Shak.
Trim (?), v. i. To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to
appear to favor each.
Trim, n. 1. Dress; gear; ornaments.
Seeing him just pass the window in his woodland trim.
Sir W. Scott.
2. Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim. " The trim of
an encounter." Chapman.
3. The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she
is well prepared for sailing.
4. (Arch) The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building;
especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a
molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points.
In ballast trim (Naut.), having only ballast on board. R. H. Dana, Jr.
— Trim of the masts (Naut.), their position in regard to the ship and
to each other, as near or distant, far forward or much aft, erect or
raking. — Trim of sails (Naut.), that adjustment, with reference to the
wind, witch is best adapted to impel the ship forward.
Trim, a. [Compar. Trimmer (?); superl. Trimmest.] [See Trim, v. t.]
Fitly adjusted; being in good order., or made ready for service or use;
firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built;
everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is
well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his
body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he
stands erect.
With comely carriage of her countenance trim.
Spenser.
So deemed I till I viewed their trim array Of boats last night.
Trench.
Tri*mac"u*la`ted (?), a. [Pref. tri- + maculated.] Marked with three
spots, or maculæ.
Tri*mel"lic (?), a. [Pref. tri- + L. mel, gen. mellis, honey.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain tribasic acid (called also
trimellitic acid) metameric with trimesitic acid.
Tri*mem"bral, a. [L. trimembris triplemembered. See Tri-, and Member.]
Having, or consisting of, three members.
||Tri"me*ra (?), n. pl. [NL. See Tri-, and -mere.] (Zoöl.) A division
||of Coleoptera including those which have but three joints in the
||tarsi.
||
Tri"mer*an (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Trimera. Also used adjectively.
Tri"mer*ous (?), a. [See Trimera.] (Bot.) Having the parts in threes.
Tri`me*sit"ic (?), a. [Pref. tri- + mesitylene + -ic.] (Chem.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, a tribasic acid, C6H3.(CO2)3, of the
aromatic series, obtained, by the oxidation of mesitylene, as a white
crystalline substance. [Written also trimesic.]
Tri*mes"ter (?), n. [L. trimestris of three months; tri- (see Tri-) +
mensis month: cf. F. trimestre.] A term or period of three months.
Tri*mes"tral (?), a. Trimestrial. Southey.
Tri*mes"tri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a trimester, or period of
three months; occurring once in every three months; quarterly.
Trim"e*ter (?), a. [L. trimetrus, Gr. &?;; &?; (see Tri-) + &?;
measure. See Meter measure.] (Pros.) Consisting of three poetical
measures. — n. A poetical division of verse, consisting of three
measures. Lowth.
Tri*meth"yl (?). (Chem.) A prefix or combining form (also used
adjectively) indicating the presence of three methyl groups.
Tri*meth`yl*am"ine (?), n. [Trimethyl- + amine.] (Chem.) A colorless
volatile alkaline liquid, N.(CH3)3, obtained from herring brine, beet
roots, etc., with a characteristic herringlike odor. It is regarded as
a substituted ammonia containing three methyl groups.
Tri*meth"yl*ene (?), n. (Chem.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H6, isomeric
with propylene and obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a
series of compounds analogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons.
Tri*met"ric (?), a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. &?; measure.] (Crystallog.) Same
as Orthorhombic.
Tri*met"ric*al (?), a. Same as Trimeter.
Trim"ly (?), adv. In a trim manner; nicely.
Trim"mer (?), n. 1. One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
2. One who does not adopt extreme opinions in politics, or the like;
one who fluctuates between parties, so as to appear to favor each; a
timeserver.
Thus Halifax was a trimmer on principle.
Macaulay.