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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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Trī-gyn'i-ă, n. p. 1413(Bot.) An order of plants, according to the Linnæan system, having three pistils or styles.Tri·gyn'i·an, a. p. 1413(Bot.)Trīg'y-noüs or Tri-hē'dral, a. p. 1413Having three pistils or styles. [Fr. triedre. See infra.] Having three equal sides or faces. [Written also triedral.]Tri-hē'dron, n. p. 1413A figure having three equal sides.Trī-hō'ral, a. p. 1413Occurring once in every three hours.Trī'jū-gate or Trī-jū'gate, a. p. 1413The same as TRIJUGOUS, q. v.]Trī'jū-goŭs or Trī-jū'goŭs, a. p. 1413(Bot.) In three pairs. Trijugous leaf (Bot.), a pinnate leaf with three pairs of leaflets.Trī-lăt'er-al, a. p. 1413Having three sides.Trī-lăt'er-al-ly, adv. p. 1413With three sides.Trī-lăt'er-al-ness, n. p. 1413The state of being trilateral.Trī-lĕm'mȧ, n. p. 1413(Logic.) A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the major premises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. See DILEMMA.Tri-lin'gual, a. p. 1413Consisting of three languages or tongues. The much-noted Rosetta Stone . . . bears upon its surface a trilingual inscription. I. Taylor.Tri-līn'guar, a. p. 1413Trilingual. [Rare.]Trī-lĭt'er-al, a. p. 1413Consisting of three letters; trigrammic; as, a triliteral root or word.Trī-lĭt'er-al, n. p. 1413A word consisting of three letters.Trĭl'i-thŏn, n. p. 1413Three stones placed together like door-posts and a lintel.Trĭll, n. p. 1413(Mus.) A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale. See SHAKE.Trill, v. t. p. 1413To utter with a quavering or tremulousness of voice; to shake. The sober-suited songstress trills her lay. Thomson.Trīll, v. i. p. 1413To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle. And now and then an ample tear trilled down Her delicate cheek. Shak. Whispered sounds Of waters, trilling from the…Trĭl'ling, n. p. 1413One of three children born at the same birth. Wright.Trĭll'ion, n. p. 1413According to the English notation, the product of a million involved to the third power, or the number represented by a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the French notation, the…Trĭl'lĭ-ŭm, n. p. 1413(Bot.) A genus of plants; the three-leaved night-shade;—so called because the parts of the plant are in threes. Gray.Trĭl'lo, n. p. 1413(Mus.) A trill or shake. See TRILL.Trī-lō'bate or Trī'lo-bāte, a. p. 1413Having three lobes.Trī'lōbed, a. p. 1413The same as TRILOBATE, q. v.Trī'lo-bīte, n. p. 1413(Paleon.) One of an extinct family of crustaceans, peculiar to the paleozoic era. Dana.Trī'lo-bĭt'ic, a. p. 1413Of, or pertaining to, trilobites. Dana.Trī-lŏc'ū-lar, a. p. 1413(Bot.) Having three cells for seeds; three-celled; as, a trilocular capsule.Trĭl'o-ġy, n. p. 1413A series of three dramas, which, although each of them is in one sense complete, yet bear a mutual relation, and form but parts of one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's Henry VI. is an…Trī-lū'mi-nar or Trī-lū'mi-noŭs, a. p. 1413Having three lights. [Rare.]Trĭm, a. p. 1413Fitly adjusted; being in good order, or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; every thing about the man is trim: a person is trim when…Trĭm, v. t. p. 1413To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right; to adjust. The hermit trimmed his little fire. Goldsmith. 2. To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish. “A rotten…Trĭm, v. i. p. 1413To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each. The whigs are, essentially, an inefficient, trimming, halfway sort of a party. Jeffrey.Trim, n. p. 1414Dress; gear; ornaments. “Seeing him just pass under the window in his woodland trim.” W. Scott. 2. Order; disposition; state or condition; as, to be in good trim. Took them in the trim Of an…Trī-măc'ŭ-lā/ted, a. p. 1414Marked with three spots, or maculæ.Trī-mēm'bral, a. p. 1414Having, or consisting of, three members.Trī'me-ran, n. p. 1414(Entom.) One of a section of coleopterous insects, including those which have each tarsus composed of three articulations. Brande.Trī-mē'roüs or Trī'me-roüs, a. p. 1414(Bot.) Having the parts in threes. Gray.Trī-mēs'ter, n. p. 1414A term or period of three months.Trī-mēs'tri-al, a. p. 1414Of, or pertaining to, a trimester, or period of three months; occurring once in every three months; quarterly.Trim'e-ter, n. p. 1414(Pros.) A poetical division of verse, consisting of three measures. Louth.Trim'e-ter or Tri-mē'tri-cal, a. p. 1414Consisting of three poetical measures.Trī-mĕt'rĭc, a. p. 1414(Crystallog.) Having three unequal axes intersecting at right angles, as the rectangular and rhombic prisms. Dana.Trim'ly, adv. p. 1414In a trim manner; nicely; neatly; in good order.Trim'mer, n. p. 1414One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments. 2. One who fluctuates between parties, so as to appear to favor either; a time-server. 3. (Arch.) A small beam, into which are framed the ends of several…Trim'ming, n. p. 1414The act of one who trims. 2. That which serves to trim, make right or fitting, adjust, ornament, and the like; especially, the necessary or the ornamental appendages, as of a garment; hence…Trīm'ming-ly, adv. p. 1414In a trimming manner.Trim'ness, n. p. 1414The state of being trim; compactness; snugness; neatness.Trī-mōrph'ism, n. p. 1414(Crystallog.) The property of crystallizing in three forms fundamentally distinct, as with titanic acid, one of the forms of which is the mineral anatase, another rutile, another brookite, the first…Trī-mūr'ti, n. p. 1414(Hindoo Myth.) The triad or trinity of the Vedas, consisting of Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Siva the destroyer. Coleman.Tri'nal, a. p. 1414Threefold. “The midst of trinal unity.” Milton.Trin'dle, v. t. & n. p. 1414The same as TRUNDLE, q. v.Trīne, a. p. 1414Threefold; as, trine dimensions, that is, length, breadth, and thickness.Trine, n. p. 1414(Astrōl.) The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac. 2. A triad. [Rare.] “A single trine of brazen tortoises.” E. B. Browning.Trine, v. t. p. 1414To put in the aspect of a trine. [Rare.] Dryden.Trī-nērv'ate or Trī'nērve or Trī'nērved, a. p. 1414(Bot.) Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex;—said of a leaf. Gray.Trīn'gle, n. p. 1414(Arch.) A little square member or ornament, as a listel, reglet, platband, and the like, but especially a little member fixed exactly over every triglyph. 2. A lath or rod extended between the posts…Trīn'ī-tā'ri-an, a. p. 1414Of, or pertaining to, the Trinity, or to the doctrine of the Trinity.Trin'i-tā'ri-an, n. p. 1414One who believes the doctrine of the Trinity. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious order who made it their business to redeem Christians from Turks or infidels.Trĭn/i-tā/ri-an-ĭsm, n. p. 1414The doctrine of Trinitarians; the doctrine that there are three distinct persons in the Godhead.