Trunk

·noun The proboscis of an Insect.

II. Trunk ·noun The proboscis of an Elephant.

III. Trunk ·noun The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs.

IV. Trunk ·noun A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.

V. Trunk ·noun A long tube through which pellets of clay, p/as, ·etc., are driven by the force of the breath.

VI. Trunk ·noun The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches.

VII. Trunk ·vt To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. ·see Trunk, ·noun, 9.

VIII. Trunk ·noun That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.

IX. Trunk ·noun The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.

X. Trunk ·vt To lop off; to Curtail; to Truncate; to Maim.

XI. Trunk ·noun That segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus.

XII. Trunk ·noun A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, ·etc.

XIII. Trunk ·noun A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the effects of a traveler.

XIV. Trunk ·noun A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.