Definition of trunk

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Trunk (v. t.) To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. See Trunk, n., 9..

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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..
Stipe :: Stipe (n.) The trunk of a tree.
Thorax :: Thorax (n.) The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest..
Ostracion :: Ostracion (n.) A genus of plectognath fishes having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes..
Aorta :: Aorta (n.) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
Trunk :: Trunk (n.) A long tube through which pellets of clay, p/as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath..
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant..
Talipot :: Talipot (n.) A beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper..
Acrolith :: Acrolith (n.) A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood..
Tree :: Tree (n.) Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.
Bole :: Bole (n.) The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it..
Unpack :: Unpack (v. t.) To separate and remove, as things packed; to open and remove the contents of; as, to unpack a trunk..
Manitrunk :: Manitrunk (n.) The anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Insect.
Stud :: Stud (n.) A stem; a trunk.
Margosa :: Margosa (n.) A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic..
Valance :: Valance (n.) The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
Myotome :: Myotome (n.) A muscular segment; one of the zones into which the muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes, are divided; a myocomma..
Excurrent :: Excurrent (a.) Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, one which continues to the top..
Trunk :: Trunk (n.) The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk..
Baggage :: Baggage (n.) The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage..
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