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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Try \Try\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tried}; p. pr & vb n.
{Trying}.] [OE. trien to select, pick out F. trier to cull,
to out LL tritare to triturate (hence the sense of to
thresh, to separate the grain from the straw, to select), L.
terere, tritum to rub, bruise, grind, thresh. See {Trite}.]
1. To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to
winnow; to sift; to pick out -- frequently followed by
out as to try out the wild corn from the good. [Obs.]
--Sir T. Elyot.
2. To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out and procure
in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc --Shak.
The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver
tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
--Ps. xii. 6.
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us
as silver is tried --Ps. lxvi.
10.
3. To prove by experiment; to apply a test to for the
purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove;
to test; as to try weights or measures by a standard; to
try a man's opinions.
Let the end try the man. --Shak.
4. To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause
suffering or trouble to
Thus far to try thee, Adam, I was pleased. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trying \Try"ing\, a.
Adapted to try or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive;
as a trying occasion or position.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
trying
adj 1: hard to endure; "fell upon trying times"
2: extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise";
"the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the
office" [syn: {nerve-racking}, {nerve-wracking}, {stressful}]
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