Tri*lin"guar (?), a. See Trilingual.
Tri*lit"er*al (?), a. [Pref. tri- + literal.] Consisting of three
letters; trigrammic; as, a triliteral root or word. — n. A triliteral
word.
Tri*lit"er*al*ism (?), n. Same as Triliterality.
{ Tri*lit`er*al"i*ty (?), Tri*lit"er*al*ness (?), } n. The quality of
being triliteral; as, the triliterality of Hebrew roots. W. D. Whitney.
Tri"lith (?), n. Same as Trilithon. Mollett.
Tri*lith"ic (?), a. Pertaining to a trilith.
Tril"i*thon (trl"*thn), n.; pl. Trilithons (#). [NL., fr. Gr.&?; of or
with three stones; &?; (see Tri-) + &?; stone.] (Archæol.) A monument
consisting of three stones; especially, such a monument forming a kind
of doorway, as among the ancient Celts.
Trill (?), v. i. [OE. trillen to roll, turn round; of Scand. origin;
cf. Sw. trilla to roll, Dan. trilde, Icel. þyrla to whirl, and E.
thrill. Cf. Thrill.] To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly
succeeding each other; to trickle. Sir W. Scott.
And now and then an ample tear trilled down Her delicate cheek.
Shak.
Whispered sounds Of waters, trilling from the riven stone.
Glover.
Trill (?), v. t. [OE. trillen; cf. Sw. trilla to roll.] To turn round;
to twirl. [Obs.] Gascoigne.
Bid him descend and trill another pin.
Chaucer.
Trill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trilling.] [It.
trillare; probably of imitative origin.] To impart the quality of a
trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a
note.
The sober-suited songstress trills her lay.
Thomson.
Trill, v. i. To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous
vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet.
Dryden.