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Webster 1913 Edition

Trow

Trow

,
Noun.
A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing fish.
Knight.

Trow

,
Verb.
I.
&
T.
[OE.
trowen
, AS.
treówan
to trust, believe, fr.
treów
trust,
treówe
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.
☞ 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?
Shakespeare
What is the matter,
trow
?
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Trow

TROW

,
Verb.
I.
To believe; to trust; to think or suppose.

TROW

, is used in the imperative, as a word of inquiry. What means the fool, trow?

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