Defn: Truthful; likely; probable. [R.] "A more truthy import." W. G.
Palgrave.
TRUTINATION Tru`ti*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. trutinari to weigh, from trutina a balance. See Trone a steelyard.]
Defn: The act of weighing. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
TRUTTACEOUS
Trut*ta"ceous, a. Etym: [LL. trutta a trout, L. tructa. See Trout.]
(Zoöl.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trout; as, fish of the truttaceous kind.
TRY Try, v. t. [imp. & p. p. tried; p. pr. & vb. n. Trying.] Etym: [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.
Thomas Paine (1776)