Definition of trying

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Trying (a.) Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position..

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Touch-needle :: Touch-needle (n.) A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone..
Ferret :: Ferret (n.) The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles..
Matchmaking :: Matchmaking (n.) The act or process of trying to bring about a marriage for others.
Outfangthef :: Outfangthef (v. t.) The privilege of trying such a thief.
Try :: Try (n.) Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.
Adjudication :: Adjudication (n.) The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.
Wardmote :: Wardmote (n.) Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also, a court formerly held in each ward of London for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like..
Tapestrying :: Tapestrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tapestr.
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air..
Trial :: Trial (n.) The act of trying or testing in any manner.
Trying :: Trying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tr.
Crucial :: Crucial (a.) Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive; as, a crucial test..
Searching :: Searching (a.) Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye..
Sac :: Sac (n.) The privilege formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines..
Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes..
Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author..
Weather :: Weather (v. t.) Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm..
Rendering :: Rendering (n.) The process of trying out or extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat..
Trying :: Trying (a.) Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position..
Predicament :: Predicament (n.) A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition..
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