Crossword clues for trow
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trow \Trow\, n.
A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing
fish.
--Knight.
Trow \Trow\, v. i. & t. [OE. trowen, AS. tre['o]wan to trust, believe, fr. tre['o]w trust, tre['o]we true, faithful. See True.] To believe; to trust; to think or suppose. [Archaic]
So that ye trow in Christ, and you baptize.
--Chaucer.
A better priest, I trow, there nowhere none is.
--Chaucer.
It never yet was worn, I trow.
--Tennyson.
Note: I trow, or trow alone, was formerly sometimes added to questions to express contemptuous or indignant surprise.
What tempest, I trow, threw this whale . . .
ashore?
--Shak.
What is the matter, trow?
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English treowan "to trust in, believe, hope, be confident; persuade, suggest; make true; be faithful (to), confederate with," from treow "faith, belief," from Proto-Germanic *treuwaz- (cognates: Old Saxon truon, Old Frisian trouwa, Dutch vertrouwen "trust," Old High German triuwen, German trauen "hope, believe, trust;" see true (adj.)).
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (context archaic or dialectal uncountable English) trust or faith. vb. 1 (context archaic or dialectal English) To trust or believe. 2 (context archaic or dialectal English) To have confidence in, or to give credence to. Etymology 2
n. 1 (context dated nautical countable English) Any of several flat-bottomed sailing boats used for fishing or for carrying bulk goods 2 (context Scottish dated English) troll
Wikipedia
A trow (also trowe or drow) is a malignant or mischievous fairy or spirit in the folkloric traditions of the Orkney and Shetland islands. Trows are generally inclined to be short of stature, ugly, and shy in nature.
Trows are nocturnal creatures, like the troll of Scandinavian legend with which the trow shares many similarities. They venture out of their 'trowie knowes' (earthen mound dwellings) solely in the evening, and often enter households as the inhabitants sleep. Trows traditionally have a fondness for music, and folktales tell of their habit of kidnapping musicians or luring them to their dens.
Trow was a type of cargo boat used in Great Britain.
Trow may also refer to:
- Trow (folklore), a troll-like creature from Shetland and Orkney Island folklore
- Trow (surname)
- Trow, Wisconsin, a ghost town
- Trow (Myth), a type of giant in the Myth series of video games
The surname Trow may refer to one of the following persons.
- George W. S. Trow (1943–2006), American essayist, novelist, playwright, and media critic
- James Trow (1826–1892), Canadian businessman and politician
- Bob Trow (1926–1998), American radio celebrity and actor
- M. J. Trow (b. 1949), Welsh writer
- Phil Trow, English radio broadcaster
- Ann Trow, 19th-century American abortionist
- Brian Trow
Usage examples of "trow".
Also the lady was of his avis and repreved the learningknight though she trowed well that the traveller had said thing that was false for his subtility.
To every wight she woxen is so deere And worshipful, that folk ther she was bore And from hir birthe knewe hir yeer by yeere, Unnethe trowed they, but dorste han swore That she to Janicle, of which I spak bifore, She doghter nere, for as by conjecture, Hem thoughte she was another creature.
I trow thou drawest better bow than that same coward knave Robin Hood, that dared not show his face here this day.
All right, I'll send sweet Ronan the horses and whatnot you took from his two pegboys, along with a purse of twelve ounces of goldno slave girl, no matter how well trained, is worth more than that, I trow!
So, be he left tae the artless arts of these blind fumblers who ca' themselfs physickers, the puir bouchal will nae see anither year, I trow.
At best, the creatures are bumbling fools, at worst, they're charlatans, and all of them greedy as sin, but the chirurgeons are worse and even greedier, I trow.
Jabber’s Mound, the sun came up on a fallen trow, its grave-pale limbs heavy and lifeless, even though it breathed, lolling face down beside a slick of stolen and forgotten meat.
That's why to say a pious word to a fairy is like trowing scalding wather on him.
If ye meet their gaze, they get power over ye, but with some of them, like trows, as long as ye keep looking at them without meeting their eyes they cannot vanish.
From tales told in the Tower, Imrhien knew a little about trows and henkies.
Were it some spell of the trows or some memory rekindled, suddenly dancing seemed easy.
Imrhien stood aside with Thorn to see what sort of choreography the trows were practicing this time.
Like all wights, trows may break their code, but they are unable to disbelieve or challenge it.
Ain't never been that far afield, but there's lots of trows 'ereabouts, ain't there, Da'?
The trows 'ave it that every hearth shall be swept clean on a sevennight, that no one shall be found near it, and above all that plenty o' clean water shall be found in 'ouse.