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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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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.Trĭst'ful-ly, adv. p. 1415In a tristful manner; sadly.Trĭs'tich-oŭs, a. p. 1415(Bot.) Triserial in three longitudinal or perpendicular ranks. Gray.Trī-stig-māt'ic or Trī-stig'ma-tōse', a. p. 1415(Bot.) Having, or consisting of, three stigmas. Gray.Tris-ti'ti-āte, v. t. p. 1415To make sad. [Obs.] Feltham.Trĭst'y, a. p. 1415Sad; sorrowful; trist. [Obs.]Tri'sule, n. p. 1415Something having three forks or prongs. [Obs.] Browne.Trī-sŭl'cate, a. p. 1415Having three furrows, forks, or prongs.Trīs'yl-lāb'le or Tris'yl-lāb'le-al, a. p. 1415Of, or pertaining to, a trisyllable; consisting of three syllables; as, a trisyllabic word or root.Trī-sȳl'la-ble, n. p. 1415A word consisting of three syllables.Trite, a. p. 1415Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost its novelty and interest; hackneyed; as, a trite remark; a trite subject.Trīte'ly, adv. p. 1415In a trite or common manner.Trite'ness, n. p. 1415The quality of being trite; commonness; staleness; as, the triteness of an observation or a subject.Tri-tēr’nate, a. p. 1415(Bot.) Three times ternate;—applied to a petiole which separates into three, and is again divided at each point into three, and on each of these nine points bears three leaflets.Trī'the-ism, n. p. 1415(Theol.) The opinion that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three distinct Gods.Trī'the-ist, n. p. 1415(Eccl.) One who believes that the three persons in the Trinity are three distinct Gods.Tri'the-ist'ic or Tri'the-ist'ic-al, a. p. 1416Of, or pertaining to, tritheism.Tri'the-ite, n. p. 1416A tritheist. [Obs.] Phillips.Tri′thing, n. p. 1416One of three divisions of the county of York, in England;—now called riding. — Blackstone.Trit'ie-al, a. p. 1416Trite; common. [Obs.]Trit'ic-al-ness, n. p. 1416Triteness. [Obs.] Warton.Trit'i-cŭm, n. p. 1416(Bot.) A genus of plants including the various species of wheat.