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TROUGH, n. trauf.
The trough of the sea, the hollow between waves.
A long, hollow
vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed
by excavating a log longitudinally on one side] a long tray; also, a wooden
channel for conveying water, as to a mill wheel.
Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a
long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc.
Trough gutter (Arch.), a rectangular or V- shaped gutter, usually hung below the eaves of a house. -- Trough of the sea, the depression between two waves. The
transverse section of a cyclonic area where the barometric pressure,
neither rising nor falling, has reached its lowest point.
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