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English Dictionary: trotting by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trot \Trot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Trotting}.] [OE. trotten, OF. troter, F. trotter; probably
      of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tread; cf. OHG. trott[?]n
      to tread. See {Tread}.]
      1. To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to
            ride or drive at a trot. See {Trot}, n.
  
      2. Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry.
  
                     He that rises late must trot all day, and will
                     scarcely overtake his business at night. --Franklin.
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