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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Trĭb'ū-nate, n. p. 1411The state or office of a tribune; tribuneship.Trĭb'ūne, n. p. 1411(Rom. Antiq.) An officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians or nobles, and to defend their liberties against any attempts that might be made…Trĭb'ūne-ship, n. p. 1411The office of a tribune.Trĭb'ū-nĭ'cian or Trĭb'ū-nĭ'tial or Trĭb'ū-nĭ'tian, a. p. 1411Pertaining to tribunes; as, tribunician power or authority. “A kind of tribunician veto, forbidding that which is recognized to be wrong.” Hare. 2. Suiting a tribune,Trĭb'ū-nĭ'tioŭs, a. p. 1411Tribunician; tribunitial. [Obs.] Bacon.Trib'ū-ta-ri-ly, adv. p. 1411In a tributary manner.Trib'ū-ta-ri-ness, n. p. 1411The state of being tributary.Trib'ū-ta-ry, a. p. 1411Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace. 2. Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior. “He…Trib'ū-ta-ry, n. p. 1411One who pays tribute or a stated sum to a conquering power, for the purpose of securing peace and protection, or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security.Trib′ūte, n. p. 1411An annual or stated sum of money or other valuable thing, paid by one prince or nation to another, either as an acknowledgment of submission, or as the price of peace and protection, or by virtue of…Trib'ūte, v. t. p. 1411To pay as tribute. [Obs.]Trib'ū-ter, n. p. 1411(Mining.) One who works for a certain portion of the ore, or its value. Pryce. ☞ Tributers generally work in gangs, and have a limited portion of a lode set them, called a tribute pitch, beyond which…Trī'eā, n. p. 1411(Bot.) The shield or reproductive organ of certain species of lichen, having sinuous, concentric furrows on its surface. Lindley.Tri-căp'su-lar, a. p. 1411(Bot.) Three-capsuled; having three capsules to each flower. Martyn.Trīçe, v. t. p. 1411(Naut.) To haul or tie up by means of a rope. 2. To push; to shove; to thrust. [Obs.] Chaucer.Trīçe, n. p. 1411A very short time; an instant; a moment. If they get never so great spoil at any time, they waste the same in a trice. Spencer. A man shall make his fortune in a trice. Young.Trī'cen-nā'ri-oūs, a. p. 1411Tricennial. [Rare.]Trī-cĕn'ni-al, a. p. 1411Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, thirty years; occurring once in every thirty years.Tri-cēn’te-na-ry, n. p. 1411A period of three centuries, or three hundred years.Trĭ-chē'a-sĭs, n. p. 1411(Med.) A disease of the eye, in which the eyelashes, turned in upon the eyeball, produce constant irritation by the motion of the lids.Trī-chī'nā, n. p. 1411An animal parasite found in the voluntary muscles of animals, and sometimes in man, producing death by its presence.Trĭch'i-ū'rus, n. p. 1411(Ichth.) A genus of acanthopterygious fishes, called also hair-tails, from the elongated, hair-like filament that terminates the tail.Trī'cho-cyst, n. p. 1411(Zoöl.) A cell containing a coiled thread, existing in many radiates; — the lasso-cell of Agassiz. Dana.Trī-chōm'a-tōse', a. p. 1412(Med.) Affected with a disease which causes agglutination and matting together; — said of the hair when affected with plica. See PLICA. Dunglison.Tri-chōp'ter, n. p. 1412(Entom.) One of an order of insects characterized by four hairy, membranous wings, the under ones folding longitudinally. See INSECT.Trī-chōp'te-rā, n. pl. p. 1412(Entom.) The trichopters. See TRICHOPTER.Tri-chōp'ter-an, n. p. 1412(Entom.) One of the Trichoptera.Trī-chōp'ter-oŭs, a. p. 1412(Entom.) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the Trichoptera.Trī'chōrd, n. p. 1412(Mus.) An instrument, as a lyre or harp, having three strings.Trī-chōt'o-moŭs, a. p. 1412Divided into three parts, or into threes; three-forked; as, a trichotomous stem. Martyn.Trī-chōt'o-my, n. p. 1412Division into three parts.Trī'chro-ĭsm, n. p. 1412(Min.) The quality of presenting different colors in three different directions, possessed by some crystals. The directions are those of unequal axes.Trĭck, n. p. 1412Artifice or stratagem; cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent implied; as, a trick in trade. He comes to me for counsel, and I show him a trick. South. 2. A sly…Trĭck, v. t. p. 1412To deceive; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse.Trĭck, v. t. p. 1412To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically; — often followed by up, off, or out. “Trick her off in air.” Pope. People are lavish in tricking up their children in fine clothes, yet…Trĭck, v. i. p. 1412To live by deception and fraud. All the world knows him to be sordid, mean, tricking. W. Scott.Trĭck, n. p. 1412A knot, braid, or plait of hair; a tress. [Obs. and rare.] It stirs me more than all your court-curls, or your spangles, or your tricks. B. Jonson.Trick'er, n. p. 1412One who tricks; a deceiver; a cheat.Trick'er, n. p. 1412A trigger. See TRIGGER. Boyle.Trĭck'er-y, n. p. 1412The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem.Trick'ing, n. p. 1412The act of one who tricks. 2. Dress; ornament. Shak.Trĭck'ish, a. p. 1412Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish.Trick'ish-ly, adv. p. 1412In a trickish manner; artfully; knavishly.Trick'ish-ness, n. p. 1412The state of being trickish or deceitful.Trĭck'le, v. i. p. 1412To flow in a small, gentle stream; to run down; as, tears trickle down the cheek; water trickles from the eaves. Fast beside there trickled softly down A gentle stream. Spenser.Trick'ment, n. p. 1412Decoration. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Trĭck'ster, n. p. 1412One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.Trick'sy, a. p. 1412Exhibiting artfulness; trickish. “My tricksy spirit!” Shak. “The tricksy policy which in the seventeenth century passed for state-wisdom.” Coleridge.Trick'-trăck, n. p. 1412A game resembling backgammon.Trick'y, a. p. 1412Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish. “When placed in the tricky confessional.” W. Scott.Tric'li-nate, a. p. 1412(Min.) Triclinic. See TRICLINIC.Tri-clin'i-a-ry, a. p. 1412Of, or pertaining to, a couch for dining, or to the ancient mode of reclining at table.Tri-clin'ic, a. p. 1412(Crystallog.) Pertaining to the inclination of three intersecting axes to each other; having three unequal axes intersecting at oblique angles. Triclinic system, the system of crystallization in…Trī-clī'ni-um, n. p. 1412(Rom. Antiq.) (a.) A couch for reclining on at meals, usually for three persons. (b.) A dining-room furnished with such couches on three sides.Tri-cŏc'cous, a. p. 1412(Bot.) Having three cocci or roundish carpels. Gray.Tri′eŏl-or, n. p. 1412The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution. 2. Hence, any three-colored flag.Tri'cōl-ored, a. p. 1412Having three colors.Tri'corn, a. p. 1412(Anat.) Having three horns or horn-like prominences;—said of the lateral ventricles of the brain. Hoblyn.Trī'cor-nīġ'er-oūs, a. p. 1412Having three horns.Tri-côr'po-ral or Tri-côr'po-rate, a. p. 1412Having three bodies. Todd.