2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trow  \Trow\,  n. 
  A  boat  with  an  open  well  amidships.  It  is  used  in  spearing 
  fish.  --Knight. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trow  \Trow\,  v.  i.  &  t.  [OE.  trowen,  AS  tre['o]wan  to  trust, 
  believe,  fr  tre['o]w  trust,  tre['o]we  true,  faithful.  See 
  {True}.] 
  To  believe;  to  trust;  to  think  or  suppose.  [Archaic] 
 
  So  that  ye  trow  in  Christ,  and  you  baptize.  --Chaucer. 
 
  A  better  priest,  I  trow,  there  nowhere  none  is 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  It  never  yet  was  worn,  I  trow.  --Tennyson. 
 
  Note:  I  trow,  or  trow  alone,  was  formerly  sometimes  added  to 
  questions  to  express  contemptuous  or  indignant 
  surprise. 
 
  What  tempest,  I  trow,  threw  this  whale  .  .  . 
  ashore?  --Shak. 
 
  What  is  the  matter,  trow?  --Shak. 

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