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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Tri-cŭs'pid, a. p. 1412Having three cusps or points; as, tricuspid molars. Tricuspid valves (Anat.), three triangular valvular duplications formed by the inner membrane of the right cavities of the heart, around the…Tri-cŭs'pid-ate, a. p. 1412Three-pointed; ending in three points; as, a tricuspidate stamen.Tri-dăc'tyl, a. p. 1412Tridactylous.Tri-dăc'tyl-oŭs, a. p. 1412Having three toes.Tride, a. p. 1412Short and ready; fleet; as, a tride pace;—a term used by sportsmen. Bailey.Trī'dent, n. p. 1412(Anc. Myth.) A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, the common attribute of Neptune, the deity of the ocean. 2. (Rom. Antiq.) A three-pronged spear used in the contests of gladiators by the…Tri'dent, a. p. 1412Having three teeth or prongs. Quarles.Tri-dēnt'ate or Tri-dēnt'ā-ted, a. p. 1412Having three teeth. Lee.Tri'dent-ed, a. p. 1412Having three teeth or prongs; trident; tridentate.Trī'dent-īf'er-ōŭs, a. p. 1412Bearing a trident.Tri-dēnt′ine, a. p. 1412Pertaining to Trent, or the celebrated council held in that city.Tri-dī'a-pā'son, n. p. 1412(Anc. Mus.) A triple octave, or twenty-second. Busby.Trī'ding, n. p. 1412See TRITHING.Tri'do-dēe'a hē'dral, a. p. 1412(Crystallog.) Presenting three ranges of faces, one above another, each containing twelve faces.Trīd'ū-an, a. p. 1412Lasting three days, or happening every third day. [Rare.] Blount.Trī-ē'dral, a. p. 1412The same as TRIHEDRAL, q. v.Trī-ēn'ni-al, a. p. 1412Continuing three years; as, triennial parliaments. 2. Happening, coming about, or appearing once in every three years; as, triennial elections; a triennial catalogue.Tri-ēn'ni-al-ly, adv. p. 1412Once in three years.Trī'ens, n. p. 1412(Rom. Antiq.) A Roman copper coin, equal to one third of the as.Trī'er, n. p. 1412One who tries; one who makes experiments; one who examines any thing by a test or standard. 2. One who tries judicially; a judge who tries a person or cause. See TRIOR. 3. (Law.) A person appointed…Tri'er-ärch, n. p. 1412(Gr. Antiq.) The commander of a trireme; especially, in Athens, one who, at his own expense, equipped the vessel, kept it in repair, and procured the crew.Tri'er-ārch-y, n. p. 1412The office or duty of a trierarch.Trī'e-tēr'ie-al, a. p. 1412Kept, or occurring, once in three years; triennial. [Rare.] Gregory.Trī'e-tēr'ies, n. pl. p. 1412A festival or games celebrated once in three years. [Obs.] Gal.Tri-fā'cial, a. p. 1412(Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the fifth pair of cerebral nerves, as formed chiefly of three nerves principally supplying the forehead, face, and skin of the jaw.Trī'fāl-lōw, v. t. p. 1412To plow the third time before sowing, as land or a field. Mortimer.Tri-fā'ri-oŭs, a. p. 1412Arranged in three rows.Tri-fās′ci-ā′ted, a. p. 1412Having, or surrounded by, three fasciae, or bands.Trī'fid, a. p. 1412(Bot.) Divided half way into three parts by linear sinuses with straight margins; three-cleft.Tri-fist’ū-la-ry, a. p. 1412Having three pipes. Browne.Trī'fle, n. p. 1412A thing of very little value or importance. “With such poor trifles playing.” Drayton. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmation strong As proofs of Holy Writ. Shak. Moments make the year…Trī'fle, v. i. p. 1412To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light amusements. They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us.…Trī'fle, v. t. p. 1412To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle. [Obs.] 2. To spend in vanity; to waste to no good purpose; as, to trifle away time.Trī'flēr, n. p. 1412One who trifles, or acts with levity.Trī'fling, p. a. p. 1412Being of small value or importance; trivial; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair.Trī'fling-ly, adv. p. 1412In a trifling manner; with levity; without seriousness or dignity. Locke.Trī'fling-ness, n. p. 1412The state of being trifling; levity; emptiness; vanity; triviality.Trī-flō'ral or Trī-flō'rous, a. p. 1412(Bot.) Three-flowered; bearing three flowers; as, a triflorous peduncle.Trī-flŭc'tū-ā'tion, n. p. 1412A concurrence of three waves. [Obs. and rare.] “A trifluctuation of evils.” Browne.Trī-fō'li-āte or Trī-fō'li-āted, a. p. 1412(Bot.) Having three leaves, as clover.Tri-fō'li-o-late, a. p. 1412(Bot.) Having three leaflets.Trī'fo-ly, n. p. 1412Sweet trefoil. See TREFOIL. Mason.Trī-fō'ri-ūm, n. p. 1412(Arch.) The gallery or open space between the vaulting and the roof of the aisles of a church. Gwilt.Trī'form, a. p. 1413Having a triple form or shape; as, the triform countenance of the moon. It is upon the broad basis of this triform antagonism that British energy and its world-wide developments take their start. I.…Trī-fôrm'i-ty, n. p. 1413The state of being triform, or of having a threefold shape.Trī-fur'cate or Trī-fur'ca-ted, a. p. 1413Having three branches or forks.