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Webster 1913 Edition
Trochee
Tro′chee
,Noun.
[L.
trochaeus
, Gr. [GREEK] (sc.[GREEK]), from [GREEK] running, from [GREEK] to run. Cf. Troche
, Truck
a wheel.] (Pros.)
A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.
Webster 1828 Edition
Trochee
TRO'CHEE
,Noun.