Definition of trunk

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Trunk (n.) A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.

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Side :: Side (n.) The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side..
Neck :: Neck (n.) The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk..
Fast :: Fast (n.) The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster..
Bole :: Bole (n.) The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it..
Trunk :: Trunk (v. t.) To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim.
Tamarind :: 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..
Trunkfish :: 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..
Manitrunk :: Manitrunk (n.) The anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Insect.
Hornbug :: Hornbug (n.) A large nocturnal beetle of the genus Lucanus (as L. capreolus, and L. dama), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees..
Pan :: 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..
Synantherous :: Synangium (n.) The divided part beyond the pylangium in the aortic trunk of the amphibian heart.
But :: But (v. t.) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks..
Trunked :: Trunked (a.) Having (such) a trunk.
Trunk :: Trunk (v. t.) To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. See Trunk, n., 9..
Elephant :: Elephant (n.) A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing..
Canoe :: 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..
Mail :: Mail (n.) A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried..
Pandiculation :: Pandiculation (n.) A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy..
Tree :: Tree (n.) Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.
Trunk :: Trunk (n.) A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
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