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Webster 1913 Edition

Trend

Trend

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Trended
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Trending
.]
[OE.
trenden
to roll or turn about; akin to OFries.
trind
,
trund
, round, Dan. & Sw.
trind
, AS.
trendel
a circle, ring, and E.
trendle
,
trundle
.]
To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend;
as, the shore of the sea
trends
to the southwest
.

Trend

,
Verb.
T.
To cause to turn; to bend.
[R.]
Not far beneath i’ the valley as she
trends

Her silver stream.
W. Browne.

Trend

,
Noun.
Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction;
as, the
trend
of a coast
.
Trend of an anchor
.
(Naut.)
(a)
The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.
R. H. Dana, Jr.
(b)
The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.

Trend

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf. G. & OD.
trennen
to separate.]
To cleanse, as wool.
[Prov. Eng.]

Trend

,
Noun.
Clean wool.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Trend

TREND

,
Verb.
I.
[This word seems to be allied to trundle, or to run.]
To run; to stretch; to tend; to have a particular direction; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

TREND

,
Noun.
That part of the stock of an anchor from which the size is taken.

TREND

,
Verb.
T.
In rural economy, to free wool from its filth. [Local.]

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