Source : Wright, Joseph English Dialect Dictionary
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TROUGH, sb. Var. dial. forms and uses in Sc. and
Eng. [trof; trou.] I. Dial. forms. 1. sing.: (1)
Thruff, (2) Thrugh, (3) Trauf, (4) Trauth, (5) Traw, (6)
Troaf, (7) Troch, (8) Trofe, (9) Troff, (10) Trou, (11)
Trouch, Trouche, (12) Trouf, (13) Trov, (14) Trove, (15) Trow,
(16) Trowf, (17) Trowh, (18) Truff.
(1, 2) e.Lan.1 (3) Cmb. Hartshorne Salop. Antiq. (1841). (4)
Suf.1 (5) Brks.1 Dev. ‘You'll find it by the traw.’ ‘Traw’ rhymes
with ‘know,’ Reports Provinc. (1889). nw.Dev.1 (6) Nhp. Hartshorne
Salop. Antiq. (1841); Nhp.1 (7) Sc. Out o' trochs on
garbage, Hislop Anecdote (1874) 181. Cai.1 Gall. A blacksmith
lately thought it might answer him for a troch, Mactaggart
Encycl. (1824) 302, ed. 1876. Wgt. A fill a troch fou o' water,
Fraser Wigtown (1877) 364. w.Yks. Ooncle always calls a pig-trough
a troch (F.P.T.). (8) s.Wor. (H.K.) (9) Cum.1 (10)
Nhb.1, Dur.1 (11) Sc. (Jam.) Sh.I. Ane o' da grittest crappin'
heads i' da trouch, Stewart Tales (1892) 244. (12) n.Lan.1 (13)
n.Lin.1 (14) Ch.I. Hartshorne Salop. Antiq. (1841). (15) Sc.
(Jam.) Sh.I. Da men 'at's apo da trow o't noo, Sh. News (July 10,
1897). Cld. (Jam.), Nhb.1, e.Dur.1, n.Yks.1, w.Yks.2, nw.Der.1,
Shr.1, Hrf.2 s.Pem. Laws Little Eng. (1888) 422. Glo.1, e.An.1,
Suf. (Hall.) Sur. We've got a new trow for the pigs, N. & Q.
(1878) 5th S. x. 222. Hmp.1, w.Som.1 Dev. Reports Provinc.
(1889). nw.Dev.1 (16) Cum.1, s.Lan.1 (17) Cum.1 (18) Lei.1,
Nhp.1, War.2, Shr.2
2. pl. (1) Troves, (2) Trowes, (3) Trown, (4) Trows, Trowse.
(1) w.Yks. Faantans squirting watter abaght into troves an little
ponds, Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (1853) 4. se.Wor.1 (2)
Dmb. A queer invention some ca' trowes, Taylor Poems (1827)
109. (3) Dor. Reports Provinc. (1889). Dev. ‘The water be
standing in the trown.’ Very rare except in Dorset, Reports Provinc. (4) Sc.
(Jam.) Lth. There's nae water rinnin'... down out o' the trows,
Strathesk More Bits (ed. 1885) 184. Gall. To receive the water
after it leaves the trowse, Mactaggart Encycl. (1824) 35, ed.
1876. w.Yks.1
II. Dial. uses. 1. Any stone vessel hollowed out to
contain water; a stone cistern.
Sc. (A.W.) n.Yks.1 The word was applied by the finder to an
‘Ancient-British’ predecessor of the quern, in the writer's
possession; being a hard stone with a dish-shaped hollow wrought
in it. m.Yks.1, w.Yks. (J.W.)
Hence Trough-stone, sb. a stone trough.
Lth. Doun fa's the thick an' grizly weet, Plout, ploutin' on our
auld trough-stane, Ballantine Poems (1856) 27. Edb. His
smiddie ye'll ken by the twa trough stanes At the auld door-cheeks,
Maclagan Poems (1851) 174. Nhb.1 Sit doon, Andra, on
the trou steahyn, Bewick Tyneside Tales (ed. 1850) 10.
2. A walled drain for carrying away water. e.Lan.1
3. The wooden conduit along which water is carried to
a mill-wheel; often used in pl.
Sc. (Jam.), Cai.1 Kcd. At Clinter Mill a mealer lay,..
unweigh't, unseckit i' the troch, Grant Lays (1884) 5. Dmb. Ye
can bring water ower heights and howes And put big wheels in
motion, By a queer invention some ca' trowes, Taylor Poems
(1827) 109. Gall. Awse of a mill wheel ─ Those boards fixed on
the periphery of a wheel, to receive the water after it leaves the
trowse for the purpose of moving machinery, Mactaggart Encycl.
(1824) 35, ed. 1876.
4. pl. The holes for holding water round the outside of
a water-wheel. n.Yks. (I.W.) 5. A long wooden dish
used in common by a family.
Sh.I. She lifted ane o' da grittest crappin' heads i' da trouch
an' laid it afore me, Stewart Tales (1892) 244; Sh.&Ork.1
6. A hollow; a ditch.
Dev. A hedge trough, Horae Subsecivae (1777) 441; The water
be standing in the trown (of the plough ridges), Reports Provinc.
(1889).
7. A dish or depression in stratified rocks. Nhb.1,
w.Yks.2 8. Obs. The lower ground through which a
river runs; also in phr. the trough of the water.
Cld. The view we had from these heights, of the whole valley,
or strath, or trough of the Clyde upwards, is by far the richest
thing I have yet seen north of the Tweed, Lockhart Peter's Lett.
(1819) III. 299 (Jam.). Lnk. (Jam.)
9. A workman's compartment in a building used for
grinding cutlery. w.Yks. Roberts Tom and Charles (1850)
12. 10. A coffin, of ancient shape. m.Yks.1 Cf.
through, sb.2
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SHUTE TROUGH, sb. Dev. A sink. Reports Provinc.
(1902). See Shoot, sb. 3 (1).

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A Glossary of Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland by William Dickinson

Publication date 1880

Page n86

Knockin' troiigli« k.w. a stone trough uaed around Wigton for bnuBing moLBtened bcurley in with a wooden pestle, for making barley-milk or fhunorty. The same as Creean trough.

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lime, Ac. Sleek trough, o. a blaclceniith's

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a trough.

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Lannder, a trough for washing tin; a gutter for carryine off the water from the roofs of houses.

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TiCi a large wooden trough, through which a stream of water runs for the purpose of separating the ore from the

Page n246

Trawy, a trough. T. C.

A glossary of provincial words used in Teesdale in the County of Durham by Dinsdale, Frederick, d. 1872

Publication date 1849

Page 137

West, ii, c. 25. Car. TROOANT, n. Truant. TROU, n. Trough.

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A glossary of words used in the dialect of Cheshire by Leigh, Egerton, 1815-1876; Wilbraham, Roger, F. R. S. Attempt at a glossary of some words used in Cheshire

Publication date 1877

Page n256

Tron, or Trow, j.—A small cart. l.

A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases: Collected in Whitby and the Neighbourhood. With ... by Francis Kildale ] [Robinson

Publication date 1855

Page n194

A Trough or Through (pron. truflF), a table tomb, generally square, and occupying the entire surface of the grave.

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Glossary of words in use in Cornwall by Courtney, Margaret Ann, 1834-1920; Couch, Thomas Quiller, 1826-1884

Publication date 1880

Page n56

Latmder, a trough for washing tin; a gutter for carrying off the water from the roo& of houses.

Page n82

Tie, a large wooden trough, through which a stream of water runs for the purpose of separating the ore from the dross.

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Trawy, a trough. T. C.

Page n240

Slipe, (1) s6. a triangular framework of wood on which large boulder stones are drawn out of fields; a large trough, like a cart without wheels, used for drawing earth or wet peat from one part of a field or bos^ to another; a kind of sledge on which, stones are drawn down hiUy roads.

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Dictionary of obsolete and provincial English : containing words from the English writers previous to the nineteenth century which are no longer in use, or are not used in the same sense : and words which are now used only in the provincial dialects by Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877

Publication date 1869

Page 561

Hedge-trough, s. A ditch. Devon. Hedge-wheat, s. A sort of corn much cultivated in Sussex. Hedgy, adj. Eager. Leic. Hedlak, s. A sort of cloth. Hedly-medly, s. Confusion. Hedling, adv. Headlong. Hedoyne, s. A sort of sauce. Morte Arthure.

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Hopper-trough, s. The box in a mill into which the grain is put. West .

Page 589

Hutch, (1) s. A trough, or bin.

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Lavender. To lay in lavender , to pawn. An old popular phrase. Lavendry, s. (A.-N.) Washing. Laver, Is. (A. N.) A trough lavour, J or basin to wash in. Laver, (1) s. A preparation of a kind of sea-weed for food.

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Leachman, s. A surgeon. Leach-trough, s. “ At the salt

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Pat, (1) s. A hog-trough. Sussex .

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Schoat, s. A kneading trough. Kent .

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(2) A trough for sheep. Sheep-wash, s. A festival at the time of sheep-washing. North. Sheer, (1) adj. ( A.-S .) Pure; unmixed.

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Sleder, adj. (A.-S.) Slippery. Sled-trough, s. A person sluggish in his gait. Craven.

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Stallage, s. A wooden trough on which casks are placed. Sussex Stalld, v. (1) To cloy, or satiate. Northampt.

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Stugge, s . A hog’s trough. Pr. P.

Page 958

North . il iAMWncckjC-fi' W]) Throff, s. Froth. Leic. ^ tynrtcdi Throh, s. (A.-S.) A trough. Throly, adv. Earnestly.

Page 958

Through, (1) s. A stone trough, or coffin. Still used in the North for a flat gravestone. See Thruff. The thridde day he aros a$eyn Of the throu^ ther men hime leyde.

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Trough, s. A stone coffin. See

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Trow, s. A trough.