Meaning of TROW
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Trow\, n.
A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing
fish. --Knight.
\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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