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

TROOD, s. Perh. wood for fences.
Statist. Acc.

Su. G. trod-r, lignum, quod materiam praebet saepibus construendis.

TROPLYS, s. pl. Expl. troops.
Barbour.

Teut. troppel, globus, congeries.

To TROSS, v. a.
1. To pack up, to truss, S.
2. To pack off, to set out, S. B. also turs, truss, S. A.

Fr. trouss-er, to truss.

TROSSIS, s. pl. The small round blocks in which the lines of a ship run.
Complaynt S.

Sw. trissa, Dan. tridse, a pulley.

* TROT, s.
1. Schaik a trot, seems to have been an old phrase for, Take a dance.
Complaynt S.
2. An expedition by horsemen, synon. [raid].
Spalding.

Teut. trot, cursus, gressus.