An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

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.
Shirrefs.
3. Small pieces of business that require a good deal of stirring, S. B.
4. Familiar intercourse, S. B.
Morison.

TROLY, TRAWLIE, s. A ring through which the sowme passes betwixt the two horses, or oxen, next the plough, Ang.
V. [Sowme].

Isl. travale, impedimentum; Teut. traelie, clathrus, a bar.

TROLOLLAY, s. A term which occurs in a rhyme used by young people, on the last day of the year, S.

It has been viewed as a corr. of Fr. trois rois allois, three kings are come.

TRONACH, s. The crupper used with a pack-saddle; formed of a piece of wood, connected with the saddle by a cord at each end; Mearns.

TRONE, s.
1. An instrument, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar; used for weighing heavy wares, S.
Stat. Dav. II.