A father and son went fishing one day. While they were out in the boat, the boy suddenly became curious about the world around him. He asked his father, "How does this boat float?"
The father replied, "Don"t rightly know, son."
A little later, the boy looked at his father and asked, "How do fish breath underwater?"
Once again the father replied, "Don"t rightly know, son."
A little later the boy asked his father, "Why is the sky blue?"
Again, the father replied, "Don"t rightly know, son."
Finally, the boy asked his father, "Dad, do you mind my asking you all of these questions?"
The father replied, "Of course not, you don"t ask questions, you never learn nothin"."
card n. - card belonging to, or turned up to determine, a trump suit.
- colloq. Valuable resource, esp. Kept in reserve.
- —n. - a playing-card of a suit temporarily ranking above the others. B (in pl.) This suit (hearts are trumps).
- colloq. Generous or loyal person. —v. - defeat (a card or its player) with a trump.
- colloq. Outdo. come (or turn) up trumps colloq. - turn out better than expected.
- be greatly successful or helpful. Trump up fabricate or invent (an accusation etc.) (trumped-up charge). [corruption of *triumph in the same (now obsolete) sense]
- n. Archaic trumpet-blast. [french trompe]
TRUNK
call n. Long-distance telephone call.
- line n. Main line of a railway, telephone system, etc.
- n. - main stem of a tree.
- body without the limbs and head.
- large box with a hinged lid for luggage, storage, etc.
- us boot of a car.
- elephant's elongated prehensile nose.
- (in pl.) Men's close-fitting shorts worn for swimming etc. [latin truncus cut short]
- road n. Important main road.
TRUSS
—n. - framework supporting a roof, bridge, etc.
- surgical appliance worn to support a hernia.
- bundle of hay or straw.
- compact terminal cluster of flowers or fruit. —v. - tie up (a fowl) for cooking.
- (often foll. By up) tie (a person) up with the arms to the sides.
- support (a roof or bridge etc.) With a truss or trusses. [french]
TRUST
—n. - firm belief in the reliability, truth, or strength etc. Of a person or thing.
- confident expectation.
- responsibility (position of great trust).
- commercial credit (obtained goods on trust).
- law a arrangement whereby a person or group manages property on another's behalf. B property so held. C body of trustees.
- association of companies for reducing competition etc. —v. - place trust in; believe in; rely on the character or behaviour of.
TRUTH
n. (pl. Truths) 1 quality or state of being true.
- what is true. in truth literary truly, really. [old english: related to *true]
TRYON
n. Colloq. - act of trying it on or trying on (clothes etc.).
- attempt to deceive.
TRYST
n. Archaic meeting, esp. Of lovers. [french]
TUBBY
adj. (-ier, -iest) short and fat. tubbiness n.
TUBER
n. - thick rounded part of a stem or rhizome, usu. Found underground and covered with modified buds, e.g. In a potato.
- similar root of a dahlia etc. [latin, = hump, swelling]
TUDOR
adj. - of the royal family of england 1485–1603 or this period.
- of the architectural style of this period, esp. With half-timbering. [owen tudor, name of the grandfather of henry vii]
