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To go successfully through, as an examination, trail, test, etc.; to obtain the formal sanction of, as a legislative body; as, he passed his examination; the bill passed the senate.

Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long- suffering.

The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant (Arachis hypogæa); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit.

with pegs; to restrict or limit closely. I will rend an oak And peg thee in his knotty entrails. Shak.

Fitted for trail or test; experimental; tentative; treating of attempts.

During; as, pending the trail.

A European trailing herb (Linaria Cymbalaria) with roundish, reniform leaves. It is often cultivated in hanging baskets. March, or Water, pennywort. (Bot.) See under March.

A trailing herb of the genus Vinca.

smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation. Shak. And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail. Wyclif. The different plague of each calamity. Shak.

Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate; as, a procumbent stem.

Trailing on the ground; procumbent.

A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, -- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion. Pumpkin seed. (a) The flattish oval seed of the pumpkin. (b) (Zoöl.) The common pondfish.

A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.

A slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil.

Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.

Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail. Sagacious of his quarry from so far. Milton.

A delicate trailing plant (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) much used for decoration. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope.

The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa.

A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.

The state of being streamy; a trailing. R. A. Proctor.