Trend , n. Clean wool. [Prov.
Eng.]
Trend (?), v. t. [Cf. G. & OD. trennen to separate.]
To cleanse, as wool. [Prov. Eng.]
Trend , n. Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a
coast.
Trend
of an anchor. (Naut.) (a) The lower end of
the shank of an anchor,
being the same distance on the shank
from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the
bill. R. H. Dana, Jr. (b)
The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel
and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.
Trend , v. t. To cause to turn; to bend. [R.]
Not far beneath i' the valley as
she trends
Her silver stream.
W. Browne.
Trend , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trended;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Trending.]
[OE. trenden to roll or turn
about; akin to OFries. trind, trund, round, Dan. & Sw. trind, AS. trendel a circle, ring, and E. trendle, trundle.] To have a particular direction;
to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the
shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
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