| Bestrown | p. p. of Bestrew. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mistrow | v. i. To think wrongly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Overstrow | v. t. See Overstrew. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Overtrow | v. i. To be too trustful or confident; to trust too much. [ Obs. ] Wyclif (1 Cor. iv. 4). [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Strow | v. t. [ imp. Strowed p. p. Strown i>or Strowed. ] Same as Strew. [ 1913 Webster ] Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks
In Vallombrosa. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] A manner turbid . . . and strown with blemished. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Strowl | v. i. To stroll. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Strown | p. p. of Strow. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Trow | n. A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing fish. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Trow | v. i. & t. [ OE. trowen, AS. treówan to trust, believe, fr. treów trust, treówe true, faithful. See True. ] To believe; to trust; to think or suppose. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ] So that ye trow in Christ, and you baptize. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] A better priest, I trow, there nowhere none is. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] It never yet was worn, I trow. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ I trow, or trow alone, was formerly sometimes added to questions to express contemptuous or indignant surprise. [ 1913 Webster ] What tempest, I trow, threw this whale . . . ashore? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] What is the matter, trow? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Trowel | n. [ OE. truel, OF. truele, F. truelle, LL. truella, L. trulla, dim. of trua a ladle; probably akin to Gr. &unr_; a stirrer, ladle, G. quirl a stirrer, MHG. twirel, OHG. dwiril, Icel. þvara, AS. þwiril. Cf. Twirl. ] 1. A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Founding) A tool used for smoothing a mold. [ 1913 Webster ]
Trowel bayonet. See Spade bayonet, under Spade. --
Fish trowel. See Fish slice, under Fish. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Troweled | Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel; as, troweled stucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception of paint. [ Written also trowelled. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Trowelful | n.; pl. Trowelfuls As much as a trowel will hold; enough to fill a trowel. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Trowl | n. See Troll. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Trowsed | a. Wearing trousers. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Trowsers | n. pl. Same as Trousers. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Untrowable | a. Incredible. [ Obs. ] “Untrowable fairness.” Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ] |
