Chapter Trismogistus to Troubadours of T by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

events of the day, is so self-opinionated as to condemn everyone who sees not eye to eye with himself, and scorns everything that comes not within the scope of his own approval; a detractor; a critic. The Saturday Review introduced this use of the word. (See above.
    Miners are sometimes facetiously called Troglodytes.

Troilus (3 syl.). The prince of chivalry, one of the sons of Priam, killed by Achilles in the siege of Troy (Homer's Iliad). The loves of Troilus and Cressida, celebrated by Shakespeare and Chaucer, form no part of the old classic tale.
   As true as Troilus. Troilus is meant by Shakespeare to be the type of constancy, and Cressid the type of female inconstancy. (See Cressida.)

“After all comparisons of truth ...
As true as Troilus shall crown up the verse,
And sanctify the numbers.”
Troilus and Cressida, iii. 2.

Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare). The story was originally written by Lollius, an old Lombard author, and since by Chaucer (Pope). Chaucer's poem is from Boccaccio's Filostrato.

Trois pour Cent A cheap hat.

“Running with bare head about,
While the town is tempest-tost,
`Prentice lads unheeded shout
That their three-per-cents, are lost.”
Désaugiers: Le Pilier du Café.

Trojan He is a regular Trojan. A fine fellow, with good courage and plenty of spirit; what the French call a brave homme. The Trojans in Homer's Iliad and Virgil's Æneid are described as truthful, brave, patriotic, and confiding.

“There they say right, and like true Trojans.”
Butler: Hadibras, i. 1.

Trojan War (The). The siege of Troy by the Greeks. After a siege of ten years the city was taken and burnt to the ground. The last year of the siege is the subject of Homer's Iliad; the burning of Troy and the flight of Æneas is a continuation by Virgil in his Æneid.
   The Trojan War, by Henry of Veldig, (Waldeck), a minnesinger (twelfth century) is no translation of either Homer or Virgil, but a German adaptation of the old tale. By far the best part of this poetical romance is where Lavinia tells her tale of love to her mother.

Trolls Dwarfs of Northern mythology, living in hills or mounds; they are represented as stumpy, misshapen, and humpbacked, inclined to thieving, and fond of carrying off children or substituting one of their own offspring for that of a human mother. They are called hill-people, and are especially averse to noise, from a recollection of the time when Thor used to be for ever flinging his hammer after them. (Icelandic, troll.)' (See Fairy .)

“Out then spake the tiny Troll,
No bigger than an emmet he.”
Danish ballad, Eline of Villenskov.

Trolly A cart used in mines and on railways. A railway trolly is worked by the hand, which moves a treadle; a coal-mine trolly used to be pushed by trolly-boys; ponies are now generally employed instead of boys. (Welsh, trol, a cart; trolio, to roll or trundle, whence “to troll a catch”- i.e. to sing a catch or round.)

Trompee Votre religion a cté trompee. You have been greatly imposed upon. Similarly, “Suprendre la religion de quelqu'un” is to deceive or impose upon one. Cardinal de Bonnechose used the former phrase in his letter to The Times respecting the Report of the OEcnumenical Council, and it puzzled the English journals, but was explained by M. Notterelle. (See The Times, January 1st, 1870.)
    We use the word faith both for “credulity” and “religion”- e.g. “Your faith (credulity) has been imposed upon.” The “Catholic faith,” “Mahometan faith,” “Brahminical faith,” etc., virtually mean “religion.”

Troness, Tronis or Trophy Money, or Trophy Tax. “A duty of fourpence [in the pound] paid annually by house-keepers or their landlords, for the drums, colours [trophies], etc., of the companies or regiments of militia.” (Dr. Scott's Bailey's Dictionary.)

Troopers mean troopships, as “Indian troopers,” ships for the conveyance of troops to India, especially between February and October, when the annual reliefs of British forces in India are made. Similarly, whaler is a ship for whaling.

Troops of the Line All numbered infantry or marching regiments, except the foot-guards.