'Out of true' definitions:
Definition of 'out of true'
From: WordNet
adjective
Not accurately fitted; not level; "the frame was out of true"; "off-level floors and untrue doors and windows" [syn: out of true, untrue]
Definition of 'Out of true'
From: GCIDE
- True \True\ (tr[udd]), a. [Compar. Truer (tr[udd]"[~e]r); superl. Truest.] [OE. trewe, AS. tre['o]we faithful, true, from tre['o]w fidelity, faith, troth; akin to OFries. triuwe, adj., treuwa, n., OS. triuwi, adj., trewa, n., D. trouw, adj. & n., G. treu, adj., treue, n., OHG. gitriuwi, adj., triuwa, n., Icel. tryggr, adj., Dan. tro, adj. & n., Sw. trogen, adj., tro, n., Goth. triggws, adj., triggwa, n., trauan to trust, OPruss druwis faith. Cf. Trow, Trust, Truth.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original. [1913 Webster]
- Making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince, or the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false, fickle, or perfidious; as, a true friend; a wife true to her husband; an officer true to his charge. [1913 Webster]
- Thy so true, So faithful, love unequaled. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian. [1913 Webster]
- The true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. --John i. 9. [1913 Webster]
- True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Biol.) Genuine; real; not deviating from the essential characters of a class; as, a lizard is a true reptile; a whale is a true, but not a typical, mammal. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Note: True is sometimes used elliptically for It is true. [1913 Webster]
- Out of true, varying from correct mechanical form, alignment, adjustment, etc.; -- said of a wall that is not perpendicular, of a wheel whose circumference is not in the same plane, and the like. [Colloq.]
- A true bill (Law), a bill of indictment which is returned by the grand jury so indorsed, signifying that the charges to be true.
- True time. See under Time. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Out of true'
- True,
- not true,
- the true,
- true to,
- true up,
- A true bill,
- To come true,
- True as touch,
- True blue,
- True discount,
- True time,
- come true,
- hold true,
- tried and true,
- true anomaly,
- true bacteria,
- true bill,
- true blackberry,
- true bug,
- true cat,
- true cedar,
- true dwarf,
- true fir,
- true flycatcher,
- true frog,
- true fungus,
- true glottis,
- true guava,
- true heath,
- true jasmine,
- true laurel,
- true lobster,
- true mahogany,
- true marmoset,
- true molars,
- true pepper,
- true pine,
- true puffball,
- true rib,
- true sandalwood,
- true seal,
- true senna,
- true skin,
- true sparrow,
- true statement,
- true to form,
- true to life,
- true toad,
- true tulipwood,
- true warbler,
- True-blue,
- True-born,
- True-bred,
- True-hearted,
- True-heartedness,
- True-penny,
- danton true young,
- true lover's knot,
- true lovers' knot,
- true sago palm,
- true slime mold,
- true vampire bat,
- true vocal cord,
- true vocal fold,
- true-false,
- true-to-life,
- true-lover's knot,
- The Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed