Trip`ar*tite*ly, adv. In a tripartite manner.
Trip`ar*ti"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. tripartition.] A division by threes, or
into three parts; the taking of a third part of any number or quantity.
Tri*pas"chal (?), a. [Pref. tri- + paschal.] Including three passovers.
Tripe (?), n. [OE. tripe, F. tripe; of uncertain origin; cf. Sp. & Pg.
tripa, It. trippa, OD. tripe, W. tripa, Armor. stripen.] 1. The large
stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.
How say you to a fat tripe finely broiled ?
Shak.
2. The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; —
generally used in the plural. Howell.
Trip"e*dal (?), a. [L. tripedalis; tri- (see Tri-) + pes, pedis, a
foot.] Having three feet.
||Tripe`-de-roche" (?), n. [F.] (Bot.) Same as Rock tripe, under Rock.
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Trip"el (?), n. (Min.) Same as Tripoli.
Tripe"man (?), n.; pl. - men (&?;). A man who prepares or sells tripe.
Tri*pen"nate (?), a. [Pref. tri- + pennate.] (Bot.) Same as Tripinnate.
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Tri*per"son*al (tr*pr"sn*al), a. [Pref. tri- + personal.] Consisting of
three persons. Milton.
Tri*per"son*al*ist, n. A Trinitarian.
Tri*per`son*al"i*ty (?), n. The state of existing as three persons in
one Godhead; trinity.
Trip"er*y (trp"r*), n. [Cf. F. triperie.] A place where tripe is
prepared or sold. London Quart. Rev.
Tripe"stone` (trp"stn`), n. (Min.) A variety of anhydrite composed of
contorted plates fancied to resemble pieces of tripe.
Tri*pet"al*oid (?), a. [Pref. tri- + petaloid.] (Bot.) Having the form
or appearance of three petals; appearing as if furnished with three
petals.
Tri*pet"al*ous (?), a. [Pref. tri- + petalous: cf. F. tripétale.]
(Bot.) Having three petals, or flower leaves; three-petaled.
Trip" ham`mer (?). A tilt hammer.
Tri"phane (?), n. [Gr. &?; appearing three- fold; &?; (see Tri-) + &?;
to appear cf. F. triphane.] (Min.) Spodumene.
Triph"thong (?), n. [Pref. tri- + - phthong, as in diphthong: cf. F.
triphthonque.] (Orthoëpy) A combination of three vowel sounds in a
single syllable, forming a simple or compound sound; also, a union of
three vowel characters, representing together a single sound; a
trigraph; as, eye, -ieu in adieu, -eau in beau, are examples of
triphthongs.
Triph*thon"gal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of
three vowel sounds pronounced together in a single syllable.
Triph"y*line (?), n. Triphylite.
Triph"y*lite (?), n. [Pref. tri- + Gr. &?; a family, class. So called
in allusion to its containing three phosphates.] (Min.) A mineral of a
grayish-green or bluish color, consisting of the phosphates of iron,
manganese, and lithia.
A salmon-colored or clove-brown variety containing but little iron is
known as lithiophilite.
Triph"yl*lous (?), a. [Gr. &?;; &?; (see Tri-) + &?; a leaf: cf. F.
triphylle.] (Bot.) Having three leaves; three-leaved.
Tri*pin"nate (?), a. [Pref. tri- + pinnate.] (Bot.) Having bipinnate
leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis.
Tri`pin*nat"i*fid (?), a. [Pref. tri- + pinnatifid.] (Bot.) Thrice
pinnately cleft; — said of a pinnatifid leaf when its segments are
pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also are pinnatifid.
Tri*pla"sian, a. [Gr. &?; thrice as many.] Three-fold; triple; treble.
[Obs.] Cudworth.
Tri"ple (?), a. [L. triplus; tri- (see Tri-) + -plus, as in duplus
double: cf. F. triple. See Double, and cf. Treble.] 1. Consisting of
three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a
triple tie.
By thy triple shape as thou art seen.
Dryden.