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Look up trough in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Trough may refer to: Trough (geology), a long depression less steep than a trench Trough (meteorology)
Trough
Trough off the coast of Japan
The Nankai Trough (南海トラフ, Nankai Torafu; Southern Sea Trough) is a submarine trough located south of the Nankaidō region of Japan's island of Honshu, extending
Nankai_Trough
Elongated region of low atmospheric pressure
A trough is an elongated region of relatively low atmospheric pressure without a closed isobaric contour that would define it as a low pressure area. Since
Trough_(meteorology)
Gorge in West Virginia, United States
The Trough is a 6-mile-long (9.7 km) wooded gorge carved by the South Branch Potomac River (SBPR) and situated in the Allegheny Mountains of Hampshire
The_Trough
Barony in Monaghan, Ireland
of County Monaghan in Ireland. Trough or Truagh is known in Irish as An Triúcha (Old Irish trícha cét, "cantred"). Trough is found in north County Monaghan
Trough_(barony)
Transform fault zone pull-apart basin on the floor of the Caribbean Sea
The Cayman Trough (also known as the Cayman Trench, Bartlett Deep and Bartlett Trough) is a complex transform fault zone pull-apart basin which contains
Cayman_Trough
Feature of a transverse wave
medium is at a maximum. A trough is the opposite of a crest, so the minimum or lowest point of the wave. When the crests and troughs of two sine waves of equal
Crest_and_trough
Container for holding water for animals to drink from
A watering trough (or artificial watering point) is a man-made or natural receptacle intended to provide drinking water to animals, livestock on farms
Watering_trough
Linear structural depression that extends laterally over a distance
oceanic troughs on the ocean floors. Troughs created by glaciation are called glacial trough. Benue Trough Cayman Trough Hesperides Trough Kings Trough Mariana
Trough_(geology)
Device to fill steam locomotives
A water trough (British terminology), or track pan (American terminology), is a device to enable a steam locomotive to replenish its water supply while
Water_trough
Concentration of a drug in the blood before the next dose is administered
In medicine and pharmacology, a trough level or trough concentration (Ctrough) is the concentration reached by a drug immediately before the next dose
Trough_level
Rectangular receptacle with a shallow basin used for making dough
A bread trough, dough trough or kneading trough, sometimes referred to as artesa, is a rectangular receptacle with a shallow basin, and a traditional
Bread_trough
Geological plate boundary near Japan
Sagami Trough (相模トラフ, Sagami Torafu) also Sagami Trench, Sagami Megathrust, or Sagami Subduction Zone is a 340-kilometre (210 mi) long trough, which is
Sagami_Trough
Geological formation in Canada
The Labrador Trough or the New Quebec Orogen is a 1,600 km (994 mi) long and 160 km (99 mi) wide geologic belt in Canada, extending south-southeast from
Labrador_Trough
Technology used in concentrated solar power stations
A parabolic trough collector (PTC) is a type of solar thermal collector that is straight in one dimension and curved as a parabola in the other two, lined
Parabolic_trough
Geologic feature off the Philippines
The North Luzon Trough is a major geological feature located off the northern coast of Luzon Island between the Manila Trench and the Vigan-Agao Fault
North_Luzon_Trough
Tectonic pull-apart basin in the United States and Mexico
The Salton Trough is an active tectonic pull-apart basin, or graben. It lies within the Imperial, Riverside, and San Diego counties of southeastern California
Salton_Trough
Bills horse troughs are watering troughs that were manufactured in Australia and installed to provide relief for working horses in the first half of the
Bills_horse_troughs
Major geological structure underlying a large part of Nigeria
The Benue Trough is a major geological structure underlying a large part of Nigeria and extending about 1,000 km northeast from the Bight of Benin to Lake
Benue_Trough
Oceanic trench
The East Luzon Trough (also known as the East Luzon Trench) is an oceanic trench north of the Philippine Trench and east of the island of Luzon. The trench
East_Luzon_Trough
Weather phenomenon
The monsoon trough is a convergence zone between the wind patterns of the southern and northern hemispheres. It is a portion of the Intertropical Convergence
Monsoon_trough
Area with air pressures lower than adjacent areas
in the area on the east side of upper troughs, which form half of a Rossby wave within the Westerlies (a trough with large wavelength that extends through
Low-pressure_area
Structure to hold food for animals
A manger or trough is a rack for fodder, or a structure or feeder used to hold food for animals. The word comes from the Old French mangier (meaning "to
Manger
Oceanic trough between New Caledonia and New Zealand
Basin Fair– way Ridge Fair– way Basin New Cale- donia Trough New Cale- donia Basin South Fiji Basin North Fiji Basin Central Norfolk
New_Caledonia_Trough
Low area between hills, often with a river running through it
glaciated mountain landscapes. The upper end of the trough below the ice-contributing cirques may be a trough-end. Valley steps (or 'rock steps') can result
Valley
Moat-like depression of the seafloor surrounding the Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Trough, otherwise known as the Hawaiian Deep, is a moat-like depression of the seafloor surrounding the Hawaiian Islands. The weight from
Hawaiian_Trough
Meteorological phenomenon
near-equatorial trough. Where the ITCZ is drawn into and merges with a monsoonal circulation, it is sometimes referred to as a monsoon trough (a usage that
Intertropical Convergence Zone
Intertropical_Convergence_Zone
Geologic feature in the Southern Ocean
The Möller Trough (76°35′S 30°40′W / 76.583°S 30.667°W / -76.583; -30.667) is an undersea trough in the Weddell Sea named for the geodesist Dietrich
Möller_Trough
Geological feature in Queensland, Australia
The Denison Trough is a geological feature that has developed into a hydrocarbon province. Located in Central Queensland, it covers much of the western
Denison_Trough
1756 skirmish in the French and Indian War
The Battle of the Trough (March or April 1756) was a skirmish of the early French and Indian War (1754–63) fought between Native Americans and Anglo-American
Battle_of_the_Trough
The Northumberland Trough, also known as the Northumberland Basin, is an element of the structural geology of northern England, the origin of which dates
Northumberland_Trough
Period in American television history
mid-late 2010s or early 2020s (to the point of calling its replacement "Trough TV"), or remains ongoing. Multichannel linear television, such as cable
Golden Age of Television (2000s–2023)
Golden_Age_of_Television_(2000s–2023)
Back-arc basin behind the Ryukyu arc-trench system in the West Pacific
The Okinawa Trough (沖縄トラフ, Okinawa Torafu) (also called Chinese: 中琉界沟, literally "China-Ryukyu Border Trough") is a seabed feature of the East China Sea
Okinawa_Trough
Valleys formed by glacial scouring
U-shaped valleys, also called trough valleys or glacial troughs, are formed by the process of glaciation. They are characteristic of mountain glaciation
U-shaped_valley
Lowest turning point of a business cycle
In economics, a trough is a low turning point or a local minimum of a business cycle. The time evolution of many economics variables exhibits a wave-like
Trough_(economics)
Feature of the spectra of quasars
In astronomical spectroscopy, the Gunn–Peterson trough is a feature of the spectra of bright high redshift sources, particularly quasars and gamma-ray
Gunn–Peterson_trough
Group of African stringed instruments
Trough zithers are a group of African stringed instruments or chordophones whose members resemble wooden bowls, pans, platters, or shallow gutters with
Trough_zither
Region in the East China Sea
The Xihu Trough (Chinese: 西湖凹陷; pinyin: Xīhú Āoxiàn) is a region in the East China Sea, located approximately 400 kilometres east of the cities of Shanghai
Xihu_Trough
Measure of change in a periodic variable
p–p or PtP or PtoP) is the change between peak (highest signal value) and trough (lowest signal value, which can be negative). With appropriate circuitry
Amplitude
A flushing trough is a long cistern which serves several toilet pans. It is designed to allow a shorter interval between flushes than individual cisterns
Flushing_trough
Mountain pass in Lancashire, England
The Trough of Bowland is a valley and high pass in the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Lancashire, England. The pass, reaching 968 ft
Trough_of_Bowland
2007 EP by The Tuss
Confederation Trough is an extended play by the British electronic music artist Richard D. James under the alias The Tuss. It is credited to the pseudonym
Confederation_Trough
Oceanic trench off the east coast of New Zealand
The Hikurangi Trough (previously known as the Hikurangi Trench) is a sea floor feature of the Pacific Ocean off the north-east South Island and the east
Hikurangi_Trough
Natural gas field in Japan
Hydrate R&D Program at Nankai, Nankai Trough Methane Hydrate Site) is located in the Nankai Trough, Japan. The Nankai Trough is located beneath the Pacific Ocean
Nankai Trough gas hydrate site
Nankai_Trough_gas_hydrate_site
Pharmacokinetic metrics
Peak-to-trough ratio (PTR), also known as peak-to-trough variation or peak-to-trough fluctuation, is a parameter in pharmacokinetics which is defined as
Peak-to-trough_ratio
Town in Arkansas, United States
Oil Trough is a town in Independence County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Oil Trough had a population of 226. The post office opened
Oil_Trough,_Arkansas
Antarctica mountain
Pyramid)) is a small but distinctive peak in Antarctica just south of Pyramid Trough, at the west side of the Koettlitz Glacier. The descriptive name appears
The_Pyramid_(Antarctica)
Ancient geologic feature of Florida present during the Paleogene period
The Gulf Trough, also known as the Suwanee Straits, is an ancient geologic feature of Florida present during the Paleogene period. A strong marine current
Gulf_Trough
Plain in Kazakhstan
The Turgay Depression, also known as Turgay Basin, Turgay Trough, and Turgay Hollow (Kazakh: Торғай қолаты; Russian: Тургайская ложбина), is a structural
Turgay_Depression
Historic boundary marker in Lancashire, England
The Grey Stone of Trough is an historic boundary marker in Bowland Forest High, in the Trough of Bowland, Lancashire, England. A Grade II listed structure
Grey_Stone_of_Trough
Valley in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
Penck Trough (German: Penckmulde) is a broad ice-filled valley trending southwest to northeast, for about 100 km (62 mi) between Borg Massif and the northeast
Penck_Trough
Active back-arc basin in the western Pacific Ocean
The Mariana Trough is an active back-arc basin in the western Pacific Ocean (Stern, Fouch & Klemperer 2003). It is an integral part of the Izu–Bonin–Mariana
Mariana_Trough
Persistent body of ice that moves downhill under its own weight
widened, deepened and smoothed to form a U-shaped glacial valley or glacial trough, as it is sometimes called. The erosion that creates glacial valleys truncates
Glacier
The Dubinin Trough (67°10′S 80°30′E / 67.167°S 80.500°E / -67.167; 80.500) is an undersea trough off of the coast of Antarctica in the Cooperation
Dubinin_Trough
Antarctic undersea trough
South Shetland Trough The South Shetland Trough is an undersea trough located north of the South Shetland Islands, which are a group of Antarctic islands
South_Shetland_Trough
Undersea trough in the Atlantic Ocean
Kings Trough (sometimes spelled King's Trough) is an undersea trough in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is located on the east side of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Kings_Trough
Errigal-Trough was a village that spanned County Tyrone and County Monaghan. Samuel Lewis described it in 1837 as "a parish, partly in the barony of CLOGHER
Errigal-Trough
Class of musical instruments with vibrating strings
In musical instrument classification, string instruments, or chordophones, are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer
String_instrument
Oceanic trench / trough in off the coast of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Suruga Trough (駿河トラフ, Suruga Torafu) is a tectonically active trough off Suruga Bay, Japan, forming the northern extension of the Nankai Trough. As part
Suruga_Trough
Laboratory apparatus for trapping gases
A pneumatic trough is a piece of laboratory apparatus used for collecting gases, such as hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. It is mainly made of glass or various
Pneumatic_trough
In the early 19th century, Karachi's watering troughs were recognized for their architectural significance. These structures were primarily constructed
List of watering troughs in Karachi
List_of_watering_troughs_in_Karachi
Country in South Asia
of the emerging Himalayas, plate movement created a vast crescent-shaped trough that rapidly filled with river-borne sediment and now constitutes the Indo-Gangetic
India
Oceanic trough between the Indo-Australian plate and the Timor plate
The Timor Trough is an oceanic trough that is a continuation of the Sunda Trench (Java Trench) that marks the boundary between the Indo-Australian plate
Timor_Trough
Sculpture from the site of Uruk, Iraq
The Uruk Trough is an important Sumerian sculpture found at the site of Uruk, Iraq. It has been part of the British Museum's collection since 1928. Along
Uruk_Trough
Deep oceanic basin in the southwestern Pacific Ocean
Trench Kermadec Trench Osbourn Trough Louisville Seamount Chain Hikurangi Trough Wish- bone scarp New Zealand The Osbourn Trough, is a 900 km (560 mi)-long
Osbourn_Trough
Ocean trench south of New Zealand
Hjort Trench (Oceania) The Hjort Trench is a linear topographic depression south of Macquarie Island in the southwest Pacific Ocean. Geologically, the
Hjort_Trench
State park in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Trough Creek State Park is a 554 acres (224 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Cass, Penn and Todd Townships, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania in the United
Trough_Creek_State_Park
Trough in the upper-level tropics
A tropical upper tropospheric trough (TUTT), also known as the mid-oceanic trough, is a trough situated in the upper-level (at about 200 hPa) tropics.
Tropical upper tropospheric trough
Tropical_upper_tropospheric_trough
The trough battery was a variant of Alessandro Volta's voltaic pile and was designed by the Scottish professor of chemistry William Cruickshank in 1800
Trough_battery
River in Antarctica
from Koettlitz ice at the upper end of Pyramid Trough and from south to north includes Pyramid Ponds, Trough Lake, Walcott Lake, Howchin Lake, and Alph Lake
Alph_River
2018 Hong Kong film by Nick Cheung
The Trough, formerly known as Taste of Crime, is a 2018 Hong Kong neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Nick Cheung, who also stars alongside
The_Trough_(film)
Depression in the submerged eastern part of Zealandia
The Bounty Trough is a major submerged feature, a bathymetric depression, of the oceanography of the southwest Pacific Ocean. It is located off the east
Bounty_Trough
The Sagami Trough megathrust earthquake is a large earthquake that is considered to occur at roughly 200-year intervals in the Kantō region of Japan, caused
Megathrust earthquakes along the Sagami Trough
Megathrust_earthquakes_along_the_Sagami_Trough
Amit Yadav
Shaw Trough is a primary elongate trough in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, extending W-E across the north part of the feature. Named
Shaw_Trough
The Hespérides Trough (60°21′S 50°50′W / 60.350°S 50.833°W / -60.350; -50.833) is an undersea trough named for the Spanish research vessel Hespérides
Hespérides_Trough
Oceanic rift valley in the south-west Pacific Ocean to the north of New Zealand
Kermadec Trench Ngatoro Rift Rumble V Ridge Havre Trough South Fiji Basin Colville Ridge The Havre Trough (Havre Basin) is a currently actively rifting back-arc
Havre_Trough
The Thiel Trough (81°30′S 57°0′W / 81.500°S 57.000°W / -81.500; -57.000) is a submarine trough trending NE-SW with depths reaching to 1,500 metres
Thiel_Trough
The Balleny Trough (66°S 158°E / 66°S 158°E / -66; 158) is an undersea trough named in association with the Balleny Islands. The name was approved by
Balleny_Trough
Laboratory equipment
A Langmuir–Blodgett trough (LB trough) is an item of laboratory apparatus that is used to compress monolayers of molecules on the surface of a given subphase
Langmuir–Blodgett_trough
Use of mirrors or lenses to heat a fluid for electricity generation
price in 2017 at US$73 per MWh for its 700 MW combined trough and tower project: 600 MW of trough, 100 MW of tower with 15 hours of thermal energy storage
Concentrated_solar_power
Food made of flour and water
A dough trough, located in Aberdour Castle, once used for leavening bread
Bread
the north and west, dividing the seabight from the Rockall Trough. The deepwater Rockall Trough extends for about 1,000 km from the Porcupine Abyssal Plain
Rockall–Porcupine_margin
1974 Belgian exploitation horror film by Thierry Zéno
Vase de Noces (also known as Wedding Trough and The Pig Fucking Movie) is a 1974 Belgian exploitation horror film directed by Thierry Zéno and starring
Vase_de_Noces
Deepest oceanic trench in the southwestern Pacific Ocean
Colville Ridge Tonga Trench Kermadec Trench Osbourn Trough Louisville Seamount Chain Hikurangi Trough New Zealand The Tonga Trench is an oceanic trench
Tonga_Trench
The Rinner Trough (77°40′S 35°0′W / 77.667°S 35.000°W / -77.667; -35.000) is an undersea trough in the Weddell Sea named for Karl Rinner (1921–1991)
Rinner_Trough
Island country in the Pacific Ocean
under the other, producing the Puysegur Trench to the south, the Hikurangi Trough east of the North Island, and the Kermadec and Tonga Trenches further north
New_Zealand
Oceanic Abyssal Plain in the Western Pacific Ocean
Weber Deep (Indonesian: Kedalaman Weber) is the deepest point in the Banda Sea off Indonesia. Weber Deep maximum depth is 7,351 meters, (24,117 feet, 4
Weber_Deep
Town in Lancashire, England
Bacup (/ˈbeɪkəp/ BAY-kəp, /ˈbeɪkʊp/) is a town in the Rossendale Borough in Lancashire, England, in the South Pennines close to Lancashire's boundaries
Bacup
United States historic place
The Southeast Water Trough is a historic structure located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It is one of the last of 15 National Humane Alliance fountains
Southeast_Water_Trough
Flat valley that dominates central California
northeast across the valley. The Central Valley lies within the California Trough physiographic section, which is part of the larger Pacific Border province
Central_Valley_(California)
Group of islands in the Southern Ocean north-east of the Antarctic Peninsula
April to November. South Orkney Trough (60°0′S 45°0′W / 60.000°S 45.000°W / -60.000; -45.000) is an undersea trough named in association with the South
South_Orkney_Islands
Undersea trough
The Adare Trough is an undersea trough name proposed by Steven C. Cande at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. It was named in association with the
Adare_Trough
British passenger liner that sank in 1912
of the smaller ships to be lifted by a bulge of water and dropped into a trough. New York's mooring cables could not take the sudden strain and snapped
Titanic
Technology using sunlight for heat
light and track the position of the sun. Parabolic trough power plants use a curved, mirrored trough which reflects the direct solar radiation onto a glass
Solar_thermal_energy
Boundary separating two masses of air of different densities
separate air masses of different types or origins, and are located along troughs of lower pressure. The first letter describes its moisture properties,
Weather_front
Oceanic trough in the South Pacific Ocean
The Cato Trough or Chesterfield Trough is an oceanic trough in the Coral Sea of the South Pacific Ocean. It separates the continental crust of Australia
Cato_Trough
The postdentary trough is a skeletal feature seen in Mesozoic mammals. It is found on the inside of the lower jaw (dentary), at the back behind the molar
Postdentary_trough
Family of bivalves
Mactridae, common name the trough shells or duck clams, is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Venerida. These clams have
Mactridae
American grading system for rock climbs
Initially the scale was based on ten climbs at Tahquitz, and ranged from the "Trough" at 5.0, a relatively modest technical climb, to the "Open Book" at 5.9
Yosemite_Decimal_System
Class of earthquakes in Japan
earthquakes that occur along the Nankai megathrust – the fault under the Nankai Trough – which forms the plate interface between the subducting Philippine Sea
Nankai_megathrust_earthquakes
TROUGH
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English bakke ‘back’ (Old English bæc), hence a nickname for someone with a hunched back or some other noticeable peculiarity of the back or spine, or a topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or ridge, or at the rear of a settlement.English : from the Old English personal name Bacca, which was still in use in the 12th century. It is of uncertain origin, but may have been a byname in the same sense as 1.English : nickname from Middle English bakke ‘bat’ (apparently of Scandinavian origin), from some fancied resemblance to the animal.Altered spelling of Bach 1, 2, or 6.North German : from Middle Low German back ‘kneading trough’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or used such vessels.Americanized spelling of Norwegian Bakk(e) (see Bakke).
Male
Greek
(Σιληνός) Variant spelling of Greek Seilenos, SILENOS means "moving to-and-fro in the wine trough." In mythology, this was the name of one of the Ipotanes/Sileni, a race of beings having the ears, tail, and legs of a horse. They were followers of the wine god Dionysos and were said to have been ugly drunkards. Silenus was the oldest and wisest of the Ipotanes, possessing the knowledge and power of prophecy.
Surname or Lastname
North German, Danish, and Dutch
North German, Danish, and Dutch : from a shortened form of the personal name Billulf, composed of the elements bil ‘sword’, ‘axe’ + wulf ‘wolf’, or some other name with bil as the first element. For German, however, the most likely source is Pille, a French Huguenot name from the Dauphiné.English : variant spelling of Pill 2.French : habitational name from any of various minor places in northern France, so named from Old French pile, Latin pila, ‘pillar’, ‘column’. In Middle French pile denoted a trough used for crushing or pounding various materials, such as lime, and in some cases the surname may have arisen as a metonymic occupational name for someone engaged in such work.
Male
Greek
(Σειληνός) Greek name SEILENOS means "moving to-and-fro in the wine trough." In mythology, this is the name of the teacher and companion of the wine-god Dionysos.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cumbria)
English (Cumbria) : habitational name from Troughton Hall in the parish of Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, so named from Old English trog ‘trough’, ‘hollow’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Midlands)
English (chiefly West Midlands) : nickname for a trustworthy person, from Middle English trow(e), trew(e) ‘faithful’, ‘steadfast’.English : variant of Tree, from Middle English trow, trew.English : topographic name for someone who lived near a depression in the ground, from Middle English trow ‘trough’, ‘hollow’.Translated form of French Jetté (see Jette). Trow represents the French Canadian pronunciation of English ‘throw’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : variant spelling of Pyle.French : of uncertain origin: perhaps from Old French pile ‘trough’, a topographic name for someone who lived in a hollow, or alternatively a habitational name from any of the minor places named with this word.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places so called. One in Northamptonshire is named with Old English træppe ‘(fish-)trap’ + ford ‘ford’. The places called Trafford in Cheshire have as their first element Old English trog ‘trough’, ‘valley’; while Trafford in Lancashire was originally called Stratford ‘ford on a Roman road’ (see Stratford). Nevertheless, most cases of the surname probably derive from the last of these places; a landowning family can be traced there to the 13th century.
TROUGH
TROUGH
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian
Home or Village
Male
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Chaggiy, CHAGI means "festive."Â
Boy/Male
Tamil
Full Moon
Boy/Male
Irish American Teutonic English Shakespearean
Prince, or brave. Some scholars believe Brendan means 'stinking hair'.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Manjubala | மஂஜà¯à®ªà®¾à®²à®¾
A sweet girl
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Glass
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Celebrity, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Punjabi, Sikh, Traditional
Lord's Devotee
Boy/Male
Celebrity, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Honey Bee; A Black Bee
Girl/Female
Indian
Like a Milk
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n.
A trough for washing ores.
a.
Formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane; as, a synclinal trough or valley; a synclinal fold; -- opposed to anticlinal.
v. t.
A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a receptacle.
n.
A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed.
n.
A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.
n.
Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.
n.
Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc.
n.
The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
n.
A trough, or tray.
n.
An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died.
n.
The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
n.
Any bivalve shell of the genus Mactra. See Mactra.
n.
A wooden trough, forming a drain.
n.
A trough for discharging water.
n.
An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
n.
A trough for washing ore.
n.
A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.
n.
A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple.
n.
A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc.
n.
A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray; also, a wooden channel for conveying water, as to a mill wheel.