trow Meaning, Definition & Usage

Trow noun

Definitions

1. A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing fish. Knight.

Trow intransitive verb & transitive verb

Etymology

OE. trowen, AS.treówan to trust, believe, fr. treów trust, treówe true, faithful. See True.

Definitions

1. To believe; to trust; to think or suppose. Archaic

   So that ye trow in Christ, and you baptize. Chaucer.

   A better priest, I trow, there nowhere none is. Chaucer.

   It never yet was worn, I trow. Tennyson.

   ✍ I trow, or trow alone, was formerly sometimes added to questions to express contemptuous or indignant surprise.

   What tempest, I trow, threw this whale . . . ashore? Shak.

   What is the matter, trow? Shak.