Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Trotted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trot \Trot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trotting}.] [OE. trotten, OF. troter, F. trotter; probably
of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tread; cf. OHG. trott?n to
tread. See {Tread}.]
1. To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to
ride or drive at a trot. See {Trot}, n.
2. Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry.
He that rises late must trot all day, and will
scarcely overtake his business at night. --Franklin.
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