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