This page gathers the 10,476 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Obsolete” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 97 of 105: from “trespass” to “turbinated”.
- trespass verb To offend against, to wrong (someone).
- tret noun An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare is…
- trey noun A three-pointer.
- triadic adj Trivalent.
- triarian adj Occupying the third post or rank.
- trica noun An apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surface marked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows.
- trice verb To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.
- tricenary adj Of or related to the number thirty.
- Trichomycetes noun A group of fungi in the division Zygomycota that grow in the guts of arthropods living in aquatic habitats. Species formerly placed in the…
- trick noun A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
- tricker noun A trigger.
- triequal adj Equal and three in number.
- trier noun That which tries or approves; a test.
- trifle verb To make a trifle of, to make trivial.
- trifoly noun Melilot; sweet clover
- trigesimal adj Thirtieth.
- trill verb To trickle.
- trillibub noun Tripe (meat product).
- trilling noun One of three offspring born at the same birth; a triplet.
- trimly adv Effectively, handily, nicely, thoroughly, soundly, well.
- trine verb To go.
- trink noun A kind of fishing net that is attached to a post or anchor; set net.
- trinket noun A small item of food; a small dainty.
- trinketing noun A trinket; a bauble.
- trinkle verb To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper.
- trioecious adj Belonging to the former Linnaean order Trioecia, consisting of plants of this type.
- trioxalate noun An acid salt of oxalic acid, containing one basic atom and three equivalents of oxalic acid.
- trip verb To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
- triple adj One of three; third.
- tripos noun A three-legged structure; a tripod.
- tripus noun A Bachelor of Arts appointed to make satirical strictures in humorous dispute with the candidates at a degree-awarding ceremony.
- tris- prefix A variant of tri- used to indicate that the component that does not take the prefix occurs three times in the compound: trisphosphuret of…
- trist noun Trust, faith.
- trittle trattle noun Nonsense; foolish talk, idle chatter, or meaningless trifle.
- triumph noun Any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant.
- triumphal noun A token of victory.
- triumphant adj Splendid, magnificent.
- trivant adj Synonym of truant.
- trivial noun Any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.
- troll noun A type of diminutive supernatural being; a dwarf.
- trommel noun A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores.
- trompe noun A trumpet; a trump.
- tronage noun The weighing of wool.
- trone noun A type of steelyard (weighing machine) for heavy wares, such as wool, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the…
- trophæal adj Pertaining to a trophy or to trophies.
- trosseno noun Something or someone bad.
- trot noun A young animal.
- troth verb To pledge to marry somebody.
- trothplight noun betrothal.
- troublous adj Of a liquid: thick, muddy, full of sediment.
- trousseau noun A bundle.
- truage noun Tribute, as paid to a ruler or superior.
- truant verb To idle away or waste (time).
- trub noun A truffle
- truck noun Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter.
- truckage noun exchange; bartering; truck
- truculent adj Destructive; deadly.
- trudgeon noun A toddler.
- true noun Truth.
- trug noun A trough or tray.
- trumpery noun Deceit; fraud.
- truncheon noun A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.
- trundle noun A low wagon or cart on small wheels, used to transport things.
- trundler noun A device made of a wooden stick with a wheel at the bottom, a crossbar handle at the top, and a hook in the middle, used to move pails and…
- trunk verb To lop off; to curtail; to truncate.
- trunk-maker noun A critic who pounds upon the benches in a show of approval.
- trunked adj Cut off, severed; mutilated.
- truss noun A bundle; a package.
- trussing noun The act of a hawk or other bird of prey in seizing its quarry and soaring into the air with it.
- trust adj Secure, safe.
- trustless adj Untrustworthy; not deserving to be trusted.
- truth verb To assert as true; to declare; to speak truthfully.
- truthy adj Faithful; true.
- try adj Fine, excellent.
- tryst noun A mutual agreement, a covenant.
- tu quoque noun The vulva or vagina.
- tuan noun Lord; master.
- tub noun A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
- tube noun One of the tubular tunnels of the London Underground.
- tuck up verb To execute by hanging.
- tuckahoe noun A person, especially if poor and malnourished (or if implied to be), living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
- tucker noun A fuller; one who fulls cloth.
- tufty adj Covered with tufts (“small clumps of bushes or trees”).
- tug noun A kind of vehicle used for conveying timber and heavy articles.
- tulchan noun A calfskin stuffed with straw and given to a cow, as if living, to induce her to give milk.
- tumble verb To comprehend; often in tumble to.
- tumbler noun A dog of a breed that tumbles when pursuing game, formerly used in hunting rabbits.
- tumbril noun A basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep.
- tumulation noun An entombing or interment.
- tumult verb To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
- tun noun A small silver cup holding half a pint, sometimes having a whistle in the handle that could not be blown until the cup was empty.
- tune noun Temper; frame of mind.
- tungsten noun scheelite, calcium tungstate
- tunicle noun A small tunic.
- tuppenny upright noun A cheap prostitute who offered sex in an alleyway or against a wall, with the man standing and the woman's knees raised.
- Turanian noun A member of any of the Asian peoples who speak Uralic or Altaic (or Turan) languages.
- turban-top noun A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus, including the genus Helvella and the species Gyromitra esculenta.
- turbary noun Material extracted from peatland; peat.
- turbidly adv proudly; haughtily
- turbinated adj Designating motion like that of a top; gyrating, whirling.