Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have truthed it heaven.
Ford.
Truth"ful (?), a. Full of truth; veracious; reliable. — Truth"ful*ly,
adv. — Truth"ful*ness, n.
Truth"less, a. Devoid of truth; dishonest; dishonest; spurious;
faithless. — Truth"less*ness, n.
Truth"-lov`er (?), n. One who loves the truth.
Truth-lover was our English Duke.
Tennyson.
Truth"ness, n. Truth. [Obs. & R.] Marston.
Truth"-tell`er (?), n. One who tells the truth.
Truth-teller was our England's Alfred named.
Tennyson.
Truth"y (?), a. Truthful; likely; probable. [R.] "A more truthy
import." W. G. Palgrave.
Tru`ti*na"tion (?), n. [L. trutinari to weigh, from trutina a balance.
See Trone a steelyard.] The act of weighing. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Trut*ta"ceous (?), a. [LL. trutta a trout, L. tructa. See Trout.]
(Zoöl.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trout; as, fish of the
truttaceous kind.
Try (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. tried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trying.] [OE.
trien to select, pick out, F. trier to cull, to out, LL. tritare to
triturate (hence the sense of, to thresh, to separate the grain from
the straw, to select), L. terere, tritum, to rub, bruise, grind,
thresh. See Trite.] 1. To divide or separate, as one sort from another;
to winnow; to sift; to pick out; — frequently followed by out; as, to
try out the wild corn from the good. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
2. To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure
state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc. Shak.
The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of
earth, purified seven times.
Ps. xii. 6.
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is
tried.
Ps. lxvi. 10.
3. To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of
determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test; as, to try
weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions.
Let the end try the man.
Shak.
4. To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering
or trouble to.
Thus far to try thee, Adam, I was pleased.
Milton.
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5. To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy for disease;
to try a horse.
Come, try upon yourselves what you have seen me.
Shak.
To ease her cares the force of sleep she tries.
Swift.
6. To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his
eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience.
7. (Law) To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses
or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a
cause, or a criminal.
8. To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an
appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions.
Left I the court, to see this quarrel tried.
Shak.