
                 ashore?                            --Shak.
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                 What is the matter, trow?          --Shak.
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