n. Clean wool. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction;
Trend of an anchor. (Naut.)
v. t. [ Cf. G. & OD. trennen to separate. ] To cleanse, as wool. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To cause to turn; to bend. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Not far beneath i' the valley as she trends
Her silver stream. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
n. One whose business is to free wool from its filth. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. trendel, tryndel, circle, ring. See Trend, v. i., and cf. Trundle. ] A wheel, spindle, or the like; a trundle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The shaft the wheel, the wheel, the trendle turns. Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]