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v. i. [ Either onomatopoetic, or akin to throat. ] To cry, as a buck in rutting time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The cry of a buck in rutting time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. trocart (or trois-quarts, i. e., three quarters); trois three (L. tres) + carre the side of a sword blade; -- so called from its triangular point. ] (Surg.) A stylet, usually with a triangular point, used for exploring tissues or for inserting drainage tubes, as in dropsy. [ Written also trochar. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., bypath, crossroad. ] (Mil.) A line of fortifications, usually rough, constructed to prevent the passage of an enemy across a region. [ Sp. Amer. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Pros.) A trochaic verse or measure. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. trochaïcus, Gr. &unr_; or &unr_;. See Trochee. ] (Pros.) Of or pertaining to trochees; consisting of trochees; as, trochaic measure or verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Gr. &unr_; a wheel. ] (Zool.) Resembling a wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

trong>Trochal disktrong> (Zool.), the cephalic disk of a rotifer. It is usually surrounded by a fringe of cilia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Anat.) One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa. [ 1913 Webster ]