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TROCH lEUS , I n lhe Greek and Latin poetry, , fOOl
conGniog of lWO fyllablt., lhe firn loog, aod ,he fecond
{hart,
TROCHTLUS, in orni,hology, a geou. helontiog
10
, he
orda ofpica:. T he b..k i. fu bulated and lhr<ad. n.. ped,
with
a
tubal.. r apex. and langer than the head,
lhe
fu–
f erior
ma~diblc
Iheathing lh( in(crior ; the
tongll~
i.
threacl.fh.ped ; ano th. reet are fitled for w.lkiog. T his
genus comprehends al! the
hUn1min~
birds, which u e the
limllen of
~irds,
aod a.e diningulflltO
by
thtir colour
ancl ,he n"Fe of their bilis.
T ROCHLEA, one
oC
the mech. nical powe" , . fu.lly cal·
'Ied a pulley. Se< MEC HA NICI .
TROCHLE ,I R ES, in .natOOly. S.. ANATOM V, p. ' 90 .
TROGLODYTES, in the aocieot gcography, a people of
.IE~hiopia t
raid
lO
bave Jived in caves undc'r ground .
P omoMela gi. "" a n"oge aceouot of lhe T roglodYles :
he fays, they did nOl fo properly fpeak as fhriek, aod
lhat lhey lived
00
f.rpeolS .
TR.OJA,
tlf
TKOJA N G AM ES,
werc garTtcs
(aid ta be in–
lli{\.lied
by
A(ca nllls,
fon of )Eneas, and aftcrwards kcpt
up by lhe R omans ",ith gre., folemoilY. Th<y were
ed ebra«d by compaoies ofboy. , oea!ly drefTed, aod fu ro
nifhed with Jiu!e arms and wcapons. "" ha
murlertd
in the
public
c;reus . They wete chofen, for (he mon pan ,
out of ,he ooblen (.milies úf Rome, aod the eaptaill of
them had thr honourable title of princeps juventutis, be–
ing fometi mes next htir
ta
the empire,
and
reldom
lefs
th,," the fon
of
a priacipal fena lor.
TROIS
R lvtE!l ES, a
town of North Americ,,",
in
the pro...
vince o(
Callada,
fituated on
lhe
river of Sto Laurence,
ti fty miles foutb of Q.t!.ebcc : W.loog.
75°,
aod N . lat.
46°
45' ·
T RONt\GE, an . ncieot eunomary ton, paid for
wei~nipg
of
\Vool. This word is particularly mentioned
in
a char–
ler graoted to
Ihe
mayor and citiz.ens
of
London ;
in
which
city there
i~
i n
officer called tronator, whofe bufinefs
it
is la
wei¡:h the wool that
is
brought thither.
T RONCONNEE, io heroldry, denotes a crofs, or other
thing, cut in, pieces ílnd difmembered , yet fo as all the
pieces keep up the form of a crofs, lhough f" at a fm.U
din~nc~
(rom one aMtht"r.
T ROOP, a ¡'mall body of
horf~
or dragooo., aboul fi(,y
or
(ix.ty,
fometi mes more, fomedmes lefs; commandcd
uy
a
captain. Each troop. befides
a
captain, has a lieu–
teoant, cornu, qutUter·m
"r.er, and three corparals, who
are the lowell ",fficers of a troop.
T ROPlEOL UM, in bota oy, a genu. of lhe oélandria mo·
oogyoia clafs. The calix conGII. of ooe calc"..ed
I.af;ano
the coroll", of
rive
unequal
petal,
;
and
there are thrce
dry ben ics .
T he (pcciC'! are
thtee, al]
natives
of Perl! o
TROPE , io rhetoric, a kind o( figure of fpeech, whereby
a \Vord
¡ti
removed rrom iu firn ",nd nMurf\1 rignification,
:.nJ applic:cI
with
advantage·
lO
another thing, which
it
tloes Jlot ori)!inaJly
mt>an ;
but only flands for
ir, a5
it
has
a
re):JtiOA to, or connt:lllon
wid\
it :
as
in lhis fen–
tlf~Ce,
(;"d
11
my roa.
B efe .he trope lies io
lIJe
word
, uk,
whlch
lttin~ ~ ,m
i1 nd
11":1n1oYe.l.ble, excites
in
OUT
min¿s
lh<:
notío"
oE
God's
unLuling
power,
and
the:
neady
fuppo,
t
\,.,l1lch gcod meo receive lrom their depc:ndem:c
llpon him.
T ROl'HY,
amor.~
lhe aocien", apile or heap o( arn" of
T U M
a vanquifhed enemy, raifed by the cooqueror in the moll
emioent par! of lhe 6c1d of b..,le.
TRO PICS. in an ronomy. Scc A'T' ON OMY, p. 469.
TROU T , io
ichlhyolo~y.
See SHMO.
TIl UffL E S. Se. LVC OP.'DOH.
T RU M PET, • muGc.1 ioGrumeot, the mon ooble of
aIl
porlable
"'OOt S
of ,he wiad kind, uren chiefl y in
war
a.
mnng lhe
cavalrYI
(O
direél: them
iD
lhe (ervice_
T R UNCATED, io geoe..I, is ao appeU.,ion giveo to (uch
things
as h",v!,
or
(ec:m to
baye, thtir poinu cut
off:
thus
We:
f"y.
:t
truEleated cone, pyramid ,
lettf,
&c.
TRU NC HEON , a fhor! n . ff, or batlooo, ufed by king.,
generals, and great oRi cer"
as a
mark of theircommand.
TRUNDLE,
, 10ft
of c"riage wilh low whcels, whereon
heavy and cumberfome burdens are drawn.
TRUNK, amoog bOlaoifls,. deool•• the nem, or body, of
a trce ; or, that part between the grouDd aad the place
where it di. ides into branches .
T R UH NIONS ,
M Tk UN IO Ns oJl1pira ojorónanc<,
are
Ihofe knobs
Of
bundles of the guo's rneul, which bear
her
up
on the checks of the carriage.
TRUSS , a buodle, or certaio quaotlry o( h.y, (lraw,
&<.
A trufs of hay i. tO conlain fifty·li" pouod. , or h. lf
an hundred weight ; thirty_fix {rucres make a load_
T RUSS is alfo ufed (or a fon of baodage qr ligalure, made
of ned,
or
the like matter, whereWllh tO keep up the
parts
in
thofe who
have
hernias or rupturcs.
TRU STEE, ooe who has an enate, or money, pUlor
truned io hi. haod. for ,h. ufe of aoolher.
T RUTH, a term ufed io oppoG,ioo
10
falfhood, aod ap'
plied to propofifions which anrwer, or accord. to the Da·
ture aod reality of lbe thiog whereof fomethiog i. affirm.
ed or denied.
T US,
in commerce, denotes
3D
indetcrminate quanlity or
mearure : thus,
a.
tub of iea contalos about GX[y pou nds¡
aod a lub of camphor from fift y.fix lO eighty pouod••
TUBE,
jn general, pipe, conduit, or cual; a cylindcr
hollow wlthinfide, elther of Icad, iron, wood, glafs. or
other manee, for
th~
air, or fome other fluid, to hiIVe a
free pacrage or coo\'c)'aoce lhrough.
T UBERCL E, in botaoy, a kiod of rouod turgid root, iQ
form of a' k,nob or luroip.
T he plants which produce fu ch rOO\$ are hence
delo~
minatr-d tuberofe, or tuberous, plaots.
TU llER CL E S, .mong phyGeiao. , deoote lillle tumourt
which fuppur.« and d.ifcharge pus, . od are ofteo fouod
in 1he
lunc.s, efpecially
of
coníumptive perrons.
TUBIPORA, a genu, uf fubmanoe planlS, belonging lo
-(he cri'ptogamia clars,
of
the hardoefs of coral, and coo·
fi nin& of cylioclric tubes riGng from a thio crun of .he
f"me
fon
of
mdtler with themfelves.
T UBULI
LACT iFER I,
in aoatomy. See
ANATOMY,
p.
277·
T UCUMAN , the foutn.wen diviGon of the provioee of
La
Plata, or Paraguay,
in
South America.
T ULIPA, iD botaoy, a 2cnus of the hex.ooria moooeyoia
clafs. The coroll. is bel1.fhaped, aod confills
01'
li.< pe·
tab ;
it has no flylus. T here al e thret fpecirs, none of
them natlves of Britain.
.
TUM E FACTION, rhe aél of fwelliog or
rifio~
into a
tumour.
TUMO UR , io medicine .nd furger" a
pretero.ru,,1
nfing