Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From Scots troak.
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| troke | alternative | lexicographic |
From Scots troak.
She'll not loose the letters that come to her by the King's post, and she must go on troking wi' the old carrier, as if there was no post-house in the neighbourhood.1823, Walter Scott, Saint Ronan's Well, page 119:
The trade of Greenland is a strict monopoly of the Danish Government, and accordingly the Government puts a check upon any trading or fishing within a certain distance of the coast. It does not, however, prohibit the sale of small articles not used in their trade being sold, and accordingly, in addition to obtaining news of the ice and such-like other lore, here commences a curious traffic with the natives, well-known, to the Scottish whalers at least, under the name of "troaking" or bartering.1873 May 14, Robert Brown, “A Cruise with the Whalers in Baffin's Bay”, in Ocean Highways: The Geographical Record, volume 1, number II, N. Trübner and Co., page 51:
What's this for cash your tapster troaks, / That colics and affronts the fowks?1812, William Rankin, “A Friendly Hint to a Porter Brewer”, in Poems, on Different Subjects, Archibald Allardice, page 97:
But as soon as we had driven these same kings and queens into exile, we became tremendously loyal, and kept up constant trokings with the exiled at Carisbrook, in Holland, or drinking to "the king over the water."1904, S. R. Crockett, Raiderland: All About Grey Galloway, Dodd, Mead & Co., page 83:
In those days, when Prince and Adam were my heroes, I had no "troakings" with lassies. "Troakings" came afterwards, and these deserve a whole essay to themselves.1901, J. H. Balfour Browne, “‘Roaring Games’”, in Essays in Paradox, Longmans, Green & Co., page 152:
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| troaks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| troke | alternative | lexicographic | |
| troaking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| troaked | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| troaked | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
swop (barter, trade) · swap (barter, trade)
de tauschen (exchange goods or services without involving money) · sv idka byteshandel (exchange goods or services without involving money) · fi tehdä vaihtokauppa (exchange goods or services without involving money) · ar قايض (exchange goods or services without involving money) · bg разменям (exchange goods or services without involving money) · it barattare (exchange goods or services without involving money) · bg правя бартер (exchange goods or services without involving money) · es trocar (exchange goods or services without involving money) · pt trocar (exchange goods or services without involving money) · nl ruilen (exchange goods or services without involving money) · fi vaihtaa (exchange goods or services without involving money) · fr troquer (exchange goods or services without involving money)