Trough
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray; also, a wooden channel for conveying water, as to a mill wheel.
(2): ( n.) Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc.
(3): ( n.) The transverse section of a cyclonic area where the barometric pressure, neither rising nor falling, has reached its lowest point.
King James Dictionary [2]
Trough n. trauf.
1. A vessel hollow longitudinally, or a large log or piece of timber excavated longitudinally on the upper side used for various purposes. 2. A tray. This is the same word dialectically altered. 3. A canoe the rude boat of uncivilized men. 4. The channel that conveys water, as in mills.
The trough of the sea, the hollow between waves.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
( שֹׁקֶת , Shohketh, from שָׁקָה , To Drink ) , a vessel of wood or stone for watering animals ( Genesis 24:20; Genesis 30:38). (See Well). But in Exodus 2:16 a different term ( רֵהֵט , rahat, from the idea Of Owing ; "gutter," Genesis 30:38; Genesis 30:41) is employed for the same thing. (See Kneading-Trough).
