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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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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…Trip'tōte, n. p. 1415(Gram.) A name or noun having three cases only.Trip'tych, n. p. 1415A writing-tablet in three parts, two of which folded over on the middle part; hence, sometimes, a book or treatise in three parts or sections. Fosbroke. 2. An altar-piece in three compartments, the…Tri-pū'di-a-ry, a. p. 1415Of, or pertaining to, dancing; performed by dancing. [Obs.] Browne.Tri-pū'di-āte, v. i. p. 1415To dance. [Obs.] Cockeram.Trī-pū'di-ā'tion, n. p. 1415The act of dancing. [Obs.] Johnson.Tri-que'tral, a. p. 1415Triangular.Tri-quē'trous, a. p. 1415Three-sided, the sides being plane or concave. 2. (Bot.) Having three salient angles or edges, the faces between them being concave; three-edged; trigonal. Gray.Tri-rā'di-ate, a. p. 1415Tri-rā'di-ā'ted p. 1415Having three rays.Tri-ree-tăng'gu-lar, a. p. 1415(Spherical Trigonometry.) Having three right angles; as, a tri-rectangular triangle.Trī'rēme, n. p. 1415(Gr. Antiq.) A galley or vessel with three benches or ranks of oars on a side.Trī′rhom-boid′al, a. p. 1415Having three rhombic faces or sides.Trī-săc'ra-men-tā'ri-an, n. p. 1415(Eccl.) One of a religious sect who admit of three sacraments, and no more.Tris-āg'i-ŏn, n. p. 1415An anthem or hymn in the liturgy ascribing holiness, in a threefold repetition of the word “holy,” to God;—called also Tersanctus, from the Latin title of the hymn. Hook.Tri-sēct′, v. t. p. 1415To cut or divide into three equal parts.Trī-sēct'ed, p. a. p. 1415(Bot.) Divided into three parts or segments by incisions extending to the midrib or to the base;—said of leaves. Lindley.Trī-sĕc'tion, n. p. 1415The division of a thing, as an angle, into three equal parts.Trī-sĕp'al-ōus, a. p. 1415(Bot.) Having three sepals, or small bracts of a calyx.Trī-sē'ri-al or Trī-sē'ri-ate, a. p. 1415(Bot.) Arranged in three rows, one beneath another. Gray.Trīs'mus, n. p. 1415(Med.) The locked-jaw.Trīs-ŏc'ta-hē'dron, n. p. 1415(Crystallog.) A solid bounded by twenty-four equal faces, three corresponding to each face of an octahedron. Dana.Tri′spast or Tri-spās′ton, n. p. 1415(Mech.) A machine with three pulleys for raising great weights. Brande.Trī-spĕrm'ōus, a. p. 1415(Bot.) Containing three seeds; three-seeded; as, a trisper mous capsule.Tri-splāneh'nie, a. p. 1415(Anal.) Of, or pertaining to, the three great splanchnic cavities, namely, the head, the chest, and the abdomen;—said of a certain nerve which distributes its branches to the organs in these…Trĭst, a. p. 1415Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. [Obs.]Trĭst, n. p. 1415A post or station in hunting. [Obs.] 2. A secret meeting, or the place of such meeting; tryst. See TRYST. George Douglas caused a trist to be set between him and the cardinal and four lords; at which…Trĭst'ful, a. p. 1415Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. [Obs.] Shak.