·noun A screen, or sieve, for grain.
II. Try ·vt Refined; select; excellent; choice.
III. Try ·noun Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.
IV. Try ·vi To Do; to Fare; as, how do you try!.
V. Try ·vt To Experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience.
VI. Try ·vt To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to.
VII. Try ·vt To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy for disease; to try a horse.
VIII. Try ·vt To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, ·etc.
IX. Try ·vt To Essay; to Attempt; to Endeavor.
X. Try ·vi To exert strength; to Endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.
XI. Try ·vt To Strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience.
XII. Try ·vt To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal.
XIII. Try ·vt To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to Winnow; to Sift; to pick out;
— frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good.
XIV. Try ·vt To Settle; to Decide; to Determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions.
XV. Try ·vt To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to Examine; to Prove; to Test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions.
XVI. Try ·add. ·noun In Rugby and Northern Union football, a score (counting three points) made by grounding the ball on or behind the opponent's goal line;
— so called because it entitles the side making it to a place kick for a goal (counting two points more if successful).