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try(2) (iou)



try noun. L15.
[from the verb.]
I. A sieve. L15-E19.
II. Nautical. The position of a ship when lying to. Only in at try, a-try. M16-E18.
gen. The action or an act of trying; an experiment or attempt at something; an endeavour. E17.
W. Golding Even that was a lot to expect but it was worth a try. S. Bellow A bad driver failing to back into a parking spaceten tries and no luck. B. Bettelheim A crisis..convinced me to give psychoanalysis a try.
The state of wood when tried with a plane (see TRY verb 9). L17.
In Rugby Football, the act of touching the ball down behind the opposing goal-line, scoring points and entitling the scoring side to a kick at goal. In Amer. Football, an attempt to score an extra point or points in various ways after a touchdown. M19.
pushover try: see PUSHOVER 3.
Rugby World & Post Desperate Welsh tackling prevented..two certain French tries.
Comb.: try gun a gun with adjustable stock used as a measure by a gun fitter; try-pot a pot for trying oil from blubber; try-sail Naut. a small strong fore-and-aft sail set on the mainmast or other mast of a ship in heavy weather; try-square a carpenter's square, usu. with one wooden and one metal limb; tryworks a furnace used for trying oil from blubber.