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EntrenchEntrench En*trench", v. t.
See Intrench. IntrenchIntrench In*trench", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrenched; p. pr.
& vb. n. Intrenching.]
1. To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
It was this very sword intrenched it. --Shak.
His face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched.
--Milton.
2. To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in
fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as,
the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself. ``In
the suburbs close intrenched.' --Shak. Intrench
Intrench In*trench", v. i.
To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on,
and take possession of, that which belongs to another; --
usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with
intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were
accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown.
We are not to intrench upon truth in any conversation,
but least of all with children. --Locke.
Intrenchant
Intrenchant In*trench"ant, a. [Pref. in- not + trenchant.]
Not to be gashed or marked with furrows. [Obs.]
As easy mayest thou the intrenchant air With thy keen
sword impress, as make me bleed. --Shak.
IntrenchedIntrench In*trench", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrenched; p. pr.
& vb. n. Intrenching.]
1. To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
It was this very sword intrenched it. --Shak.
His face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched.
--Milton.
2. To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in
fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as,
the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself. ``In
the suburbs close intrenched.' --Shak. IntrenchingIntrench In*trench", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrenched; p. pr.
& vb. n. Intrenching.]
1. To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.
It was this very sword intrenched it. --Shak.
His face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched.
--Milton.
2. To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in
fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as,
the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself. ``In
the suburbs close intrenched.' --Shak. IntrenchmentIntrenchment In*trench"ment, n. [From Intrench.]
1. The act of intrenching or the state of being intrenched.
2. (Mil.) Any defensive work consisting of at least a trench
or ditch and a parapet made from the earth thrown up in
making such a ditch.
On our side, we have thrown up intrenchments on
Winter and Prospect Hills. --Washington.
3. Any defense or protection.
4. An encroachment or infringement.
The slight intrenchment upon individual freedom.
--Southey. Retrench
Retrench Re*trench", v. i.
To cause or suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down
living expenses; as, it is more reputable to retrench than to
live embarrassed.
RetrenchRetrench Re*trench", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retrenched; p. pr.
& vb. n. Retrenching.] [OF. retrenchier, F. retrancher;
pref. re- re- + OF. trenchier, F. trancher, to cut. See
Trench.]
1. To cut off; to pare away.
Thy exuberant parts retrench. --Denham.
2. To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench
superfluities or expenses.
But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched.
--Milton.
3. To confine; to limit; to restrict. --Addison.
These figures, ought they then to receive a
retrenched interpretation? --I. Taylor.
4. (Fort.) To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench
bastions.
Syn: To lesen; diminish; curtail; abridge. RetrenchedRetrench Re*trench", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retrenched; p. pr.
& vb. n. Retrenching.] [OF. retrenchier, F. retrancher;
pref. re- re- + OF. trenchier, F. trancher, to cut. See
Trench.]
1. To cut off; to pare away.
Thy exuberant parts retrench. --Denham.
2. To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench
superfluities or expenses.
But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched.
--Milton.
3. To confine; to limit; to restrict. --Addison.
These figures, ought they then to receive a
retrenched interpretation? --I. Taylor.
4. (Fort.) To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench
bastions.
Syn: To lesen; diminish; curtail; abridge. RetrenchingRetrench Re*trench", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retrenched; p. pr.
& vb. n. Retrenching.] [OF. retrenchier, F. retrancher;
pref. re- re- + OF. trenchier, F. trancher, to cut. See
Trench.]
1. To cut off; to pare away.
Thy exuberant parts retrench. --Denham.
2. To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench
superfluities or expenses.
But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched.
--Milton.
3. To confine; to limit; to restrict. --Addison.
These figures, ought they then to receive a
retrenched interpretation? --I. Taylor.
4. (Fort.) To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench
bastions.
Syn: To lesen; diminish; curtail; abridge. Retrenchment
Retrenchment Re*trench"ment, n. [Cf. F. retrenchment.]
1. The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of
words in a writing.
The retrenchment of my expenses will convince you
that ? mean to replace your fortune as far as I can.
--Walpole.
2. (Fort.) A work constructed within another, to prolong the
defense of the position when the enemy has gained
possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders
till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation.
Syn: Lessening; curtailment; diminution; reduction;
abridgment.
Tail of the trenchesTail Tail, n. [AS. t[ae]gel, t[ae]gl; akin to G. zagel, Icel.
tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [root]59.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior
appendage of an animal.
Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of
movable vertebr[ae], and is covered with flesh and
hairs or scales like those of other parts of the body.
The tail of existing birds consists of several more or
less consolidated vertebr[ae] which supports a fanlike
group of quills to which the term tail is more
particularly applied. The tail of fishes consists of
the tapering hind portion of the body ending in a
caudal fin. The term tail is sometimes applied to the
entire abdomen of a crustacean or insect, and sometimes
to the terminal piece or pygidium alone.
2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles,
in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled
waters of those tails that hang on willow trees.
--Harvey.
3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of
anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior
part.
The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail.
--Deut.
xxviii. 13.
4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
``Ah,' said he, ``if you saw but the chief with his
tail on.' --Sir W.
Scott.
5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head,
effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the
expression ``heads or tails,' employed when a coin is
thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its
fall.
6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle.
7. (Bot.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes.
It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
8. (Surg.)
(a) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end,
which does not go through the whole thickness of the
skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; --
called also tailing.
(b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by
splitting the bandage one or more times.
9. (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which
it may be lashed to anything.
10. (Mus.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly
upward or downward from the head; the stem. --Moore
(Encyc. of Music).
11. pl. Same as Tailing, 4.
12. (Arch.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part,
as a slate or tile.
13. pl. (Mining) See Tailing, n., 5.
Tail beam. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail coverts (Zo["o]l.), the feathers which cover the bases
of the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than
the quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the
quills are called the upper tail coverts, and those
below, the under tail coverts.
Tail end, the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end
of a contest. [Colloq.]
Tail joist. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail of a comet (Astron.), a luminous train extending from
the nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and
usually in a direction opposite to the sun.
Tail of a gale (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the
wind has greatly abated. --Totten.
Tail of a lock (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance
into the lower pond.
Tail of the trenches (Fort.), the post where the besiegers
begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire
of the place, in advancing the lines of approach.
Tail spindle, the spindle of the tailstock of a turning
lathe; -- called also dead spindle.
To turn tail, to run away; to flee.
Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out
another way; but all was to return in a higher
pitch. --Sir P.
Sidney. To trench atTrench Trench, v. i.
1. To encroach; to intrench.
Does it not seem as if for a creature to challenge
to itself a boundless attribute, were to trench upon
the prerogative of the divine nature? --I. Taylor.
2. To have direction; to aim or tend. [R.] --Bacon.
To trench at, to make trenches against; to approach by
trenches, as a town in besieging it. [Obs.]
Like powerful armies, trenching at a town By slow
and silent, but resistless, sap. --Young. TrenchTrench Trench, v. i.
1. To encroach; to intrench.
Does it not seem as if for a creature to challenge
to itself a boundless attribute, were to trench upon
the prerogative of the divine nature? --I. Taylor.
2. To have direction; to aim or tend. [R.] --Bacon.
To trench at, to make trenches against; to approach by
trenches, as a town in besieging it. [Obs.]
Like powerful armies, trenching at a town By slow
and silent, but resistless, sap. --Young. Trenchand
Trenchand Trench"and, a.
Trenchant. [Obs.] --Spenser.
TrenchantTrenchant Trench"ant, a. [OF. trenchant, F. tranchant, p. pr.
See Trench, v. t.]
1. Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. `` Trenchant was
the blade.' --Chaucer.
2. Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit. Trenchantly
Trenchantly Trench"ant*ly, adv.
In a trenchant, or sharp, manner; sharply; severely.
Trencher-manTrencher-man Trench"er-man, n.; pl. Trencher-men.
1. A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer. --Shak.
2. A cook. [Obs.]
The skillfulest trencher-men of Media. --Sir P.
Sidney.
3. A table companion; a trencher mate. --Thackeray. Trencher-menTrencher-man Trench"er-man, n.; pl. Trencher-men.
1. A feeder; a great eater; a gormandizer. --Shak.
2. A cook. [Obs.]
The skillfulest trencher-men of Media. --Sir P.
Sidney.
3. A table companion; a trencher mate. --Thackeray. Trenchmore
Trenchmore Trench"more, n.
A kind of lively dance of a rude, boisterous character. Also,
music in triple time appropriate to the dance. [Obs.]
All the windows in the town dance new trenchmore.
--Beau. & Fl.
Trenchmore
Trenchmore Trench"more, v. i.
To dance the trenchmore. [Obs.] --Marston.
Trench-plough
Trench-plow Trench"-plow", Trench-plough Trench"-plough`
(-plou`), v. t.
To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the
land to a greater depth than usual.
Trench-plow
Trench-plow Trench"-plow", Trench-plough Trench"-plough`
(-plou`), v. t.
To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the
land to a greater depth than usual.
Untrenched
Untrenched Un*trenched", a.
Being without trenches; whole; intact. [Obs.]
Meaning of Trenc from wikipedia
- The
beach of Es
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Campos on the
southern coast of
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Milan Trenc (born 1962) is a
Croatian illustrator, animator, film
director and novelist. Born in Zagreb,
there Trenc first went to the
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Trenč (Hungarian: Tőrincs) is a
village and muni****lity in the Lučenec
District in the Banská
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picture book
written and
illustrated by
Croatian illustrator Milan Trenc. This book is
Trenc's best
known title, and in 2006 was
adapted as a
feature film titled...
- "Flor de Sal and the
Salterns of Es
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- the 1993 children's book of the same name by
Croatian illustrator Milan Trenc. The film had an
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diacritical mark to
modify their pronunciation. In
Catalan (where it is
called trenc), French, and
Portuguese (where it is
called a cedilha) it is used only...
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based on the 1993 children's book of the same name by
illustrator Milan Trenc, and is the
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