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Trunk   /trəŋk/   Listen
noun
Trunk  n.  
1.
The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk. "About the mossy trunk I wound me soon, For, high from ground, the branches would require Thy utmost reach."
2.
The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs.
3.
The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches.
4.
(Arch) That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
5.
(Zool.) 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.
6.
(Zool.)
(a)
The proboscis of an elephant.
(b)
The proboscis of an insect.
7.
A long tube through which pellets of clay, etc., are driven by the force of the breath. "He shot sugarplums them out of a trunk."
8.
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. "Locked up in chests and trunks."
9.
(Mining) A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
10.
(Steam Engine) 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.
11.
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 engine, a marine engine, the piston rod of which is a trunk. See Trunk, 10.
Trunk hose, large breeches formerly worn, reaching to the knees.
Trunk line, the main line of a railway, canal, or route of conveyance.
Trunk turtle (Zool.), the leatherback.


verb
Trunk  v. t.  
1.
To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim. (Obs.) "Out of the trunked stock."
2.
(Mining) To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. See Trunk, n., 9.





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"Trunk" Quotes from Famous Books



... the packing, and succeeded in getting one trunk ready for Patty to take with her, promising to send her other belongings after her a few ...
— Patty Fairfield • Carolyn Wells
... the field of action, a Nez Perce had crouched behind the trunk of a fallen tree, and kept up a galling fire from his covert. A Blackfoot seeing this, procured a round log, and placing it before him as he lay prostrate, rolled it forward toward the trunk of the tree behind which his enemy ...
— The Adventures of Captain Bonneville - Digested From His Journal • Washington Irving
... When a man attained puberty, he was bound to submit to certain ceremonies, some of them painful, and dictated by phallic superstitions. Funeral rites were simple: the corpse was either burnt, with howls and superstitious functions, or it was placed in the hollow trunk of a tree in a sitting position, with the chin supported by the knees, as was the custom with Peruvian mummies; and the belief in another world prompted them to place the weapons and utensils used, during life beside the corpse. Sometimes a wooden ...
— Myth and Science - An Essay • Tito Vignoli
... But I guess likely it didn't do the hat much good. I thought baggage smashin' was an American institution, but they've got some experts over here. Oh, my soul and body! there goes MY trunk—end over end, of course. Well, I'm glad there's no eggs in it, anyway. Josiah Dimick always used to carry two dozen eggs to his daughter-in-law every time he went to Boston. He had 'em in a box once and put the box on the seat alongside of him and a big fat woman ...
— Kent Knowles: Quahaug • Joseph C. Lincoln
... through the custom-house with flying colors. But my trunks—I couldn't even find them all. Five of them were stacked in the "M" division, but the other two.... Then there was my maid's trunk to look for under the "V's" (her name is Valentine). Dad and I were commencing at "A," prepared to got through the whole alphabet, if necessary, when the nice young man stepped up and, raising his hat, asked if he might be of any service. He asked Dad, ...
— Cupid's Understudy • Edward Salisbury Field


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