TRIDENT, tr[=i]'dent, _n._ the three-pronged spear or sceptre of Neptune,
god of the ocean: any three-toothed instrument.--_adjs._ TR[=I]'DENT,
TRIDENT'[=A]TE, TR[=I]'DENTED, having three teeth or prongs. [Fr.,--L.
_tres_, three, _dens_, _dentis_, tooth.]
TRIDENTINE, tr[=i]-den'tin, _adj._ pertaining to the Council of _Trent_
(1545-63), or to its decrees.--_n._ a Roman Catholic. [L. _Tridentum_,
Trent.]
TRIDIGITATE, tr[=i]-dij'i-t[=a]t, _adj._ with three fingers or toes.
TRIDIMENSIONAL, tr[=i]-di-men'shun-al, _adj._ having three
dimensions--length, breadth, thickness.
TRIDUUM, trid'[=u]-um, _n._ a space of three days: a three days' service of
prayer preparatory to a saint's day, &c.--_adj._ TRID'[=U]AN, lasting three
days. [L.]
TRIDYMITE, trid'i-m[=i]t, _n._ a brittle mineral composed of silica, which
occurs in various acid igneous rocks in the form of thin transparent
six-sided plates, several of which are usually grouped together.
TRIED. See TRY.
TRIENNIAL, tr[=i]-en'yal, _adj._ continuing three years: happening every
third year.--_adv._ TRIENN'IALLY. [L. _triennis_--_tres_, three, _annus_, a
year.]
TRIER, tr[=i]'[.e]r, _n._ one who tries by experiment: one who tries, as a
judge: one of Cromwell's commissioners for examining into the
qualifications of ministers: (_Shak._) one who brings to the test, a test.
TRIERARCH, tr[=i]'[.e]r-ärk, _n._ the commander of an ancient Greek
trireme--also a person obliged to furnish ships to the state.--_adj._
TR[=I]'ERARCHAL.--_n._ TR[=I]'ERARCHY, the office of trierarch: the system
of requisitioning vessels from wealthy citizens. [Gr. _tri[=e]r[=e]s_, a
trireme, _archein_, to rule.]
TRIETERIC, -AL, tr[=i]-e-t[.e]r'ik, -al, _adj._ triennial. [Gr., _treis_,
three, _etos_, a year.]
TRIFACIAL, tr[=i]-f[=a]'shal, adj, threefold and pertaining to the face,
esp. of the fifth cranial nerve.--_n._ the trigeminal nerve. [L. _tres_,
three, _facies_, face.]
TRIFARIOUS, tr[=i]-f[=a]'ri-us, _adj._ arranged in three rows: facing three
ways.
TRIFID, tr[=i]'fid, _adj._ three-cleft.
TRIFLE, tr[=i]'fl, _v.i._ to act or talk lightly: to indulge in light or
silly amusements: to waste or spend idly or unprofitably (_with_).--_n._
anything of little value: a light confection of whipped cream or white of
egg, with fruit, wine, &c.--_n._ TR[=I]'FLER.--_adj._ TR[=I]'FLING, of
small value or importance: trivial.--_adv._ TR[=I]'FLINGLY.--_n._
TR[=I]'FLINGNESS. [O. Fr. _trufle_, dim. of _truffe_, a gibe, also a
truffle.]
TRIFLOROUS, tr[=i]-fl[=o]'rus, _adj._ three-flowered.--Also TRIFL[=O]'RAL.
TRIFOLIATE, -D, tr[=i]-f[=o]'li-[=a]t, -ed, _adj._ three-leaved.--_ns._
TRIF[=O]'LIUM, a genus of small plants of the bean family--the clovers with
trifoliate leaves and purple, red, white, or yellow flowers; TR[=I]'FOLY
(_Browning_), trefoil. [L. _tres_, three, _folium_, leaf.]
TRIFORIUM, tr[=i]-f[=o]'ri-um, _n._ the arcade over the arches of a church
between nave and side aisles:--_pl._ TRIF[=O]'RIA. [L. _tri_, _tris_,
thrice, _foris_, a door.]
TRIFORM, tr[=i]'form, _adj._ having a triple form--also
TR[=I]'FORMED.--_n._ TRIFORM'ITY.--_adj._ TRIFORM'OUS. [L.
_triformis_--_tres_, three, _forma_, form.]
TRIFURCATE, -D, tr[=i]-fur'k[=a]t, -ed, _adj._ having three forks or
branches.--_v.i._ TRIFUR'CATE, to divide into three parts.--_n._
TRIFURC[=A]'TION. [L. _trifurcus_--_tri_, _tris_, thrice, _furca_, a fork.]
TRIG, trig, _adj._ trim, neat: tight, sound.--_n._ a dandy.--_adv._
TRIG'LY.--_n._ TRIG'NESS. [Prob. Scand., Ice. _tryggr_, fine.]
TRIG, trig, _n._ a skid for a wheel, &c.: the mark for players at skittles,
&c.--_v.t._ to stop, to obstruct, to skid.
TRIGAMOUS, trig'am-us, _adj._ (_bot._) having three sorts of flowers, male,
female, and hermaphrodite, in the same flower-head.--_ns._ TRIG'AMIST, one
who marries three wives; TRIG'AMY, the state of having three husbands or
wives at the same time. [Gr. _tri_, _tris_, three, _gamos_, marriage.]
TRIGEMINAL, tr[=i]-jem'i-nal, _adj._ triple, threefold.--_adj._
TRIGEM'INOUS, born three at a birth.--_n._ TRIGEMI'NUS, the trifacial
nerve.
TRIGGER, trig'[.e]r, _n._ a catch which when pulled looses the hammer of a
gun in firing: a catch to hold a wheel when driving on steep ground. [Dut.
_trekker_--_trekken_, to pull.]
TRIGLA, trig'la, _n._ the typical genus of _Triglidæ_, the
gurnards.--_adj._ TRIG'LOID.
TRIGLOT, tr[=i]'glot, _adj._ containing three languages. [Gr. _treis_,
three, _gl[=o]ssa_, _gl[=o]tta_, tongue.]
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TRIGLYPH, tr[=i]'glif, _n._ a three-grooved tablet at equal distances along
the frieze in Doric architecture.--_adjs._ TRIGLYPH'IC, -AL, consisting of,
or pertaining to, triglyphs: containing three sets of characters or
sculptures. [L. _triglyphus_--Gr. _triglyphos_--_treis_, three, _glyphein_,
to carve.]
TRIGON, tr[=i]'gon, _n._ a three-cornered figure, a triangle--also
TRIG[=O]'NON: (_astrol._) the junction of three signs, the zodiac being
divided into four trigons--the first or _watery_ trigon, Cancer, Scorpio,
Pisces; the _earthly_, Taurus, Virgo, Capricornus; the _airy_, Gemini,
Libra, Aquarius; the _fiery_, Aries, Leo, Sagittarius.--_adjs._ TRIG'ONAL,
triangular in cross-section: three-angled, esp. in botany; TRIGON'IC,
pertaining to a trigon; TRIG'ONOUS, three-angled. [Gr.
_trig[=o]non_--_tri_, _tris_, thrice, _g[=o]nia_, an angle.]
TRIGONEUTIC, tr[=i]-g[=o]-n[=u]'tik, _adj._ producing three broods in a
year, of insects.--_n._ TRIGONEU'TISM. [Gr. _treis_, three, _goneuein_, to
beget.]
TRIGONOCEROUS, trig-[=o]-nos'e-rus, _adj._ having horns with three angles.
TRIGONOMETRY, trig-[=o]-nom'e-tri, _n._ the branch of mathematics which
treats of the relations between the sides and angles of triangles.--_n._
TRIGONOM'ETER, an instrument for solving plane right-angled figures by
inspection.--_adjs._ TRIGONOMET'RIC, -AL, pertaining to trigonometry: done
by the rules of trigonometry.--_adv._ TRIGONOMET'RICALLY.--TRIGONOMETRICAL
SURVEY, the survey of a country by triangulation and trigonometrical
calculation upon a single base. [Gr. _trig[=o]non_, a triangle, _metron_, a
measure.]
TRIGRAM, tr[=i]'gram, _n._ same as TRIGRAPH.--_adjs._ TRIGRAMMAT'IC,
TRIGRAM'MIC. [Gr. _tri_, _tris_, thrice, _gramma_, a letter.]
TRIGRAPH, tr[=i]'graf, _n._ a combination of three letters sounded as one,
a triphthong. [Gr. _tri_, _tris_, thrice, and _graph[=e]_, a
writing--_graphein_, to write.]
TRIGYNIA, tr[=i]-jin'i-a, _n._ an order of plants having three pistils or
styles.--_n._ TR[=I]'GYN, a plant with three styles.--_adjs._
TR[=I]GYN'IAN, TRIG'YNOUS. [Gr. _tri_, _tris_, thrice, _gyn[=e]_, a woman.]
TRIHEDRAL, tr[=i]-h[=e]'dral, _adj._ having three equal sides.--_n._
TRIH[=E]'DRON, a figure having three equal bases or sides. [Gr. _treis_,
three, _hedra_, a seat.]
TRIJUGATE, tr[=i]'j[=oo]-g[=a]t, _adj._ (_bot._) having three pairs of
leaflets or pinnæ.--Also TR[=I]'JUGOUS.
TRILABE, tr[=i]'l[=a]b, _n._ a three-pronged surgical instrument for
removing calculi from the bladder. [Gr. _treis_, three, _lab[=e]_, a hold.]
TRILABIATE, tr[=i]-l[=a]'bi-[=a]t, _adj._ three-lipped.
TRILAMINAR, tr[=i]-lam'i-nar, _adj._ having three laminæ, lamellæ, or
layers.--Also TR[=I]LAM'INATE.
TRILATERAL, tr[=i]-lat'[.e]r-al, _adj._ having three sides.--_adv._
TRILAT'ERALLY.--_n._ TRILAT'ERALNESS. [L. _tres_, three, _latus_, side.]
TRILD, trild (_Spens._)=_Trilled_, flowed.
TRILEMMA, tr[=i]-lem'a, _n._ a dilemmatic syllogism with three alternative
propositions.
TRILINEAR, tr[=i]-lin'[=e]-ar, _adj._ consisting of three lines.
TRILINGUAL, tr[=i]-ling'gwal, _adj._ consisting of three tongues or
languages.--Also TRILING'UAR. [L. _tres_, three, _lingua_, tongue.]
TRILITERAL, tr[=i]-lit'[.e]r-al, _adj._ consisting of three letters.--_n._
TRILIT'ERALISM. [L. _tres_, three, _litera_, a letter.]
TRILITH, tr[=i]'lith, _n._ a form of megalithic monument consisting of two
upright stones supporting another lying crosswise--also
TR[=I]'LITHON.--_adj._ TRILITH'IC. [Gr. _treis_, three, _lithos_, stone.]
TRILL, tril, _v.t._ and _v.i._ to shake: to utter with a tremulous
vibration, to quaver: to pronounce with a quick vibration of the
tongue.--_n._ a quaver or tremulous vibration, warbling. [It. _trillare_,
to shake; imit.]
TRILL, tril, _v.i._ to trickle: (_obs._) to twirl. [Scand., Sw. _trilla_,
to roll.]
TRILLING, tril'ing, _n._ a compound threefold crystal: any one child of a
triplet.
TRILLION, tril'yun, _n._ a million raised to the third power, or multiplied
twice by itself: in France, a thousand multiplied by itself three times, a
million million.--_adj._ TRILL'IONTH. [Fr.,--L. _tres_, three, Low L.
_millio_, a million.]
TRILLIUM, tril'i-um, _n._ a North American genus of low perennial herbs of
the lily family--including _wake-robin_, _three-leaved nightshade_, &c.
TRILOBATE, -D, tr[=i]-l[=o]'b[=a]t, or tr[=i]'l[=o]-b[=a]t, -ed, _adj._
having three lobes.--Also TR[=I]'LOBED.
TRILOBITE, tr[=i]'l[=o]-b[=i]t, _n._ one of an order of fossil crustacea
entirely confined to the Paleozoic rocks.--_adj._ TRILOBIT'IC.
TRILOCULAR, tr[=i]-lok'[=u]-lar, _adj._ three-celled.
TRILOGY, tril'[=o]-ji, _n._ the name given by the Greeks to a group of
three tragedies, either connected by a common subject or each representing
a distinct story--the _Oresteia_ of Æschylus, which embraces the
_Agamemnon_, the _Choephoroe_, and the _Eumenides_. [Gr. _trilogia_--_tri_,
_tris_, thrice, _logia_, speech--_legein_, to say.]
TRIM, trim, _adj._ in good order: nice.--_v.t._ to make trim: to put in due
order: to dress: to decorate: to clip: to reduce to proper form: to arrange
for sailing: to rebuke sharply, to thrash.--_v.i._ to balance or fluctuate
between parties:--_pr.p._ trim'ming; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ trimmed.--_n._
dress: ornaments: state of a ship as to sailing qualities:
arrangement.--_adv._ TRIM'LY.--_ns._ TRIM'MER, one who trims: one who
fluctuates between parties, a time-server: a scold: a small horizontal beam
on a floor into which the ends of joists are framed: a float bearing a
baited hook and line, used in fishing for pike; TRIM'MING, that which
trims: ornamental parts, esp. of a garment, dish, &c.: (_pl._)
fittings.--_adv._ TRIM'MINGLY.--_n._ TRIM'NESS. [A.S. _trymian_, to
strengthen, set in order--_trum_, firm.]
TRIMEMBRAL, tr[=i]-mem'bral, _adj._ having three members.
TRIMENSUAL, tr[=i]-men's[=u]-al, _adj._ happening every three months--also
TRIMES'TRAL, TRIMES'TRIAL.--_n._ TRIMES'TER, a period of three months.
TRIMERA, trim'e-ra, _n.pl._ a division of beetles with tarsi
three-jointed.--_adj._ TRIM'EROUS. [Gr. _treis_, three, _meros_, part.]
TRIMETER, trim'e-t[.e]r, _n._ a division of a verse consisting of three
measures.--_adjs._ TRIM'ETER, TRIMET'RIC, -AL, consisting of three
measures, esp. iambic. [Gr. _trimetros_--_treis_, three, _metron_,
measure.]
TRIMETHYL, tr[=i]-meth'il, _adj._ containing three methyl radicals in
combination.--_n._ TRIMETH'YLAMINE, an organic base resembling ammonia in
some of its properties, and having a strong herring-brine
odour--incorrectly called _propylamine_.
TRIMONTHLY, tr[=i]'munth-li, _adj._ every three months.
TRIMORPHISM, tr[=i]-mor'fizm, _n._ (_biol._) the existence of an organism
in three distinct forms, as in certain butterflies, in the common flower
_Lythrum salicaria_, &c.--_adjs._ TRIMOR'PHIC, TRIMOR'PHOUS.
TRIMURTI, tri-m[=oo]r'ti, _n._ the name of the Hindu triad, or the gods
Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva when thought of as an inseparable unity, though
three in form.
TRINAL, tr[=i]'nal, _adj._ threefold.--_adjs._ TR[=I]'NARY, ternary; TRINE,
threefold: of three.--_n._ a triad: the aspect of two planets, as seen from
the earth, distant from each other one-third of the zodiac or 120°. [L.
_trinus_--_tres_, _tria_, three.]
TRINDLE, trin'dl, _n._ a piece of wood, &c., laid between the cords and
boards of a book to flatten before cutting: a wheel of a barrow.--_v.i._ to
roll, to trot.--_v.t._ to trundle. [A variant of _trendle_.]
TRINERVATE, tr[=i]-n[.e]r'v[=a]t, _adj._ three-nerved.--Also TR[=I]'NERVED.
TRINGA, tring'gä, _n._ a genus of sandpipers, of family
_Scolopacidæ_--containing the knot, &c.--_adjs._ TRIN'GINE, TRIN'GOID.
TRINGLE, tring'gl, _n._ a rod on which the rings of a curtain run: a small
moulding of rectangular cross-section, in a Doric triglyph, &c.: a strip of
wood at the edge of a gun-platform to turn the recoil of the truck. [Fr.]
TRINITY, trin'i-ti, _n._ the union of three in one Godhead: the persons of
the Godhead: any symbolical representation of the persons of the
Trinity.--_adj._ TRINIT[=A]'RIAN, pertaining to the Trinity, or to the
doctrine of the Trinity.--_n._ one who holds the doctrine of the Trinity: a
member of the Trinitarian order.--_n._ TRINIT[=A]'RIANISM, the tenets of
Trinitarians.--_n.pl._ TRINIT[=A]'RIANS, a religious order founded at Rome
in 1198 to redeem Christian captives from the infidels--also _Mathurins_
and _Redemptionists_.--_ns._ TRIN'ITY-HOUSE, a corporation entrusted with
the regulation and management of the lighthouses and buoys of the shores
and rivers of England, and with the licensing and appointing of pilots for
the English coast, founded at Deptford in 1518; TRIN'ITY-SUN'DAY, the
Sunday next after Whitsunday, the Festival of the Holy Trinity;
TRIN'ITY-TERM, formerly one of the fixed terms of the English law-courts
that commenced on Friday next after Trinity Sunday. [L. _trinitas_,
three--_trini_, three each--_tres_, three.]
TRINKET, tring'ket, _n._ a small ornament for the person: anything of
little value.--_v.i._ to deal in a mean and underhand way: to
intrigue.--_ns._ TRINK'ETER, a mean intriguer; TRINK'ETRY, trinkets
collectively. [Skeat suggests that M. E. _trenket_, _trynket_, may be from
an O. Fr. _trenquer_, to cut, a by-form of _trencher_, to cut.]
TRINKET, tring'ket, _n._ a vessel to drink out of. [Prob. conn. somehow
with preceding.]
TRINKET, tring'ket, _n._ a topsail. [O. Fr. _trinquet_--L. _triquetrus_,
three-cornered.]
TRINKLE, tringk'l, a Scotch form of _trickle_: also a form of _tinkle_.
TRINOCTIAL, tr[=i]-nok'shal, _adj._ comprising three nights.
TRINODAL, tr[=i]-n[=o]'dal, _adj._ having three nodes or joints.
TRINOMIAL, tr[=i]-n[=o]'mi-al, _adj._ (_math._) consisting of three names
or terms connected by the sign plus or minus.--_n._ a trinomial
quantity.--_ns._ TRIN[=O]'MIALISM; TRIN[=O]'MIALIST; TRINOMIAL'ITY.--_adj._
TRIN[=O]'MIALLY. [L. _tres_, three, _nomen_, name.]
TRIO, tr[=e]'o, or tr[=i]'o, _n._ three united: (_mus._) a composition for
three performers. [It.,--L. _tres_, three.]
TRIODION, tr[=i]-[=o]'di-on, _n._ a book of Greek offices for the services
from the Sunday before Septuagesima to Easter. [Gr. _treis_, three,
_hodos_, a way.]
TRIOLET, tr[=e]'[=o]-let, _n._ a stanza of eight lines on two rhymes--the
1st, 3d, 4th, and 5th lines rhyming, as also the 2d and 6th. Again, the
words of the 1st, 4th, and 7th lines are the same, while the 7th and 8th
repeat the first two. [Fr.]
TRIONES, tr[=i]-[=o]'n[=e]z, _n.pl._ a name applied to the seven principal
stars in the constellation Ursa Major. [L.]
TRIONYM, tr[=i]'[=o]-nim, _n._ a name consisting of three terms.--_adj._
TRION'YMAL.
TRIP, trip, _v.i._ to move with short, light steps: to stumble and fall: to
err, to go wrong, to make a slip in chastity: to fail.--_v.t._ to cause to
stumble by striking one's feet from under him (with _up_): to overthrow by
taking away support: to catch: to catch in a fault: to loosen, as an
anchor, from the bottom, by a long rope: to turn, as a yard, from a
horizontal to a vertical position: to fold in the middle, as a deep
stage-drop: to strike against:--_pr.p._ trip'ping; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._
tripped.--_n._ a light, short step: a catch by which an antagonist is
thrown: one of the points in coursing, when the hare is thrown off its
legs: a false step: a mistake: a short voyage or journey, a jaunt.--_ns._
TRIP'-BOOK, a book in which the records and accounts of the trip of a
fishing-boat are made up and kept: TRIP'-HAMM'ER, a large hammer used in
forges, a tilt-hammer; TRIP'PER, a cheap excursionist, a tourist doing a
certain round: one who stumbles or who makes another stumble; TRIP'-SLIP
(_U.S._), a strip of paper on which a car-conductor must punch a hole when
a fare is taken. [M. E. _trippen_; cog. with Dut. _trippen_, _trappen_, to
tread upon, _trippelen_, to trip, Sw. _trippa_, to trip.]
TRIPARTITE, trip'ar-t[=i]t, or tr[=i]-pär't[=i]t, _adj._ divided into three
parts: having three corresponding parts: relating to three parties.--_adv._
TRIP'ARTITELY.--_n._ TRIPARTI'TION, a division into three. [L. _ter_,
thrice, _partitus_, pa.p. of _part[=i]ri_, to divide--_pars_, a part.]
TRIPE, tr[=i]p, _n._ entrails: parts of the compound stomach of a ruminant,
esp. of sheep or horned cattle, prepared as food--the parts used being the
paunch or rumen (yielding _plain tripe_), and the smaller reticulum
(yielding _honeycomb tripe_).--_ns._ TRIPE'MAN, one who prepares tripe or
who hawks it about; TR[=I]'PERY, a place for the preparation or sale of
tripe.--TRIPE DE ROCHE, a name originally given to various species of
lichens of the genera _Gyrophora_ and _Umbilicaria_, nutritious though
bitter, nauseous, and purgative. [Celt.; Ir., _triopas_, W. _tripa_.]
TRIPEDAL, trip'e-dal, or tr[=i]'ped-al, _adj._ having three feet. [L.
_tres_, three, _pes_, _pedis_, a foot.]
TRIPENNATE, tr[=i]-pen'[=a]t, _adj._ (_bot._) three-winged. [L. _tri_,
_tris_, thrice, _penna_, a wing.]
TRIPERSONAL, tr[=i]-p[.e]r'sun-al, _adj._ consisting of three
persons.--_ns._ TRIPER'SONALIST, a believer in the Trinity;
TRIPERSONAL'ITY.
TRIPETALOUS, tr[=i]-pet'al-us, _adj._ (_bot._) having three petals or
flower-leaves. [Gr. _treis_, three, _petalon_, a leaf.]
TRIPHANE, tr[=i]'f[=a]n, _n._ spodumene.
TRIPHTHONG, trif'thong, _n._ a combination of three vowels to form one
sound.--_adj._ TRIPHTHONG'AL. [Gr. _treis_, three, _phthongos_, sound.]
TRIPHYLLOUS, tr[=i]-fil'us, _adj._ (_bot._) three-leaved. [Gr. _tri_,
_tris_, thrice, _phyllon_, a leaf.]
TRIPHYSITE, trif'i-s[=i]t, _n._ one of a Spanish sect of the 7th century
who maintained the existence of three natures in Christ--the human, the
divine, and a third resulting from the union of the other two. [Gr.
_treis_, three, _physis_, nature.]
TRIPINNATE, tr[=i]-pin'[=a]t, _adj._ trebly pinnate.
TRIPITAKA, tri-pit'a-ka, _n._ the whole body of the northern Buddhist
canonical writings, comprising the three divisions of _Sutras_, or
discourses of the Buddha for the laity; _Vinaya_, or discipline for the
order; and _Abhidharma_, or metaphysics. [Sans. _tri_, three, _pitaka_,
basket.]
TRIPLE, trip'l, _adj._ consisting of three united: three times repeated:
(_Shak._) third.--_v.t._ to treble.--_adjs._ TRIP'LE-CROWNED, having three
crowns: wearing the triple crown, as the pope; TRIP'LE-HEAD'ED, having
three heads.--_n._ TRIP'LET, three of a kind, or three united: three lines
rhyming together: (_mus._) a group of three notes occupying the time of
two, indicated by a slur and the figure 3: (_coll._) one of three children
born at one birth.--_adj._ TRIP'LE-TURNED (_Shak._), three times
faithless.--_n._ TR[=I]'PLEX, triple time in music.--_adj._ TRIP'LICATE,
threefold: made thrice as much.--_n._ a third copy or thing corresponding
to two others of the same kind.--_v.t._ to make threefold.--_ns._
TRIPLIC[=A]'TION, act of making threefold or adding three together;
TRIPLIC'ITY, the state of being threefold: tripleness: (_Spens._) a triad:
(_astrol._) the division of the signs according to the number of the
elements.--_adv._ TRIP'LY.--TRIPLE ALLIANCE, the league of England, Sweden,
and the Netherlands formed against France in 1668: the alliance of Britain,
France, and Holland against Spain in 1717: the alliance between Germany,
Austria, and Italy, formed in 1883, and directed to check French or Russian
aggression; TRIPLE CROWN (_her._), see TIARA; TRIPLE TIME (_mus._), time or
rhythm of three beats, or of three times three beats, in a bar.--THE TRIPLE
EVENT, winning the Oaks, St Leger, and Derby. [Fr.,--L. _tri-plus_--_tri-_,
_tres_, three, _-plus_, akin to Eng. _-fold_.]
TRIPOD, tr[=i]'pod, _n._ anything on three feet or legs, as a stool,
&c.--_adj._ having three legs or supports.--_adj._ TRIP'ODAL. [Gr.
_tripous_, _tripodos_--_tri_, _treis_, three, _pous_, foot.]
TRIPOLI, trip'[=o]-li, _n._ a mineral substance employed in polishing
metals, marble, glass, &c. [Orig. brought from _Tripoli_ in Africa.]
TRIPOS, tr[=i]'pos, _n._ a university examination for honours at Cambridge:
the list of successful candidates in an honours examination at Cambridge: a
tripod. [Prob. traceable to the custom by which a B.A., known as Mr
_Tripos_, sat on a three-legged stool and disputed in the Philosophy School
at Cambridge on Ash Wednesday, his speech being called the Tripos speech.]
TRIPPANT, trip'ant, _adj._ (_her._) represented as walking or trotting.
TRIPPING, trip'ing, _n._ the act of tripping: a light kind of
dance.--_adv._ TRIPP'INGLY, in a tripping manner: with a light, quick
step.--_n._ TRIPP'INGNESS.
TRIPSACUM, trip'sa-kum, _n._ a genus of American grasses, including the
gama-grass.
TRIPSIS, trip'sis, _n._ pulverisation: the process of shampooing.
[Gr.,--_tribein_, to rub.]
TRIPTOTE, trip't[=o]t, _n._ a noun used in three cases only. [Fr.,--Gr.
_tript[=o]ton_--_treis_, three, _pt[=o]tos_, falling,--_piptein_, to fall.]
TRIPTYCH, trip'tik, _n._ a set of tablets consisting of three leaves, each
painted with a distinct subject, but joined together by hinges, and capable
of being folded so as to present a new face. [Gr. _tri_, thrice, _ptyx_,
_ptychos_, a fold, a leaf--_ptyssein_, to fold.]
TRIPUDIUM, tr[=i]-p[=u]'di-um, _n._ among the Romans, a religious dance,
also a mode of divination based on observation of the action of birds
feeding.--_adj._ TRIP[=U]'DIARY.--_n._ TRIPUDI[=A]'TION, dancing. [L.,
prob. from _tres_, three, _pes_, _pedis_, foot.]
TRIQUETROUS, tr[=i]-kwet'rus, _adj._ three-sided: triangular--also
TRIQUET'RAL.--_n._ TRIQUET'RA, an ornament consisting of three interlaced
arcs, common in early art in northern Europe.--_adv._ TRIQUET'ROUSLY.--_n._
TRIQUET'RUM, one of the triangular Wormian bones in the lambdoid suture of
the skull. [L. _tres_, three, _-quetrus_, prob. a mere formative.]
TRIRADIATE, tr[=i]-r[=a]'di-[=a]t, _adj._ radiating in three
directions.--_adv._ TRIR[=A]'DIALLY.
TRIREME, tr[=i]'r[=e]m, _n._ an ancient galley--esp. a war-galley--having
three banks or rows of oars. [Fr.,--L. _triremis_--_tri_, _tres_, three,
_remus_, an oar.]
TRISAGION, tri-s[=a]'gi-on, _n._ a hymn used in the early and Oriental
Churches, and in the Greek Church, consisting of the words 'O Holy God,
holy and mighty, holy and immortal, have mercy on us.' The name is often
applied erroneously to the Tersanctus. [Gr. _tris_, thrice, _hagios_,
holy.]
TRISECT, tr[=i]-sekt', _v.t._ to cut or divide into three equal
parts.--_n._ TRISEC'TION, the division of anything, as an angle, into three
equal parts. [L. _tri_, thrice, _sec[=a]re_, _sectum_, to cut.]
TRISEME, tr[=i]'s[=e]m, _adj._ and _n._ consisting of three semeia, equal
to three short syllables, as the tribrach, iambic, and trochee.--Also
TRIS[=E]'MIC. [Gr. _treis_, three, _s[=e]ma_, a sign.]
TRISEPALOUS, tr[=i]-sep'al-us, _adj._ (_bot._) having three sepals.
TRISERIAL, tr[=i]-s[=e]'ri-al, _adj._ in three rows or series--also
TRIS[=E]'RIATE.--_advs._ TRIS[=E]'RIALLY, in three series; TRISERI[=A]'TIM,
in three rows, triserially.
TRISETUM, tr[=i]-s[=e]'tum, _n._ a genus of grasses, of the tribe _Aveneæ_,
mostly perennial tufted grasses with flat leaves and shining spikelets. [L.
_tres_, three, _setum_, a bristle.]
TRISINUATE, tr[=i]-sin'[=u]-[=a]t, _adj._ having three sinuses, as a
margin.
TRISKELE, tris'k[=e]l, _n._ a three-armed cross, the fylfot. [Gr. _treis_,
three, _skelos_, a leg.]
TRISMEGISTUS, tris-me-gis'tus, _adj._ thrice greatest, an epithet used only
in 'Hermes Trismegistus,' the Greek name of the Egyptian god Thoth,
originator of Egyptian culture, the god of writing, of religion, and of the
arts and sciences.
TRISMUS, tris'mus, _n._ tetanic spasm of the muscles of mastication,
lockjaw. [Gr.,--_trizein_, to gnash.]
TRISOCTAHEDRON, tris-ok'ta-h[=e]-dron, _n._ a solid bounded by twenty-four
equal faces, three corresponding to each face of an octahedron.
TRISPERMOUS, tr[=i]-sper'mus, _adj._ three-seeded.--_n._ TRISPER'MUM, a
poultice made of the crushed seeds of cummin, bay, and smallage.
TRISPLANCHNIC, tr[=i]-splangk'nik, _adj._ pertaining to the viscera of the
three great cavities of the body, the cranial, thoracic, and abdominal.
[Gr. _treis_, three, _splangchna_, viscera.]
TRISPORIC, tr[=i]-spor'ik, _adj._ having three spores.--Also
TRISP[=O]'ROUS.
TRISTESSE, tris-tes', _n._ (_arch._) sadness.--_adjs._ TRIST, TRIST'FUL.
(_Shak._), sad, sorrowful, gloomy.--_adv._ TRIST'FULLY. [Fr. _triste_--L.
_tristis_, sad.]
TRISTICHOUS, tris'ti-kus, _adj._ (_bot._) grouped in three rows. [Gr.
_treis_, three, _stichos_, a row.]
TRISTIGMATIC, tr[=i]-stig-mat'ik, _adj._ having three stigmas.--Also
TRISTIG'MAT[=O]SE.
TRISTYLOUS, tr[=i]-st[=i]'lus, _adj._ (_bot._) having three styles.
TRISULA, tri-s[=oo]'la, _n._ the trident of Siva.--Also TRISUL'.
TRISULCATE, tr[=i]-sul'k[=a]t, _adj._ having three forks or prongs:
(_bot._) having three furrows. [L. _trisulcus_--_tri_, _tris_, thrice,
_sulcus_, a furrow.]
TRISYLLABLE, tr[=i]-, or tri-sil'a-bl, _n._ a word of three
syllables.--_adjs._ TRISYLLAB'IC, -AL, pertaining to a trisyllable:
consisting of three syllables.--_adv._ TRISYLLAB'ICALLY. [Gr. _treis_,
three, _syllab[=e]_, syllable.]
TRITAGONIST, tri-tag'on-ist, _n._ the third actor in the Greek drama. [Gr.
_tritos_, third, _agonist[=e]s_, an actor.]
TRITE, tr[=i]t, _adj._ worn out by use: used till its novelty and interest
are lost: hackneyed.--_adv._ TRITE'LY.--_n._ TRITE'NESS. [It. _trito_--L.
_tritus_, rubbed, pa.p. of _ter[)e]re_, to rub.]
TRITERNATE, tr[=i]-ter'n[=a]t, _adj._ thrice ternate--of a ternate leaf in
which each division is divided into three parts, and each of these into
three leaflets, thus making twenty-seven, as in some _Umbelliferæ_:--Also
TRIP'LICATE-TER'NATE.
TRITHEISM, tr[=i]'th[=e]-izm, _n._ the doctrine of three Gods: the opinion
that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are actually different beings.--_n._
TR[=I]'THEIST, one who maintains the doctrine of tritheism.--_adjs._
TRITHEIS'TIC, -AL. [Gr. _treis_, three, _theos_, a god.]
TRITHIONIC, tr[=i]-th[=i]-on'ik, _adj._ containing three sulphur
atoms.--_n._ TRITH[=I]'[=O]N[=A]TE, a salt of trithionic acid. [Gr.
_treis_, three, _theion_, sulphur.]
TRITICAL, trit'i-kal, _adj._ trite, common.--_adv._ TRIT'ICALLY.--_n._
TRIT'ICALNESS. [Formed from _trite_, in imitation of _critical_.]
TRITICUM, trit'i-kum, _n._ a genus of grasses including the varieties of
wheat.--_adj._ TRITIC'EOUS. [L. 'wheat'--_ter[)e]re_, _tritum_, to rub.]
TRITOMA, tri-t[=o]'ma, _n._ a genus of tufted herbaceous plants belonging
to the natural order _Liliaceæ_.
TRITON, tr[=i]'ton, _n._ (_myth._) a marine demi-god, one of the trumpeters
of Poseidon (Neptune), his trumpet being a wreathed univalve shell: a genus
of molluscs with a wreathed univalve shell. [Gr. _Tr[=i]t[=o]n_.]
TRITONE, tr[=i]'t[=o]n, _n._ an interval in music composed of three whole
steps or tones.
TRITORIUM, tr[=i]-t[=o]'ri-um, _n._ a vessel for separating liquids of
different densities.--Also TRIT[=U]'RIUM.
TRITUBERCULAR, tr[=i]-t[=u]-ber'k[=u]-lar, _adj._ having three tubercles or
cusps--also TRITUBER'CULATE.--_n._ TRITUBER'CULISM.
TRITURATE, trit'[=u]-r[=a]t, _v.t._ to rub or grind to a fine
powder.--_adj._ TRIT'URABLE, that may be reduced to a fine powder by
grinding.--_ns._ TRITUR[=A]'TION; TRITUR[=A]'TOR; TRIT'UR[=A]TURE. [Late L.
_tritur[=a]re, -[=a]tum_--L. _ter[)e]re_, to rub.]
TRIUMPH, tr[=i]'umf, _n._ in ancient Rome, a solemn procession in honour of
a victorious general: joy for success: victory: (_Shak._) a trump
card.--_v.i._ to celebrate a victory with pomp: to rejoice for victory: to
obtain victory: to be prosperous: to boast, exult (with _over_): (_Shak._)
to shine brightly.--_v.t._ (_Milt._) to boast over.--_adj._ TRIUM'PHAL,
pertaining to triumph: used in celebrating victory.--_n._ (_Milt._) a token
of victory.--_adj._ TRIUM'PHANT, celebrating or rejoicing for a triumph:
expressing joy for success: victorious.--_adv._ TRIUM'PHANTLY.--_n._
TR[=I]'UMPHER.--_adv._ TR[=I]'UMPHINGLY, in a triumphing manner: with
triumph or exultation.--TRIUMPHAL ARCH, an arch erected in connection with
the triumph of a Roman general, any decorative arch in public rejoicings,
&c.--CHURCH TRIUMPHANT (see CHURCH). [L. _triumphus_; akin to Gr.
_thriambos_, a hymn to Bacchus.]
TRIUMVIR, tr[=i]-um'vir, _n._ one of three men in the same office or
government:--_pl._ TRIUM'VIR[=I], TRIUM'VIRS.--_adj._ TRIUM'VIRAL.--_n._
TRIUM'VIRATE (_Shak._ TRIUM'VIRY), an association of three men in office or
government, or for any political ends--esp. that of Pompey, Crassus, and
Cæsar (60 B.C.), and that of Octavian (Augustus), Mark Antony, and Lepidus
(43 B.C.): any trio or triad. [L. _trium-_, from _tres_, three, _vir_, a
man.]
TRIUNE, tr[=i]'[=u]n, _adj._ being three in one.--_n._ TRI[=U]'NITY.
[Coined from L. _tri-_, root of _tres_, three, _unus_, one.]
TRIVALENT, tr[=i]'v[=a]-lent, or triv'-, _adj._ equivalent in combining or
displacing power to three monad atoms.--_n._ TR[=I]'VALENCE (or triv'-).
[L. _tres_, three, _valens_, _-entis_, pr.p. of _val[)e]re_, to be strong.]
TRIVALVE, tr[=i]'valv, _adj._ having three valves.--Also TR[=I]'VALVED,
TRIVAL'VULAR.
TRIVERTEBRAL, tr[=i]-ver't[=e]-bral, _adj._ composed of three vertebræ.
TRIVET, triv'et, _n._ a stool or other thing supported on three feet: a
movable iron frame in a kitchen fire-grate for supporting kettles,
&c.--RIGHT AS A TRIVET (_coll._), standing steadily like a tripod:
perfectly right. [O. Fr. _trepied_--L. _tripes_, _tripedis_--_tres_, three,
_pes_, a foot.]
TRIVIAL, triv'i-al, _adj._ that may be found anywhere, of little
importance; trifling: common, vernacular.--_v.i._ TRIV'IALISE, to render
paltry.--_ns._ TRIV'IALISM, a trivial matter or remark; TRIVIAL'ITY, the
state or quality of being trivial: that which is trivial, a trifle.--_adv._
TRIV'IALLY.--_ns._ TRIV'IALNESS; TRIV'IUM, in medieval schools the name
given to the first three liberal arts--viz. grammar, rhetoric, and logic.
[L. _trivialis_, (lit.) 'at the cross-roads or public streets'--_trivium_,
a place where three ways meet--_tres_, three, _via_, a way.]
TRI-WEEKLY, tr[=i]'-w[=e]k'li, _adj._ once every three weeks: three times a
week.
TROAD, tr[=o]d, _n._ (_Spens._). Same as TRODE.
TROCAR, tr[=o]'kar, _n._ a surgical instrument used for withdrawing
superfluous fluid from the body. [Fr.,--_trois_, three, _carre_, side.]
TROCHANTER, tr[=o]-kan't[.e]r, _n._ a rough eminence on the outer aspect of
the upper part of the thigh-bone for the insertion of various muscles which
rotate the thigh outwards: the second joint of an insect's leg.--_adjs._
TROCHANT[=E]'RIAN, TROCHANTER'IC.--_n._ TROCHAN'TIN, the lesser trochanter
of the femur.--_adj._ TROCHANTIN'IAN. [Gr.,--_trechein_, to run.]
TROCHE, tr[=o]'k[=e] (better tr[=o]ch or tr[=o]k), _n._ a lozenge, usually
round, of some medicinal ingredients mixed into a paste with sugar and
mucilage.--Also TROCHISK (tr[=o]'kisk), TROCHIS'CUS. [Gr. _trochos_, a
pill.]
TROCHEE, tr[=o]'k[=e], _n._ a metrical foot of two syllables, so called
from its tripping or joyous character: in Latin verse, consisting of a long
and a short, as _n[=u]m[)e]n_; in English verse, of an accented and
unaccented syllable, as _tri'pod_.--_n._ TROCH[=A]'IC, a trochaic verse or
measure.--_adjs._ TROCH[=A]'IC, -AL, consisting of trochees. [Gr.,
_trochaios_ (_pous_, foot), running, tripping--_trochos_, a
running--_trechein_, to run.]
TROCHIDÆ, trok'i-d[=e], _n.pl._ a genus of gasteropodous molluscs, the
top-shells--the typical genus TR[=O]'CHUS.--_adj._ TR[=O]'CHIFORM.
TROCHILIC, tr[=o]-kil'ik, _adj._ pertaining to rotary motion.