Trencher: alternatives and connections

That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly.

The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.

To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns; as, this timber does not bore well, or is hard to bore.

Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.

A man who digs chalk.

To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.

That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.

One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their…

One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments.

One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.

The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water.

One who digs, as with a spade.

One who digs ditches.

An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revol…

The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which c…

A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or other purposes in for…

A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and…

Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a…