TRIAL
NOUNS
► CROOK IN ONE’S LOT something untoward or distressing; a trial, an affliction → 1732 Sc.
► CRUCIBLE a severe test or trial → 1647
► FAND ► FOND the act of trying; trial, proof, experience → c1250 obs.
– the state of being tried; a trial, a temptation → a1300 obs.
► FANDING ► FONDING a testing or putting to the proof; a trial → a1300 obs.
► FURNACE a severe test or trial → 1340
► HANDSEL ► HANSEL the first use, experience, trial, proof, or specimen of anything; first taste, foretaste, first fruits; often with the notion of its being auspicious of what is to follow → 1573
► SAY an assay, an attempt; a trial piece of work → 1723 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SAY-HAND an assay, a trial → 1709 Sc.
► SAY-PIECE a trial piece of work; a first attempt at anything → 1773 Sc. obs.
► TEMPTATION a trial → B1900 Eng. dial.
► TIRL a round or turn at doing anything; a slight experience or trial of something, a touch, a taste → c1660 chiefly Sc.
VERBS
► CUN to have experience of; to test, to try, to make trial of → 1000 obs.
► FAND ► FOND to put to the proof, to try, to test a person or thing; to make trial of one’s strength or skill; to taste food, etc. → c893 obs.
► SCANCE to make trial of; to put to the test → 1804 Sc.
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