Bible dictionaries
Trough
What Bible dictionaries say about “Trough”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Trough - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
TROUGH, n. trauf.
1. A vessel hollow longitudinally, or a large log or piece of timber excavated longitudinally on the upper side; used for various purposes.
2. A tray. [This is the same word dialectically altered.]
3. A canoe; the rude boat of uncivilized men.
4. The channel that conveys water, as in mills.
The trough of the sea, the hollow between waves.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
trof.
See SHEEP TENDING; BREAD.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915