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trencher |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trencher \Trench"er\, n. [OE. trencheoir F. tranchoir fr trancher to cut, carve. See {Trench}, v. t.] 1. One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches. 2. A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use 3. The table; hence the pleasures of the table; food. It could be no ordinary declension of nature that could bring some men, after an ingenuous education, to place their ``summum bonum'' upon their trenchers. --South. {Trencher cap}, the cap worn by studens at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, having a stiff, flat, square appendage at top A similar cap used in the United States is called {Oxford cap}, {mortar board}, etc {Trencher fly}, a person who haunts the tables of others a parasite. [R.] --L'Estrange. {Trencher friend}, one who frequents the tables of others a sponger. {Trencher mate}, a table companion; a parasite; a trencher fly. --Hooker. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: trencher n : a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved
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