Troy is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for TROY in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a system of weights
• (in Homeric legend) the city of King Priam, besieged for ten years by the Greeks during the Trojan War. It was regarded as having been a purely legendary city until Heinrich Schliemann identified the mound of Hissarlik on the NE Aegean coast of Turkey as the site of Troy. The city was apparently sacked and destroyed by fire in the mid 13th century BC, a period coinciding with the Mycenaean civilization of Greece.
• Troy weight.
• a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains
• an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War
• system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• troy weightsystem of weights used for precious metals and gemstones, based on the grain, which is identical to the avoirdupois grain

Words related to TROY

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Words that contain TROY

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How to use TROY in a sentence

• The same Moses, upwards of 400 years before the wars of Troy, permitted the priests he had established, the use of gold rings, enriched with precious stones.
• It is observable that the ancient Hebrews used rings even in the time of the wars of Troy.
• This he did in imitation of Achilles, whom Homer describes as having dragged Hector around the walls of Troy in the same manner.
• On reaching Latham it was apparent that Schenectady could not be made before dark, if at all, so we turned to the right into Troy.
• While it was burning, Nero, full of excitement, stood watching it, and sang to his lyre the description of the burning of Troy.
• They had not been in Troy long when they met a doctor named Luke.
• These trees withered away as soon as their tops reached high enough to be seen from the city of Troy.
• The Greeks had now lost their two most powerful warriors, and they began to think that it was impossible for them to take Troy by force, and that they must try other methods.
• Ulysses now resolved to get Philoctetes to come to Troy, if he were still alive, and so, taking Diomede with him, he set out for Lemnos.
• Troy was now no longer under the protection of Pallas Minerva.
• An account of them would fill another book like this Story of Troy.
• Troy the trouble of ringing the bell by presenting himself in the drawing-room.
• Therefore it is that forage large and gifts Providing for you, I exhaust the stores Of Troy, and drain our people for your sake.
• He must be seen Once more in front of battle, wasting wide 180 With brazen spear, the crowded ranks of Troy.
• The first step in the theory occurred to my mind in the winter of 1822, and while I was engaged in founding the Troy Female Seminary.
• The seer Calchas announced that, without Achilles, Troy could not be taken.
• In consequence of this outrage, the Greeks immediately commenced hostilities, which ended in the total destruction of the city and kingdom of Troy.
• Troy, ordinarily a busy town, did no business at all that day.
• It deals with the adventures of Ulysses during his ten years of wandering after Troy had fallen.
• Tell me, ye Trojan dames, where can I find Hecuba, late the queen of Troy? CHOR.
• Was the steel thus dreadful to all the Phrygians at Troy also? PHRY.
• We followed your arms after the burning of Troy, and traversed the ocean under your guidance, and we shall raise your descendants to the stars and give dominion to their city.
• But clear across it leaped the horses of Achilles, and close to the walls of Troy did Patroclus drive brave Hector before him.

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