troaking

English

Verb

troaking

  1. present participle of troak
    • The trade of Greenland is a strict monopoly of the Danish Government, and accordingly the Government puts a cheek upon any trading or fishing within a certain distance of the coast. It does not, however, prohibit the sale of small articles not used in their trade, here commences a curious traffic with the natives, known to the Scottish whalers under the name of "troaking".[1]
    • For living are obliged to rub thro' to fend by troaking, buying, felling, the profit's aft no worth the telling.[2]

References

  1. ↑ “A REMARKABLE WELL”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WT18850115.2.28&l=mi&e= ---10--1 0-all], Waikato Times, (Please provide a date or year)
  2. ↑ Allan Ramsay ((Can we date this quote?)) “Blyth”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎, The Edinburgh magazine, or Literary miscellany, page 40

Anagrams

Scots

Noun

troaking (uncountable)

  1. barter, trade
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