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- Trunk - n. - The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.
- Trunk - n. - The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs.
- Trunk - n. - The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches.
- Trunk - n. - That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
- Trunk - n. - That segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus.
- Trunk - n. - The proboscis of an elephant.
- Trunk - n. - The proboscis of an insect.
- Trunk - n. - A long tube through which pellets of clay, p/as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath.
- Trunk - n. - A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the effects of a traveler.
- Trunk - n. - A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
- Trunk - n. - A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.
- Trunk - n. - A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc.
- Trunk - v. t. - To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim.
- Trunk - v. t. - To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. See Trunk, n., 9.
- Trunkback - n. - The leatherback.
- Trunked - a. - Having (such) a trunk.
- Trunkfish - n. - Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidae, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish.
- Trunkful - n. - As much as a trunk will hold; enough to fill a trunk.
- Trunkfuls - pl. - of Trunkful
- Trunkwork - n. - Work or devices suitable to be concealed; a secret stratagem.
- Trunk - n. - The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches.
- Slam - v. t. - To put in or on some place with force and loud noise; -- usually with down; as, to slam a trunk down on the pavement.
- Thorax - n. - The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest.
- Canoe - n. - A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder.
- Crotch - n. - The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree.
- Grass tree - - An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the center of which arises a long stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat like a large cat-tail. These plants are often called "blackboys" from the large trunks denuded and blackened by fire. They yield two kinds of fragrant resin, called Botany-bay gum, and Gum Acaroides.
- Aorta - n. - The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
- Stump - n. - The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.
- Bust - n. - The portion of the human figure included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the upper part of the trunk of the body.
- Torso - n. - The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.
- Pandiculation - n. - A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy.
- Tamarind - n. - A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated.
- Limb - n. - A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
- Pylangium - n. - The first and undivided part of the aortic trunk in the amphibian heart.
- Support - v. t. - To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches.
- Pan - n. - The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented.
- Untrunked - a. - Separated from its trunk or stock.
- Side - n. - The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side.
- Talipot - n. - A beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper.
- Paddlewood - n. - The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks.
- Heartwood - n. - The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum.
- Trunkful - n. - As much as a trunk will hold; enough to fill a trunk.
- Acrolith - n. - A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood.
- Cross-birth - n. - Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus.
- Bard - n. - The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
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- H1503 גֶּזַע - 1503 גֶּזַע - גֶּזַע - - gezaʻ - geh'-zah - from an unused root meaning to cut down (trees); the trunk or stump of atree (as felled or as planted); stem, stock. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H8560 תֹּמֶר - 8560 תֹּמֶר - תֹּמֶר - - tômer - to'-mer - from the same root as תָּמָר; a palm trunk; palm tree. - Noun Masculine - heb