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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'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.Trĭ'ton p. 1416(Myth.) A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the…Tri'tōne, n. p. 1416(Mus.) A superfluous or augmented fourth. [Rare.]Tri-tō'ri-ūm, n. p. 1416The same as TRITURIUM, q. v.Trī-tŏx'ide, n. p. 1416(Chem.) A non-acid compound of one equivalent of a base with three equivalents of oxygen. [Written also tritoxyd.]