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, an obtrusive candidate for office. [Colloq.] The prey of ring droppers, . . . duffers, touters, or any of those bloodless sharpers who are, perhaps, better known to the police. Dickens.

See Trackschuyt.

Any one of several species of marine fishes more or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but not belonging to the same family, especially the California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also salt-water trout, sea trout, shad trout, and gray trout. See S…

White, with spots of black, bay, or sorrel; as, a trout-colored horse.

The American golden plover. [Local, U. S.]

A little trout; a troutling. Hood.

A little trout; a troutlet.

A test by which the fitness of a player or contestant to remain in a certain class is determined.

g of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout.

Having a projecting under jaw; prognathous. [Obs.] Holland.

Unknown. [Obs.] "This uncouth errand." Milton. To leave the good that I had in hand, In hope of better that was uncouth. Spenser.

To recall what is done by shouting. [Obs.] Shak.

A white sauce or stock made by boiling down ham, veal, beef, fowl, bouillon, etc., then adding soup stock, seasoning, vegetables, and thickening, and again boiling and straining.

Of or pertaining to the bladder and the uterus.

An American freshwater bream, or sunfish (Chænobryttus gulosus); -- called also red-eyed bream.

The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away.

A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land.

About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him

Out of which. [R.] The cleft whereout the lightning breaketh. Holland.

Something that whirls or turns about in a rapid manner; a whirligig.