† trochingn.
Hunting. Obsolete.
A ‘troche’, or troches collectively; a branching into a troche.
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a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxiv Þe trochynge..hye and gret.
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) ii If þer be thre or .iiii. or mo, it is ycleped trochynge.
1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια iv. 62 Such branch'd horns, such spilters [sic] and trochings on their heads, as that goodly Stagg bears.
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Trochings,..the small little branches on the top of the Deers-head, divided into three or four.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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- strening
- strenk
- strenkle
- strenkling
- strenuity
- strenuosities
- strenuosity
- strenuous
- strenuous idleness
- strenuouser
- strenuousest
- strenuouslier
- strenuousliest
- strenuously
- strenuousness
- strenuousnesses
- strenuousser
- strenuoussest
- strep
- strepent
- streperosity
- streperous
- streperously
- streperousness