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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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Trip, v. i. p. 1414To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly. On the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves. Milton. She bounded by, and…Trip, v. t. p. 1414To cause to take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, stumble, or fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant;—often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling; to trip up the heels.…Trĭp, n. p. 1414A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip. His heart bounded as he could sometimes hear the trip of a light, female step glide to or from the door of the hut. W. Scott. 2. A brief…Trī-păng', n. p. 1414The same as TREPANG, q. v.Trī'pärt-ed, a. p. 1414(Her.) Parted in three pieces; having three parts or pieces; as, a cross triparted. 2. (Bot.) Divided into three segments or lobes, extending nearly to the base of the parts to which they belong.Trī-pärt'i-ble, a. p. 1414Divisible into three parts or pieces.Trī-pār'tient, a. p. 1414Dividing into three parts;—said of a number which exactly divides another into three parts.Trīp'ar-tite or Trī-pārt'ite, a. p. 1414Divided into three parts; triparted. 2. Having three corresponding parts or copies; as, indentures tripartite. 3. Made between three parties; as, a tripartite treaty.Trīp'ar-tite-ly or Trī-pārt'ite-ly, adv. p. 1414In a tripartite manner; by threes, or three parties.Trip'ar-tĭ'tion, n. p. 1414A division by threes, or into three parts; the taking of a third part of any number or quantity.Trī-pās'ehal, a. p. 1414Including three passovers.Tripe, n. p. 1414The entrails; also, the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food. 2. The belly. [Ludicrous.] Johnson.Trīp'e-dal, a. p. 1414Having three feet.Trĭp'el, n. p. 1414The same as TRIPOLI, q. v.Trīpe'-mān, n. p. 1414A man who sells tripe. Swift.Trī-pĕn'nate, a. p. 1414(Bot.) Triply pinnate. [Written also tripinnate.]Trī-pĕr'son-al, a. p. 1414Consisting of three persons.Trī-pĕr'son-al-ist, n. p. 1414One who holds to three persons in the Godhead; a Trinitarian.Trī-pĕr'son-ăl'i-ty, n. p. 1414The state of existing in three persons in one Godhead; trinity.Trip'er-y, n. p. 1414A place where tripe is prepared, kept, or sold. Lond. Quart. Rev.Tripe'-stōne, n. p. 1414(Min.) A variety of anhydrite composed of contorted plates;—so called from its structure. Dana.Trī-pĕt'al-oid, a. p. 1414(Bot.) Having the form or appearance of three petals, or as if furnished with three petals.Trī-pĕt'al-ōŭs, a. p. 1415(Bot.) Having three petals or flower leaves; three-petaled.Trip'-häm'mer, n. p. 1415A heavy hammer at the end of a beam, which is raised, tilted, or tripped, by projecting teeth or wipers, on a revolving shaft; a tilt-hammer. [See Illust. of Tilt-hammer.]Tri'phāne, n. p. 1415(Min.) The mineral spodumene. See SPODUMENE. Ure.Triph'thong, n. p. 1415(Pron.) A combination of three vowels in a single syllable, forming a simple or compound sound; a union of three vowel characters, representing together a single sound, as ieu in adieu, eau in beau…Triph-thŏng'gal, a. p. 1415Of, or pertaining to, a triphthong; consisting of three letters pronounced together in a single syllable.Triph'y-line, n. p. 1415(Min.) A mineral of a grayish-green or bluish color, consisting of the phosphates of iron, manganese, and lithia. Dana.Triph'y'l-lōŭs or Tri-ph'yl'lōŭs, a. p. 1415(Bot.) Having three leaves; three-leafed.Trī-pĭn'nate, a. p. 1415(Bot.) Having bi-pinnate leaves arranged on each side of a petiole.Trī'pin-na-tif'id, a. p. 1415Thrice pinnately cleft; — said of a pinnatifid leaf when its segments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also are pinnatifid.Tri-plā'sian, a. p. 1415Three-fold; triple; treble. [Obs.]Trĭp'le, a. p. 1415Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie. “By thy triple shape as thou art seen.” Dryden. 2. Three times repeated; treble. See TREBLE. Triple crown…Trip'le, v. t. p. 1415To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble.Trĭp'le-crowned, a. p. 1415Having three crowns; wearing the triple crown, as the pope.Trīp'le-hĕad'ed, a. p. 1415Having three heads; as, the triple-headed dog Cerberus.Trĭp'let, n. p. 1415A collection or combination of three of a kind, or three united. 2. (Poet.) Three verses rhyming together. 3. (Mus.) Three tones or notes sung or played in the time of two.Trip'li-cate, a. p. 1415Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled. Triplicate ratio (Math.), the ratio of the cubes of two quantities; thus, the triplicate ratio of a to b is a³ to b³ or b³/a³.Trĭp'li-cate, n. p. 1415A third paper or thing corresponding to two others of the same kind.Trip'li-cate-tēr'nate, a. p. 1415(Bot.) The same as TRITERNATE, q. v.Trip'li-cā'tion, n. p. 1415The act of tripling or making threefold, or adding three together. Glanville. 2. (Civil Law.) The same as SURREJOINDER in common law. See SURREJOINDER.Trī-pliç'i-ty, n. p. 1415State or quality of being triple, or threefold; trebleness.Trĭp'lite, n. p. 1415An imperfectly crystallized mineral, of a very dark-brown color, consisting of phosphoric acid and the oxides of manganese and iron. Dana.Trip'-măd'am, n. p. 1415A certain plant; a kind of herb. Mortimer.Tri'pod, n. p. 1415Any utensil or vessel supported on three feet, as a stool, a table, an altar, and the like. On such a stool the Pythian priest, in the temple of Apollo at Delphi, sat while giving responses to those…Trip'o-dy, n. p. 1415(Pros.) A series of three feet.Tri-pō'di-an, n. p. 1415(Mus.) An ancient stringed instrument; — so called because, in form, it resembled the Delphic tripod. Moore.Trip'o-li, n. p. 1415(Min.) An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It is principally silica, and has been found to consist almost wholly of the cast shells of…Trip'o-line, a. p. 1415Of, or pertaining to, Tripoli, the mineral. 2. (Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Tripoli or its inhabitants; Tripolitan.Tri-pŏl'i-tan, a. p. 1415(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Tripoli or its inhabitants; Tripoline.Trī-pŏl'i-tan, n. p. 1415(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Tripoli.Tri'pos, n. p. 1415A university examination of questionists, for honors; a tripos paper; also, one who prepares a tripos paper. [Cambridge University, Eng.] Classical tripos examination, the final university…Trip'pant, a. p. 1415(Her.) The same as TRIPPING, 2.Trip'per, n. p. 1415One who trips or supplants; one who walks nimbly.Tríp'ping, p. a. p. 1415Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly. 2. (Her.) Having the right fore foot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; — said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the…Trip'ping, n. p. 1415The act of one who trips. 2. A light kind of dance. Milton. 3. (Naut.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by its cable or buoy-rope.Tripping-line p. 1415a small rope serving to unring the lower top-gallant-yard arm, when in the act of striking it, or when lowering it on deck. Craig.Trĭp'ping-ly, adv. p. 1415In a tripping manner; with a light, nimble, quick step; with agility; nimbly. Sing and dance it trippingly. Shak. Speak the speech . . . trippingly on the tongue. Shak.Trĭp'-shăft, n. p. 1415(Steam-eng.) A supplementary rock-shaft, worked by hand, for starting an engine.Trĭp'sis, n. p. 1415(Med.) Act of reducing a substance to powder by rubbing or bruising; trituration. Dunglison. 2. The process of rubbing and percussing the whole surface of the body, and, at the same time, flexing and…