Part 908 (1/2)

_To_ TRODDLE, _v. n._ To walk with short steps, as a little child does, Ang.

_Morison._

Germ. _trottel-n_, tarde et pigre incedere.

TRODWIDDIE, _s._ The chain that fastens the harrow to what are called the _Swingle-trees_, S. B.

Isl. _troda_, terra, and _vijd-er_, vimen; q. the _withe_ which touches the earth.

TROGGERS, _s. pl._ The designation given to one species of Irish vagrants, q. _trokers_, Wigton.

_Statist. Acc._

TROISTRY, _s._ The entrails of a beast, offals, S. B.

Isl. _tros_, trash, Sw. _trastyg_, trumpery.

TROYT, _s._ An inactive person, S. B.

Su. G. _tryt-a_, pigere, taedere; _troett_, fessus, la.s.sus.

_To_ TROKE, _v. a._

1. To bargain in the way of exchange, to barter, S. _truck_, E.

Fr. _troqu-er_, to exchange.

_Ferguson._

2. To do business on a small scale, S.

3. To be busy about little, in whatever way, S.

~Trock~, ~Troque~, _s._

1. Exchange, barter, S.

Fr. _troc_, id.

2. _Troques_, pl. small wares, S. B.

_s.h.i.+rrefs._

3. Small pieces of business that require a good deal of stirring, S. B.