Read full poem →Steel could the labour of the gods destroy,
And strike to dust the imperial towers of Troy;
Steel could the works of mortal pride confound,
Dictionary Entry
Of, or relating to, troy weight.
In a Sentence
“The antique coins were measured using a troy scale, indicating their troy weight.”
Origin
From the name of the ancient city of Troy, used for the troy weight system.
Common Phrases
. troyounces troyounce troyweight troytroy against
Poetry examples for “troy”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And all thy cause and empire at an end!
Could Troy be saved, &c.--
Read full poem →Greece must be better, surely; and yet I am feeling so spiteful,
That I could travel to Athens, to Delphi, and Troy, and Mount Sinai,
Though but to see with my eyes that these are vanity also.
Read full poem →Against my good they were an envious charm.
When Thebes, when Troy, when CÊsar should be writ,
Alone Corinna moves my wanton wit.
Read full poem →Grew pale, and, in cold fords, hot lecherous.
Troy had not yet been ten years' siege out stander,
When nymph NeÊra rapt thy looks, Scamander.
Read full poem →Verses alone are with continuance crowned.
The work of poets lasts: Troy's labour's fame,
And that slow web night's falsehood did unframe. 30
Read full poem →as prove from Troy (N. Y.) to Cairo
(Egypt) the luminous dithyrambs
Read full poem →Thy spouse, thy hearth?
Helen of Troy, Greek art
Hath made our heart thy heart,
Read full poem →Child of a line accurst
And old as Troy,
Bringer of best and worst
Read full poem →Though the temples you are shaping and the passions you are singing
Are a long way from Athens and a longer way from Troy.