4. (Arch.) A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor
framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing
joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header.
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Trim"ming (?), a. from Trim, v.
The Whigs are, essentially, an inefficient, trimming, halfway sort of a
party.
Jeffrey.
Trimming joist (Arch.), a joist into which timber trimmers are framed;
a header. See Header. Knight.
Trim"ming, n. 1. The act of one who trims.
2. That which serves to trim, make right or fitting, adjust, ornament,
or the like; especially, the necessary or the ornamental appendages, as
of a garment; hence, sometimes, the concomitants of a dish; a relish; —
usually in the plural.
3. The act of reprimanding or chastisting; as, to give a boy a
trimming. [Colloq.]
Trim"ming*ly, adv. In a trimming manner.
Trim"ness, n. The quality or state of being trim; orderliness;
compactness; snugness; neatness.
Tri"morph (?), n. [See Trimorphous.] (Crystallog.) A substance which
crystallizes in three distinct forms, or which has three distinct
physical states; also, any one of these distinct forms. See
Trimorphism, 1.
{ Tri*mor"phic (?), Tri*mor"phous (?), } a. [Gr. &?; three-formed; &?;
(see Tri-) + &?; form.] Of, pertaining to, or characterized by,
trimorphism; — contrasted with monomorphic, dimorphic, and polymorphic.
Tri*mor"phism (?), n. [See Trimorphic.] 1. (Crystallog.) The property
of crystallizing in three forms fundamentally distinct, as is the case
with titanium dioxide, which crystallizes in the forms of rutile,
octahedrite, and brookite. See Pleomorphism.
2. (Biol.) The coëxistence among individuals of the same species of
three distinct forms, not connected, as a rule, by intermediate
gradations; the condition among individuals of the same species of
having three different shapes or proportions of corresponding parts; —
contrasted with polymorphism, and dimorphism.
Heterogonous trimporphism (Bot.), that condition in which flowers of
plants of the same species have three different lengths of stamens,
short, medium, and long, the blossoms of one individual plant having
short and medium stamens and a long style, those of another having
short and long stamens and a style of medium length, and those of a
third having medium and long stamens and a short style, the style of
each blossom thus being of a length not represented by its stamens.
||Tri*mur"ti (?), n. [Skr. trimrti; tri three + mrti body.] (Hindu
||Myth.) The triad, or trinity, of Hindu gods, consisting of Brahma,
||the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer. [Spelled
||also Trimurtti.]
||
Trim`y*a"ri*an (?), n. [Pref. tri + Gr. &?;, &?;, a muscle.] (Zoöl.) A
lamellibranch which has three muscular scars on each valve.
Tri"nal (?), a. [L. trinus triple, trini three each, fr. tres, tria,
three. See Three, and cf. Trine, a. & n., Tern, a.] Threefold. "Trinal
unity." Milton.
In their trinal triplicities on high.
Spenser.
Trin"dle (?), v. t. & n. See Trundle.
Trine (?), a. [See Trinal.] Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or
length, breadth, and thickness.
Trine, n. [F. trine, trin. See Trinal.] 1. (Astrol.) The aspect of
planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the
zodiac; trigon.
In sextile, square, and trine.
Milton.