Other trippings to be trod of lighter toes.
Milton.
3. (Naut.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its
cable or buoy rope.
Tripping line (Naut.), a small rope attached to the topgallant or royal
yard, used to trip the yard, and in lowering it to the deck; also, a
line used in letting go the anchor. Luce.
Trip"ping*ly, adv. In a tripping manner; with a light, nimble, quick
step; with agility; nimbly.
Sing, and dance it trippingly.
Shak.
Speak the speech . . . trippingly on the tongue.
Shak.
||Trip"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to rub.] (Med.) (a)
||Trituration. [R.] (b) Shampoo. [R.]
||
Trip"tote (?), n. [L. triptotum, Gr. &?; with three cases; &?; (see
Tri-) + &?; falling, fr. &?; to fall.] (Gram.) A noun having three
cases only.
Trip"tych (?), n. [Gr. &?; consisting of three layers or plates; &?;
(see Tri-) + &?;, &?;, a fold, layer.] Anything in three parts or
leaves. Specifically: — (a) A writing tablet in three parts, two of
which fold over on the middle part.
(b) A picture or altarpiece in three compartments.
Tri*pu"di*a*ry (?), a. [L. tripudium a measured stamping, a leaping, a
solemn religious dance.] Of or pertaining to dancing; performed by
dancing. [R.] " Tripudiary augurations." Sir T. Browne.
Tri*pu"di*ate (?), v. i. [L. tripudiare, tripudiatum.] To dance. [R.]
Cockeram.
Tri*pu`di*a"tion (?), n. [L. tripudiatio.] The act of dancing. [R.]
Bacon. Carlyle.
Tri`quad*ran"tal (?), a. [Pref. tri- + quadrantal.] (Spherical Trig.)
Having three quadrants; thus, a triquadrantal triangle is one whose
three sides are quadrants, and whose three angles are consequently
right angles.
Tri*que"tral (?), a. Triquetrous.
Tri*que"trous (?), a. [L. triquetrus.] Three sided, the sides being
plane or concave; having three salient angles or edges; trigonal.
Tri*que"trum (?), n.; pl. Triquetra (#). [NL.] (Anat.) One of the bones
of the carpus; the cuneiform. See Cuneiform (b).
{ Tri*ra"di*ate (?), Tri*ra"di*a`ted (?) }, a. [Pref. tri- + radiate.]
Having three rays.
Tri`rec*tan"gu*lar (?), a. [Pref. tri- + rectangular.] (Spherical
Trig.) Having three right angles. See Triquadrantal.
Tri"reme (?), n. [L. triremis; tri- (see Tri-) + remus an oar, akin to
E. row. See Row to propel with an oar.] (Class. Antiq.) An ancient
galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars.
Tri`rhom*boid"al (?), a. [Pref. tri- + rhomboidal.] Having three
rhombic faces or sides.
Tri*sac`ra*men*ta"ri*an (?), n. [Pref. tri- + sacramentarian.] (Eccl.)
One who recognizes three sacraments, and no more; — namely, baptism,
the Lord's Supper, and penance. See Sacrament.
||Tris*ag"i*on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; thrice holy; &?; thrice + &?;
||holy.] (Eccl.) An ancient anthem, — usually known by its Latin name
||tersanctus.See Tersanctus.
||
Tri*sect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trisected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trisecting.] [Pref. tri- + L. sectus, p. p. of secare to cut. See
Section.] 1. To cut or divide into three parts.