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▪ I. trove|trəʊv|
Short for treasure-trove (q.v.), in sense ‘a valuable find’. Hence, a source of treasure, a reserve or repository of valuable things.
1888Kipling Plain Tales from Hills xiii. 94 The value of her trove struck her, and she cast about for the best method of using it. 1901― Kim i. 11 Delighted as a child at each new trove. 1909G. W. Young Wind & Hill Ded., A kingdom..More rich than childhood's fairy trove. 1976Publishers Weekly 13 Sept. 97/1 Reaching back to the fifth century and up to today, the authors find a trove of artists whose work merits acknowledgment. 1982Sci. Amer. Aug. 30a/1 Kingdon has himself visited 105 of those areas. He returns with his trove of image and understanding.
▪ II. trove
obs. Sc. and north. form of turf. |