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Word Meanings - TRUDGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily. And trudged to Rome upon my naked feet. Dryden. (more info) snowshoes; cf. dial. Sw. truga, trudja, a snowshoe, Norw. truga,

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  • STALKY
    Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk. At the top bears a great stalky head. Mortimer.
  • MARCHER
    One who marches.
  • STRIDE
    strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. strida to strive, D. strijden to strive, to contend, G. streiten, OHG. stritan; of uncertain origin. 1. To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner. Mars in the middle of the shining
  • STALK-EYED
    Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans. Stalked- eyed crustaceans. See Podophthalmia.
  • MARCH
    The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days. The stormy March is come at last, With wind, and cloud, and changing skies. Bryant. As mad as a March Hare, an old English Saying derived from the fact that March is the rutting time of hares,
  • STALKLESS
    Having no stalk.
  • TRAMP
    Dan. trampe, Sw. & Icel. trampa, Goth. anatrimpan to press upon; also to D. trap a step, G. treppe steps, stairs. Cf. Trap a kind of rock, 1. To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample. 2. To travel or wander through; as, to tramp
  • TREADBOARD
    See 5
  • MARCHING
    ,fr. March, v. Marching money , the additional pay of officer or soldier when his regiment is marching. -- In marching order , equipped for a march. -- Marching regiment. A regiment in active service. In England, a regiment liable
  • STALKER
    1. One who stalks. 2. A kind of fishing net.
  • TREADFOWL
    A cock. Chaucer.
  • TREADMILL
    A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.
  • TREAD
    tredan, D. & LG. treden, G. treten, OHG. tretan, Icel. tro, Sw. tråda, träda, Dan. træde, Goth. trudan, and perhaps ultimately to F. 1. To set the foot; to step. Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise. Pope. Fools rush in where
  • TREADLE
    The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread. (more info) 1. The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.
  • MARCHIONESS
    The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis. Spelman.
  • MARCH-MAD
    Extremely rash; foolhardy. See under March, the month. Sir W. Scott.
  • TRAMPER
    One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond; a tramp. Dickens.
  • TRUDGEN STROKE
    A racing stroke in which a double over-arm motion is used; -- so called from its use by an amateur named Trudgen, but often erroneously written trudgeon.
  • MARCHET; MERCHET
    In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters.
  • STRIDENT
    Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill. "A strident voice." Thackeray.
  • NOMARCH
    The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy.
  • POLEMARCH
    In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high military and civil officer.
  • OVERSTRIDE
    To stride over or beyond.
  • OVERTREAD
    To tread over or upon.
  • OVERMARCH
    To march too far, or too much; to exhaust by marching. Baker.
  • DISMARCH
    To march away.
  • RETREAD
    To tread again.
  • OUTMARCH
    To surpass in marching; to march faster than, or so as to leave behind.
  • ASTRIDE
    With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle. Placed astride upon the bars of the palisade. Sir W. Scott. Glasses with horn bows sat astride on his nose. Longfellow.
  • DEERSTALKER
    One who practices deerstalking.

 

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