These are the meanings of the letters TRANCHEFER when you unscramble them.
- Recanter (n.)
One who recants.
- Recreant (a.)
Apostate; false; unfaithful.
- Recreant (a.)
Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven.
- Recreant (n.)
One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch.
- Retrench (v. i.)
To cause or suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down living expenses; as, it is more reputable to retrench than to live embarrassed.
- Retrench (v. t.)
To confine; to limit; to restrict.
- Retrench (v. t.)
To cut off; to pare away.
- Retrench (v. t.)
To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions.
- Retrench (v. t.)
To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses.
- Trencher (v. t.)
A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use.
- Trencher (v. t.)
One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches.
- Trencher (v. t.)
The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food.