(a) A flat, shallow vessel, a tub, basin, trough; a feeding trough or watering trough for livestock, hunting dogs, poultry, etc.; (b) a grain hopper in a mill; (c) in cpds., combs., and genitive phrases: ~ ribbe, a scraper for cleaning a dough trough [?error for dough-ribbe, s.v. dough n. 2.(a)]; bonting ~, a receptacle for sifted flour; dough ~, hogges ~; kned ~ [cp. kneden v. (e)]; knedinge ~ [see also kneding(e ger. (b)]; larder ~, a trough for curing meat; moldinge ~, a vessel for mixing or kneading dough; saltinge ~ [see also salting(e ger.]; smithes ~; ston ~, a trough made of stone; ?also, a mortar [quot. a1451]; tanne ~, a tanning vat; tappe ~, a vat or trough equipped with a spigot; tre ~.

(a) A channel, pipe, conduit, etc. for conveying water; also, the channel or bed of a river [quot. a1382, 2nd]; water ~; ~ ston, ?a stone serving as a gutter or spout; (b) joined to troughes, of hair: ?bound up so as to form plaits, waves, or ringlets.

A flat-bottomed vessel for transporting goods, a barge; also, a small light boat or canoe; ~ man, an operator or a crewman of a barge; fishing ~.

Glossing L falon, of uncertain sense [this may represent another word].

In surname and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.187-8].