A nose. How fares your old trunk? does your nose still stand fast? an allusion to the proboscis or trunk of an elephant. To shove a trunk: to introduce one's self unasked into any place or company. Trunk-maker like; more noise than work.
·noun The proboscis of an <<Insect>>. II. Trunk ·noun The proboscis of an <<Elephant>>. III. Trunk...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
(See rudder-trunk.) Also, a large species of turtle. Also, a place for keeping fish in. Also, an iro...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·- An engine having a trunk piston, as most internal combustion engines. ...
·add. ·- In a single-acting engine, an elongated hollow piston, open at the end, in which the end of...
·add. ·- A freight steamer having a high hatch coaming extending almost continuously fore and aft, b...
A casing of wood fitted or boxed firmly into a cavity in the vessel's counter, called the helm port,...
A direct-acting steam-engine, in which the end of the connecting-rod is attached to the bottom of a ...
A name of the Ostracion, a fish remarkable for having its body encased in an inflexible armour of ha...
A strong compartment in the middle of the hold, open to the deck, but lined with lead on every side,...