3. To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict. [R.]

These her women can trip me if I err.

Shak.

4. (Naut.) (a) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or

buoy rope, so that it hangs free. (b) To pull (a yard) into a

perpendicular position for lowering it.

5. (Mach.) To release, let fall, or set free, as a weight or compressed

spring, as by removing a latch or detent.

Trip, n. 1. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.

His heart bounded as he sometimes could hear the trip of a light female

step glide to or from the door.

Sir W. Scott.

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