trotn.1
/trɒt/, U.S. /trɑt/ I. Senses relating to a trotting movement.
1. † b. An action of trotting; a journey or expedition on horseback. Obsolete.
a. A gait of a quadruped, originally of a horse, between walking and running, in which the legs move in diagonal pairs almost together, so that in a slow trot there is always one foot at least on the ground, but in a fast trot one pair leaves the ground before the other reaches it, all four feet being thus momentarily off the ground at once; hence applied to a similar gait of a man (or other biped), between a walk and a run.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun] > on foot > pace between walking and running
trotc1386
dogtrota1450
jog1611
jog-trot1796
turkey-trot1839
sling-trot1853
fadge1873
shack1881
shog1885
jundy1894
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > trot
trotc1386
trottingc1460
jog1635
succussation1646
jog-trot1796
juba1825
Canterbury trot1830
foxtrot1872
fadge1873
trotlet1879
c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 22 His hat heeng at his bak doun by a laas For he hadde riden moore than trot [v.rr. trote, trotte] or paas.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15872 His [sc. Christ's] hend þai band and ledd him forth, a-trott and noght þe pas [Fairf. a-pas, Trin. Cambr. a pas].
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 976 Trynande ay a hyȝe trot þat torne neuer dorsten.
c1425 Cast. Persev. 3100 in Marco Plays 169 Now dagge we hens a dogge trot.
a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Fourth Bk. Aeneas (1554) iv. sig. Divv Redouble gan her nurse Her steppes, forth on an aged womans trotte.
1590 H. Barwick Breefe Disc. Weapons 9 b They retired a soft trote: their enemies..made after them with more speed.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 35 Our Chariot drawn by 2 Buffolls who by practise are nimble in their trot.
1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. Index s.v. A good Trot may be judged of by the Ear.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Trot, The jolting high pace of a horse.
1780 Mirror No. 92 A smart young man..passed by in his carriage at a brisk trot.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. v. 93 His [a fox's] drooping brush, his soiled appearance, and jaded trot, proclaimed his fate impending.
1835 A. Alison Hist. Europe during French Revol. IV. xxviii. 132 The pontoons arrived, at a quick trot, from Dietikon.
1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 52 Their pace is the peculiar ‘paso Castellano’, which is something more than a walk and less than a trot.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > a ride or spell of riding or excursion
roadeOE
ridinga1325
train1575
trotc1650
ride1708
equitation1728
outride1740
horse-ride1903
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > a ride or spell of riding or excursion > at a trot
trotc1650
c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 186 The barronis..rydis fra Turreff to New Abirdein... Thay plunder the laird of Kermvk... The covenanteris, heiring of this trot of Turref..began to hyde thair goodis.
1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler ii. 22 I'le make as bold with your meat; for the Trot has got me a good stomach.
c. The sound of a horse, etc., trotting.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > sound of footsteps > horses
trit-trot1818
trot1858
clippety-clop1928
1858 E. Capern Ballads & Songs (1859) 138 The lime-team's trot, And milkmaid's carol..Are the chief sounds.
1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 6 The trot of the chargers and the clash of the steel had passed into silence.
d. transferred and figurative. Frequently in on the trot, (a) continually moving without intervals for rest; on the go; (b) in uninterrupted sequence, in succession; (c) on the run, escaping from confinement, etc.
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the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupied or busy [phrase]
at work?1440
at it1609
in (full) play1669
on the run1795
on the trot1822
on the hop1863
on the job1882
for (or on) the (high) jump1884
as busy as a nailer1899
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > continuously or uninterruptedly [phrase] > in continuous succession
forne onc1175
(one) in (also on) the neck of another1525
in a successiona1715
hand-running?1807
off the reel1866
on the trot1952
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > away (of motion) [phrase] > running away
in pursuit1660
on the run1770
(all) in a rush1829
on the trot1958
the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [phrase] > escaping confinement or justice
on the run1770
on the trot1958
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Custome of Countrey iv. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Cc2/1 Nor am I able to endure it longer,..I am at my trot already.
1646 W. Jenkyn Reformation's Remora 28 Shall we go a dull Asses trot heavenward?
1697 J. Dryden Ded. Ld. Clifford in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. A2v The Virtuoso's Saddle, which will be sure to amble, when the World is upon the hardest trott.
1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall I. 133 One of those who eat and growl, and keep the waiter on the trot.
1892 G. Meredith Poet. Wks. (1912) 454 Away on the trot of thy servitude start.
1952 M. Tripp Faith is Windsock vii. 106 Two kites on the trot with crook engines.
1956 People 13 May 13/5 I want to be between those posts again when Manchester City reach Wembley next year for the third time on the trot!
1958 M. Pugh Wilderness of Monkeys 176 I eloped with one of the boys and we went on the trot from the approved school. Then it came time for his National Service and he went on the trot from the Army.
1973 Times 12 Apr. 12/6 Bookmakers lost money for five weeks on the trot.
1982 G. Lyall Conduct of Major Maxim ii. 16 ‘He's on the trot,’ Maxim guessed. ‘Oh Christ, Jim, you can get a district court for that, aiding a deserter.’
e. the trots ( †trot), diarrhoea; also figurative. colloquial. Cf. run n.2 11.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [noun] > diarrhoea
diarrhoea1398
squirtc1460
hurl?a1513
gurry?1523
lasking1527
laxity1528
lax?1529
lask1542
skittera1585
looseness1586
scouring1597
laxativeness1610
laxness1634
squitter1664
lurry1689
thorough-go-nimble1694
wherry-go-nimble1766
the trots1808
cholerine1832
squit1841
choleriform1884
tummy1888
gippy tummy1915
shit1928
Rhea sisters1935
belly wuk1943
tomtit1944
run1946
Montezuma's revenge1955
Aztec hop1962
turista1970
society > travel > [noun] > travelling to and fro
running?1764
peripatetics1769
travel1784
the trots1936
shuttling1937
trippage1941
1808 E. Weeton Let. 10 June in Jrnl. of Governess (1969) I. 94 I should perhaps be running over to Mr. Ridyard's so very often, that ten to one my brother would be..asking what was the matter with me that I was so often hastily taken; saying he was sure I was ill of the trot.
1904 in P. Fleming Bayonets to Lhasa (1961) xv. 205 He suffers continually from the trots (diarrhoea) which have completely shattered his nerves.
1936 J. G. Cozzens Men & Brethren ii. 181 I often used to have to hot-foot it over to chapel—a kind of spiritual trots—and pray fervently.
1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xi. 249 ‘Go easy on the water at first,’ he advised. ‘Beer won't give you the trots.’
2. A trotting-race. In plural (colloquial, originally Australian and New Zealand), a series of trotting-races held at a fixed time on a regular course.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing > types of race
wild-goose race1594
wild goose chase1597
bell-course1607
Palio1673
stake1696
paddock course1705
handicap1751
by-match1759
pony race1765
give and take plate1769
sweepstake1773
steeplechase1793
mile-heat1802
steeple race1809
welter1820
trotting-race1822
scurry1824
walkover1829
steeple hunt1831
set-to1840
sky race1840
flat race1848
trot1856
grind1857
feeler1858
nursery1860
waiting race1868
horse-trot1882
selling plate1888
flying milea1893
chase1894
flying handicap1894
prep1894
selling race1898
point-to-point1902
seller1922
shoo-in1928
daily double1930
bumper1946
selling chase1965
tiercé1981
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing > types of race > series of
trot1899
1856 Porter's Spirit of Times 25 Oct. 128/2 Nothing would have given the lovers of the trotting turf more pleasure than to witness a trot of three miles.
1891 Auckland Star 1 Oct. 8/6 Spring Meeting... Handicap Maiden Trot, of 40 sovs; second horse to receive 5 sovs from stakes... Selling Trot... Pony Trot Handicap.
1893 Sc. Leader 12 June 1 Grand Handicap Trot—First, £10; Second, £3; Third, £2.
1899 Bulletin (Sydney) 21 Jan. 24/2 At the recent big M.L. trots horses well-known this side carried off their full share of prize-money.
1905 A. H. Rice Sandy 215 Nelson wants the fellow to drive for him at the fall trots.
1934 T. Wood Cobbers ii. 19 We're proud of the Trots in Perth. It's the best course in the world.
1959 N.Z. Listener 16 Jan. 14/4 An oddball like myself, wholly uninterested in racing, even night trots.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 43 Sixth race—Trot, mile. Purse $3,000.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 2 Oct. 7/1 He won the Empire Trot at Syracuse two weeks ago.
1977 New Yorker 19 Sept. 131/1 No doubt remembering the crush of more than forty thousand when the trots opened at Meadowlands a year ago, many people stayed away.
3. Turkey trot, name of a dance. Also (Scottish) †shake a trot (Obsolete).
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c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 52 In the fyrst thai dancit al cristyn mennis dance, the northt of scotland, huntis vp,..schaik a trot.
4. A toddling child; also, a small or young animal. colloquial.
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the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun]
childOE
baban?c1225
fauntekin1377
infant1382
babea1393
fauntelet1393
babyc1400
lakinc1440
mop1440
chrisomer1574
tenderling1587
chrisom1596
childling1648
flosculet1648
bratling1652
lullaby-cheat1665
strangera1674
child (also infant, baby) in armsa1675
hoppet1695
tot1725
bambino1761
weanie1786
tiny1797
dot1800
trudgeon1814
toddle1825
toddles1828
yearnling1829
dab1833
toddler1837
baba1841
arrival1846
teeny-tiny1849
toddlekins1852
mite1853
trot1854
babelet1856
nestler1866
spoon-child1868
bubby1885
chavvy1886
bub1889
kiddy1889
toddleskin1890
newborn1893
kidlet1899
kidling1899
bubba1906
bundle of joy1924
liddly1929
mammet1932
snork1941
kiddywink1957
sproglet1987
the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > young animal
younglinga1300
fawn1481
little one1509
rascal1530
littling1721
youngster1776
younglet1850
younker1868
subadult1885
joey1887
trot1895
toto1914
tyke1979
1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. x. 100 Ethel romped with the little children—the rosy little trots—and took them on her knees, and told them a thousand stories.
1895 J. Skelton Table-talk iv. 72 Black, hairy little trots..with their big bills and their big feet.
1905 Contemp. Rev. July 62 A practising school is maintained, partly of grave little trots from outside and partly of little boarders.
5. U.S. A literal translation of a text used by students; a ‘crib’. Cf. horse n. 13, pony n.1 4 (College slang.)
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [noun] > used at school
Latinc1500
version1711
pony1827
crib1828
paving1877
trot1924
1891 in Cent. Dict.
1924 P. Marks Plastic Age 299 I'm talking about the copying of math problems and the using of trots.
1975 B. Meggs Matter of Paradise (1976) vii. v. 173 Somebody suggested..that he get a trot. An absolutely forbidden interlinear translation. The Latin on one line; the English right below it.
1984 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Apr. 44/2 The translations are rarely better than lame trots.
6. Australian colloquial. A sequence, a succession, esp. in a game of chance; a run of luck of a specified kind. See 1d above.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > fortune or luck > piece or run of luck
luck1530
trot1911
spin1919
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > sequence of wins or losses
box hand1793
run1823
streak1843
trot1911
1911 L. Stone Jonah 216 A trot or succession of seven tails followed, and the kip changed hands rapidly.
1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 51 Trot, an experience (e.g. ‘a rough trot’; ‘a bad time’).
1937 J. A. Lee Civilian into Soldier 99 Sometimes a man would succeed daringly, doubling up and breaking the ring with a long run of heads, ‘throwing a trot’.
1949 L. Glassop Lucky Palmer 177 He was ‘Lucky’ Palmer, having a bad trot at the moment, admittedly, but still ‘Lucky’ Palmer.
1966 P. Mathers Trot 90 He..had had a tough trot, humped the bluey, been through it all.
1974 D. Stuart Prince of my Country v. 33 He's had a damn good trot, old Marney.
II. Senses relating to a baited line.
7.
a. Fishing. (Perhaps a different word: cf. trat n.) A long-line lightly anchored or buoyed, with baited hooks hung by short lines or snoods a few feet apart; a trawl-line; also called a trot-line n. at Compounds; also, each of the short lines attached to this.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fishing-line > [noun] > trawl-line or set line
boulter1602
spiller1602
bulter1769
trot-line1826
spillet1832
bultow1858
trot1858
trawl1864
set line1865
trawl-line1867
outline1890
trat-line1894
outlier1904
trout-line1912
1858 [see trot-line n. at Compounds].
1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 10 Floating Trots and Spillers.
1884 St. James's Gaz. 18 Jan. 6/2 A ‘trot’ is a line some twenty yards long.
1886 R. C. Leslie Sea-painter's Log x. 199 Much longer lines than the trots just described are used for flounders.
b. Nautical. (See quot. 1976.)
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action of mooring > place for > row of moorings
tier1732
trot1923
1923 Man. Seamanship (Admiralty) II. 107 When several targets are secured in line to a trot, only the ends of the trot need be marked by lights.
1950 G. Hackforth-Jones Worst Enemy iii. 202 The old ship parted her moorings and drifted down on to a destroyer trot. I had to let go two Admiralty-pattern anchors that were last used in the Crimean War.
1976 P. Kemp Oxf. Compan. Ships & Sea 893/1 Trot, a multiple mooring for small boats or yachts. The base mooring is laid in a straight line and from it individual moorings rise at intervals spaced to allow the boats room to swing with the tide.
Derivatives
ˈtrottie n. a little toddling child.
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the world > people > person > child > [noun]
wenchelc890
childeOE
littleOE
littlingOE
hired-childc1275
smalla1300
brolla1325
innocentc1325
chickc1330
congeonc1330
impc1380
faunt1382
young onec1384
scionc1390
weea1400
birdc1405
chickenc1440
enfaunta1475
small boyc1475
whelp1483
burden1490
little one1509
brat?a1513
younkerkin1528
kitling1541
urchin1556
loneling1579
breed1586
budling1587
pledge?1587
ragazzo1591
simplicity1592
bantling1593
tadpole1594
two-year-old1594
bratcheta1600
lambkin1600
younker1601
dandling1611
buda1616
eyas-musketa1616
dovelinga1618
whelplinga1618
puppet1623
butter printa1625
chit1625
piggy1625
ninnyc1626
youngster1633
fairya1635
lap-child1655
chitterling1675
squeaker1676
cherub1680
kid1690
wean1692
kinchin1699
getlingc1700
totum17..
charity-child1723
small girl1734
poult1739
elfin1748
piggy-wiggy1766
piccaninny1774
suck-thumb18..
teeny1802
olive1803
sprout1813
stumpie1820
sexennarian1821
totty1822
toddle1825
toddles1828
poppet1830
brancher1833
toad1836
toddler1837
ankle-biter1840
yarkera1842
twopenny1844
weeny1844
tottykins1849
toddlekins1852
brattock1858
nipper1859
sprat1860
ninepins1862
angelet1868
tenas man1870
tad1877
tacker1885
chavvy1886
joey1887
toddleskin1890
thumb-sucker1891
littlie1893
peewee1894
tyke1894
che-ild1896
kiddo1896
mother's bairn1896
childling1903
kipper1905
pick1905
small1907
God forbid1909
preadolescent1909
subadolescent1914
toto1914
snookums1919
tweenie1919
problem child1920
squirt1924
trottie1924
tiddler1927
subteen1929
perisher1935
poopsie1937
pre-schooler1937
pre-teen1938
pre-teener1940
juvie1941
sprog1944
pikkie1945
subteenager1947
pre-teenager1948
pint-size1954
saucepan lid1960
rug rat1964
smallie1984
bosom-child-
1924 ‘L. Malet’ Dogs of Want vii. §6 Darling girls, from the time when they were the tiniest trotties till now.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations.
trot-boat n. (see quot. 1955).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > boat attendant on larger vessel > [noun] > boat plying between ship shore
strand boat1670
bumboat1671
Moses1736
shore-boat1804
foy-boat1813
bunder-boat1825
bumbarge1839
tender1853
trot-boat1945
1945 ‘N. Shute’ Most Secret vi. 124 I can get the trot boat down each evening.
1955 Notes & Queries Sept. 402/2 A ‘trot-boat’ is a boat of any size which makes routine visits to discharge or embark passengers, stores, etc., at ships secured to the buoys.
trot-line n. = sense 7.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fishing-line > [noun] > trawl-line or set line
boulter1602
spiller1602
bulter1769
trot-line1826
spillet1832
bultow1858
trot1858
trawl1864
set line1865
trawl-line1867
outline1890
trat-line1894
outlier1904
trout-line1912
1826 ‘N. Nondescript’ The —— 18 Feb. 10 As full of noozes and strings as a fisherman's trot line.
1858 in A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus (1892) I. 146 Father went down to the river to examine a trotline.
trot-rope n. a rope securely pegged down at each end, on which runs a sliding ring to which a horse is tethered, enabling him to graze a strip the length of the rope ( Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
trotn.2
/trɒt/, U.S. /trɑt/ An old woman; usually disparaging: an old beldame, a hag.
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the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun]
old wifeeOE
old womanOE
trota1375
carlinec1375
cronec1386
vecke1390
monea1393
hagc1400
ribibec1405
aunt?a1425
crate14..
witchc1475
mauda1500
mackabroine1546
grandam?1550
grannam1565
old lady1575
beldam1580
lucky1629
granny1634
patriarchess1639
runta1652
harridan1699
grimalkin1798
mama1810
tante1815
wifie1823
maw1826
old dear1836
tante1845
Mother Bunch1847
douairière1869
dowager1870
veteraness1880
old trout1897
tab1909
bag1924
crow1925
ma1932
Skinny Liz1940
old bag1947
old boot1958
tannie1958
LOL1960
α.
β. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 642/1 Se yonder olde trot howe she mumbleth, auisez ceste vielle [etc.].1598 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. (new ed.) f. 52 And call me Beldam, Gib, Witch, Night-mare, trot, With all despight that may a woman spot.a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 78 Marrie him to a Puppet or an Aglet babie, or an old trot with ne're a tooth in her head. View more context for this quotation1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 78 An old Trot (that boasted of her Giftishnesse in Waterology).1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 74 You are..A fulsome Trot and good for nought.1830 T. Hood in Forget me Not 415 Some strange neglectful gossiping old Trot.1906 E. V. Lucas Listener's Lure (1910) 282 Miss Graham got an old trot after a good deal of messing about.a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4769 Þat þo tvo trattes þat william wold haue traysted.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1370 Þan ful doun þat olde trate in-to þe salte see.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xvi. 199 Gett out of thise wonys, Ye trattys, all at onys.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. xi. 114 Thus said Dido; and the tother, with that, Hichit on furth with slaw pase lyke ane trat.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Civ/1 A Tratte, anus.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Trotn.3adj.
/trɒt/, U.S. /trɑt/ colloquial.
= Trotskyist n. and adj., Trotskyite adj. and n.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [adjective] > relating to Marxism > relating to Trotskyism
Trotskyite1919
Trotskyist1930
Trot1962
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [noun] > Marxism > Trotskyism > adherent of
Trotskyite1919
Trotskyist1927
Trot1962
1962 D. Lessing Golden Notebk. iv. 451 I was a hundred per cent party member, and there was Harry, a dirty Trot, so there were high words and we parted for ever.
1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 22 The most telling criticisms will come from my sisters of the left, the Maoists, the Trots.
1976 Times 29 Dec. 8/8 A true Trot ought to believe in worldwide revolution.
1983 ‘J. le Carré’ Little Drummer Girl iv. 80 Some kind of loony Trot splinter group.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
trotn.4
/trɒt/, U.S. /trɑt/ A genre of Korean popular music characterized by repetitive rhythms and emotional lyrics, combining a traditional Korean singing style with influences from Japanese, European, and American popular music. Also (and in earliest use) as a modifier, as in trot music, trot song, etc.This genre of music originated in the early 1900s during the Japanese occupation of Korea.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > other pop music
a cappella1905
soundclash1925
marabi1933
doo-wop1958
filk1959
folk-rock1963
Liverpool sound1963
Mersey beat1963
Mersey sound1963
surf music1963
malombo1964
mbaqanga1964
easy listening1965
disco music1966
Motown1966
boogaloo1967
power pop1967
psychedelia1967
yé-yé1967
agitpop1968
bubblegum1968
Tamla Motown1968
Tex-Mex1968
downtempo1969
taarab1969
thrash1969
world music1969
funk1970
MOR1970
tropicalism1970
Afrobeat1971
electro-pop1971
post-rock1971
techno-pop1971
Tropicalia1971
tropicalismo1971
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1986 Yun Hyo-yun tr. Pahk Yon-hee Man she Loved v. 178 The phonograph started to play a fast-tempo trot music.
2000 Korea Herald (Nexis) 20 Oct. Visitors can enjoy all kinds of music at one place, including samba, techno, trot, disco and hip-hop.
2020 Postmedia Breaking News (Nexis) 13 Nov. Once ridiculed as music for grannies, trot is making a comeback and many South Koreans, mostly in their 40s and above, are cheering an alternative to K-pop idol music.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
trotv.
/trɒt/, U.S. /trɑt/ I. Senses relating to moving at a trot.† 3. transitive.
1. † d. In the alliterative phrases trot and tremble, tremble and trot. Obsolete. rare.
a. intransitive. Of a horse, and occasionally other quadrupeds: to go at the gait called the trot (see trot n.1 1). Also said of a man. to trot all (see all adv. 9), to trot altogether (altogether adv. 3), to trot high (high adv. 1c), to trot large (large adv. 7), to trot rough (rough adv.), to trot short (short adv. 4); to trot out, to trot with extended action (opposed to trot short).
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > ride with an easy pace > trotting
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popperc1400
jaunsel1590
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (intransitive)] > trot
trot1362
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (intransitive)] > trot > in certain way
retrot1616
to trot out1706
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ii. 135 Fauuel fette forþ Foles of þe beste, And sette..fals on a sysoures backe þat softly trotted.
c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 294 No man fynden shal Noon in this world, that trotteth [v.r. (Petworth MS.) treteþ] hool in al Ne man ne beest.
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) iv Somtyme þei [roe-deer] trotteth and goth a paas.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 939 As hors þat evir trottid..It were hard to make hym, aftir to ambill well.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xviii. 279 A curroure trottinge on foote.
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 61 Trotte sire and trotte damme, how should the fole amble?
?1567 Merie Tales Master Skelton sig. Avii Hee was a litell olde fellowe, and woulde lye, as fast as a horse woulde trotte.
a1639 S. Marmion Antiquary (1641) i You'll hardly find..beast that trots sound of all four: There will be some defect.
1674 London Gaz. No. 882/4 A light gray Mare about fourteen hands high, five years old, trots altogether.
1675 London Gaz. No. 959/4 A Brown Bay Nag,..Trots all.
1676 London Gaz. No. 1107/4 Gray Mare,..trots rough.
1677 London Gaz. No. 1222/4 A Sorrel Chesnut Gelding.., paces little, but trotteth high.
1706 London Gaz. No. 4212/4 When he trots out he over~slips, and is shod short before for it.
1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax I. ii. 26 He took me on his back..and fairly trotted with me down the garden-walk.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. i. 15 Gyp with his basket, trotting at his master's heels.
1883 H. Craig in Harper's Mag. Aug. 346/1 She trotted a mile in the unparalleled time of 2.10¼.
1897 Daily Chron. 23 Aug. 8/2 I trotted down the wicket very slowly.
b. transferred. Of a rider, etc., or of a vehicle.
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c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 838 Amble, or trotte [v.r. trote], or pees, or go sit doun, Thou lettest oure disport.
a1450 Le Morte Arth. 3339 Arthur with knyghtis fully xiiij..With helme, sheld, And hauberke shene; Ryght so they trotted vppon þe grownde.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. vii. 78 I will trot to morrow a mile. View more context for this quotation
c1682 Claverhouse in 15th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1899) App. viii. 270 The smith at Menegaff,..after whom the forces has troted so often.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 186/2 Words of command about wheelings of Horsmen... Trot large, and wheele to the left.
1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 53 Who trots to market on a steed so fine.
1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. ii. 66 ‘Trot Out’—Increase gradually to the trot of manœuvre, 8½ miles per hour. When steady, ‘Trot Short’—Collect the horses to the school pace again.
1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter I. iii. 38 At Windsor..a royal coach may be often seen trotting about the town.
1913 Times 14 May 6/2 The Brigade was an imposing picture as it trotted past the King.
c. transferred and figurative.
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the world > movement > move [verb (intransitive)]
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sway?a1400
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twitch1542
shift1595
jee1727
to get around1849
the world > movement > progressive motion > move along [verb (intransitive)]
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trot1612
to get along1683
locomove1792
locomote1831
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iii. xl. 157 Alwey j muste make the chyn trotte, and the throte gaape.
1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good sig. Cv Vncle write that. Oct. Fast as my pen can trot.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 303 Time..trots hard with a yong maid, between the contract of her marriage, and the day it is solemnizd.
1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 273 Your loftie Pindarick..doth trote more rudely, and lamely, then our hobling meeter.
a1758 A. Ramsay Generous Gentleman iii She lean'd upon a flow'ry brae, By which a burnie trotted.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. xi. 198 We college-poets trot..on very easy nags.
1893 E. Saltus Madam Sapphira 31 A woman is never led astray. She trots, or gallops or bolts astray, but never is she led.
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the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > be apprehensive [verb (intransitive)] > be alarmed
tremble and trotc1425
fear1490
startle1562
to give (also take, raise) the alarm1570
to take alarm1587
to take bog1627
scare1900
to get (have)or put the breeze up1910
to get the wind up1916
spook1928
c1425 Cast. Persev. 459 in Macro Plays 91 Now I sytte in my semly sale; I trotte & tremle in my trew trone.
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 555 A! how I tremyl and trott for ȝese tydynges!
2. intransitive. To go or move quickly; to go briskly or busily; to bustle; to run. Also reflexive, and with it. Now colloquial, implying short, quick motion in a limited area. Frequently with specifying adverb or adverbial phrase; absol. also (contextually) to depart, to leave. Cf. toddle v. 2b.Also transitive in to trot one's terms, at Durham University, to keep one's terms as a day-student: cf. trotter n. 2 (N.E.D.)
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and briskly
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trotc1416
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brisk1727
nip1825
june1869
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)]
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shakeOE
to go awayOE
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to wend awayOE
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to fare forthc1200
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part?c1225
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to draw awayc1330
passc1330
to turn one's (also the) backc1330
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begonec1370
remuea1375
voidc1374
removec1380
to long awaya1382
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to pass one's wayc1390
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to pass out ofa1398
avoida1400
to pass awaya1400
to turn awaya1400
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to show (a person) the feetc1450
to come offc1475
to take one's licence1475
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to go adieua1522
pikea1529
to go one's ways1530
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to make out1558
trudge1562
vade?1570
fly1581
leave1593
wag1594
to get off1595
to go off1600
to put off1600
shog1600
troop1600
to forsake patch1602
exit1607
hence1614
to give offa1616
to take off1657
to move off1692
to cut (also slip) the painter1699
sheera1704
to go about one's business1749
mizzle1772
to move out1792
transit1797–1803
stump it1803
to run away1809
quit1811
to clear off1816
to clear out1816
nash1819
fuff1822
to make (take) tracks (for)1824
mosey1829
slope1830
to tail out1830
to walk one's chalks1835
to take away1838
shove1844
trot1847
fade1848
evacuate1849
shag1851
to get up and get1854
to pull out1855
to cut (the) cable(s)1859
to light out1859
to pick up1872
to sling one's Daniel or hook1873
to sling (also take) one's hook1874
smoke1893
screw1896
shoot1897
voetsak1897
to tootle off1902
to ship out1908
to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909
to push off1918
to bugger off1922
biff1923
to fuck off1929
to hit, split or take the breeze1931
to jack off1931
to piss offa1935
to do a mick1937
to take a walk1937
to head off1941
to take a hike1944
moulder1945
to chuff off1947
to get lost1947
to shoot through1947
skidoo1949
to sod off1950
peel1951
bug1952
split1954
poop1961
mugger1962
frig1965
c1416 T. Hoccleve Balade to Henry V 8 The scantnesse [of gold] Wole arte vs three to trotte vn-to Newgate.
c1440 York Myst. xxviii. 204 Do trottes on for that traytoure apas.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 763/1 I have doone naught sythe syxe of the clocke in the mornyng but trotte aboute from place to place.
c1550 C. Bansley Treat. Pryde & Abuse of Women sig. A.iv Sponge vp your vysage olde bounsynge trotte, and trycke it wyth the beste Tyll you tricke and trotte youre selfe, to the deuyls trounsynge neste.
1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. E.ijv Wante makes the olde wyfe trot.
1647 J. Howell The Vote (new ed.) sig. R3, in New Vol. of Lett. Some..find the table ready laid; but some Must for their commons trot.
a1704 T. Brown Alsop's State Conform. in Wks. (1707) IV. 231 If you'd have me trot it to the East-Indies,..'tis no sooner said than done.
1774 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' lx Now lasses round the ingle trot, To make the brose.
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 221 I will trot myself off for the moment, and be back immediately.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. viii. 203 In case I married Miss Ingram, both you and little Adèle had better trot forthwith.
1862 in N. Longmate Hungry Mills (1978) viii. 108 I..trot down to a butcher in a better neighbourhood.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xvi. 402 She..will keep her husband trotting.
1883 Durham Univ. Jrnl. 17 Dec. 141 ‘To trot one's terms’ was, we believe originally, a Dublin phrase.
1899 O. Wilde Importance of being Earnest ii. 74 Chasuble... At what hour would you wish the ceremony performed? Jack. Oh, I might trot round about five if that would suit you.
1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Fellowship of Ring i. ix. 166 No time for talking. I must be trotting.
1960 Cambr. Rev. 7 May 506/2 It is not true to suppose that the setting-up of machinery for psychiatric consultation merely encourages the ‘neurotic’ to trot along to the psychiatrist at the least excuse.
1984 Your Computer May 25/2 You can..trot up to the Registry with that reference number and get a copy of his death certificate very quickly.
a. To trot upon (something). Obsolete. rare.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. vii. 15 My Horse..bounds from the Earth..he trots the ayre. View more context for this quotation
a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) v. vi. 55 On this horse is Arcite Trotting the stones of Athens. View more context for this quotation
b. To make, describe, or execute by trotting; to go through at a trot. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (transitive)] > trot
trot1602
fig1810
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iii. i. sig. E3 The black iades of swart night trot foggy rings Bout heauens browe.
1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore i. sig. B4 I haue seene an Asse, and a Mule trot the Spannish pauin with a better grace.
c. To follow, traverse (a path) as if by trotting. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > traverse at a trot
trot1638
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 58 He..was..compell'd to trot the knotty path of inevitable destinie.
d. With step as object.
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1927 D. H. Lawrence England, my England 202 [The horses] trotting a few sudden steps as they were led into the lane.
4.
a. transitive. To cause to trot; to lead or ride at the trot. Also figurative.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > ride at a trot
trot1592
1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) viii. xxxviii. 171 Whether that he trots, or turnes, or bounds, his barded Steede.
1629 W. Freake tr. G. Carleton Life B. Gilpin 20 He commanded William Airy..to trott the horses up and downe.
1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 21 Trot him about in your hand a good while; Then offer to mount.
1884 Daily Chron. 25 Oct. in Cassell's The whips trotted the pack to Gravel-hill.
1886 Sat. Rev. 6 Mar. 315/1 The public..is being trotted up and down in front of Home Rule in the belief that, like a nervous horse, it can be familiarized with the alarming object.
b. to trot out: To lead out and show off the paces of (a horse); hence figurative to bring forward (a person, an opinion, etc.) for or as for inspection or approval; to exhibit, show off. colloquial.
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society > communication > manifestation > offering for inspection or consideration > offer for inspection or consideration [verb (transitive)]
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to lay … beforec1000
showlOE
givec1175
to lay outc1440
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propose1548
cite1549
product1563
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to hold up1604
to bring in1608
project1611
to bring ona1715
to trot out1838
to bring up1868
muster1904
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice II. vii. iii. 317 His guest!—to be shown off..and trotted out before all the rest of the company.
1841 G. Stephen Adventures in Search of Horse (ed. 6) p. xxiv A little cross-bred, vicious beast..was ‘trotted out’ before a circle of ladies and gentlemen, to be admired.
1841 G. Stephen Adventures in Search of Horse (ed. 6) ii. 46 He is trotted out, admired, and purchased.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxv. 94 She began to trot out scraps of French.
1884 Manch. Examiner 20 Aug. 5/1 The fine old historical commonplaces were trotted out.
c. To draw out (a person) in conversation so that he appears ridiculous; to make game of, make a butt of. Chiefly with out.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (transitive)] > make ridiculous > through conversation
trot1818
1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 3 527 Menippus, accordingly, would fain trot Dr. Chalmers.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxiv. 305 You want to trot me out, but it's no go.
1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. x. 298 [He] trotted out his neighbour to his heart's content.
d. To conduct or escort (a person) to or round a place. to trot out (a woman), to walk out with, as a lover; also (New Zealand) simply trot. slang.
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the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > court or woo [verb (transitive)] > keep company with as a lover
to go with ——c1330
to go rounda1867
trot1888
to go around1904
track1916
society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > accompany as a guide
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society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > bring or take to a place
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associate1548
hand1590
commit1598
see1603
to set out1725
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trot1888
1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Children xiv. 107 I've trotted 'em out, all sorts of girls—but I never could..tie myself to any one of 'em.
1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner vi. 60 Perhaps you'll trot us round the works.
1902 Daily Chron. 23 Aug. 6/7 He gave religious instruction..in his school, and on saints' days ‘trotted’ the children to church.
1946 F. Sargeson That Summer 33 I've got a job in a grocer's shop and I'm trotting a sheila.
1964 B. Crump in Weekly News (Auckland) 21 Oct. 46/6 I didn't know she was going steady with you... If I'd known you were trotting her [etc.].
e. To jog (a child) on one's knee; to ‘give a ride’ to.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (transitive)] > jog or jolt to and fro or up and down > a child on the knee
dance1382
dandle1530
trot1853
1853 N. Hawthorne Tanglewood Tales (Chandos) 193 He had trotted him on his knee when a baby.
1887 A. J. Wilson At Mercy of Tiberius 79 I trotted her on my knee.
f. To bid against at an auction in order to force up the price; to make or accept a spurious bid for (an item at auction) in order to force up the price. Also with up. slang.
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society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > bid for or offer to buy > raise (the price) by bidding
bid1864
trot1864
sky1892
sweeten1904
1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 262 Trot, to ‘run up’, to oppose, to bid against at an auction.
1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 262 ‘We trotted him up nicely, didn't we?’ i.e., we made him (the private buyer) pay dearly for what he bought.
1955 W. Mankowitz Make me an Offer viii. 64 ‘But it's no good to you?’.. ‘Only if it goes reasonable—not if the reserve is high. And not..if it's trotted.’ ‘We don't do that sort of thing in the country, you know.’
g. to be able to trot a mouse on it and variants: said of particularly strong or thick liquid food or drink. dialect.
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the world > food and drink > food > consistency of food > [verb (intransitive)] > be stiff or thick
standa1450
to be able to trot a mouse on it1936
1936 ‘N. Blake’ Thou Shell of Death xiii. 229 A cup of tea, sir, after your journey... It's nice strong tea, so it is. Ye could trot a mouse on it.
1970 H. McLeave Question of Negligence i. 3 That's the way they make it [sc. tea] in Scotland... Sweet as a sheep's eye and strong enough to trot a mouse on.
1975 Times 17 May 10/8 A bowl of parsnip soup—‘so thick you could trot a mouse on it’, as the country saying goes.
II. Senses relating to fishing.
5. intransitive. To fish with a trot-line. (Perhaps a different word: cf. trot n.1 7) dialect.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (intransitive)] > fish with line > with trawl-line
trot1864
1864 Daily Tel. 18 May They are trawlers, trotters, dredgers, and shrimpers, and their fathers have trawled, trotted, dredged, and shrimped ever since Earl Godwin.
1884 St. James's Gaz. 18 Jan. 6/2 The eel-spearer..digging himself a good supply of bait, goes ‘trotting’ for flounders.
Draft additions 1993
transitive. To allow (a trot-line) to be taken downstream by the current, with the bait held just above the river-bed; also const. down. Hence, to fish (a body of water) in this way.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > with trawl line
troll1606
trot1953
1953 H. G. C. Claypoole Introd. Art of Coarse Fishing i. 14 Whereas the punt rod may largely be used for ‘trotting down’ a bait (or allowing the float and bait to move downstream with the current), the bank rod may be more often used for ‘laying on’.
1972 R. Forsberg Coarse Fishing xiii. 153 It is generally useless to consider ‘trotting’ a river when it is in full, roaring flood.
1978 Oxf. Times 8 Dec. 43/6 Andy's fish were caught the hard way with casters trotted on float tackle against the far bank.
1987 Angler's Mail 7 Mar. 4/3 With a pilot float, the rig was dropped into the water and he began to trot it down.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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