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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Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author..
Trial :: Trial (n.) The act of trying or testing in any manner.
Trying :: Trying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tr.
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..
Matchmaking :: Matchmaking (n.) The act or process of trying to bring about a marriage for others.
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..
Outfangthef :: Outfangthef (v. t.) The privilege of trying such a thief.
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..
Adjudication :: Adjudication (n.) The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.
Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes..
Tapestrying :: Tapestrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tapestr.
Sac :: Sac (n.) The privilege formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines..
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air..
Try :: Try (n.) Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.
Crucial :: Crucial (a.) Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive; as, a crucial test..
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..
Trying :: Trying (a.) Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position..
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..
Searching :: Searching (a.) Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye..
Sang-froid :: Sang-froid (n.) Freedom from agitation or excitement of mind; coolness in trying circumstances; indifference; calmness.
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