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Trine

To put in the aspect of a trine.

Trinervate

Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex; -- said of a leaf.

Tringa

A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper.

Tringle

A curtain rod for a bedstead.

Tringoid

Of or pertaining to Tringa, or the Sandpiper family.

Trinitarian

One who believes in the doctrine of the Trinity.

Trinitarianism

The doctrine of the Trinity; the doctrine that there are three distinct persons in the Godhead.

Trinitrocellulose

Gun cotton; -- so called because regarded as containing three nitro groups.

Trinity

The union of three persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, so that all the three are one God as to substance, but three persons as to individuality.

Trink

A kind of fishing net.

Trinket

To give trinkets; hence, to court favor; to intrigue.

Trinketry

Ornaments of dress; trinkets, collectively.

Trinkle

To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper.

Trinoctial

Lasting during three nights; comprising three nights.

Trinodal

Having three knots or nodes; having three points from which a leaf may shoot; as, a trinodal stem.

Trinomial

Consisting of three terms; of or pertaining to trinomials; as, a trinomial root.

Trinucleus

A genus of Lower Silurian trilobites in which the glabella and cheeks form three rounded elevations on the head.

Trio

Three, considered collectively; three in company or acting together; a set of three; three united.

Trioctile

An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are three octants, or three eighths of a circle, that is, 135 degrees, distant from each other.

Trioecia

The third order of the Linnaean class Polygamia.

Trioecious

Having three sorts of flowers on the same or on different plants, some of the flowers being staminate, others pistillate, and others both staminate and pistillate; belonging to the order Tri/cia.

Triolet

A short poem or stanza of eight lines, in which the first line is repeated as the fourth and again as the seventh line, the second being, repeated as the eighth.

Trional

A compound similar to sulphonal, used as a hypnotic in medicine.

Trionychoidea

A division of chelonians which comprises Trionyx and allied genera; -- called also Trionychoides, and Trionychina.

Trionyx

A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle.

Trior

Same as Trier, 2 and 3.

Triose

A sugar derived from a trihydric alcohol A trisaccharide.

Trioxide

An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen; as, sulphur trioxide, SO3; -- formerly called tritoxide.

Trip

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

Tripalmitate

A palmitate derived from three molecules of palmitic acid.

Tripartient

Dividing into three parts; -- said of a number which exactly divides another into three parts.

Tripartite

Divided into three parts; triparted; as, a tripartite leaf.

Tripartition

A division by threes, or into three parts; the taking of a third part of any number or quantity.

Tripe

The large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.

Tripeman

A man who prepares or sells tripe.

Tripersonality

The state of existing as three persons in one Godhead; trinity.

Tripery

A place where tripe is prepared or sold.

Tripestone

A variety of anhydrite composed of contorted plates fancied to resemble pieces of tripe.

Tripetaloid

Having the form or appearance of three petals; appearing as if furnished with three petals.

Tripetalous

Having three petals, or flower leaves; three-petaled.

Triphthong

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.

Triphthongal

Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of three vowel sounds pronounced together in a single syllable.

Triphylite

A mineral of a grayish-green or bluish color, consisting of the phosphates of iron, manganese, and lithia.

Tripinnate

Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis.

Tripinnatifid

Thrice pinnately cleft; -- said of a pinnatifid leaf when its segments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also are pinnatifid.

Tripitaka

The three divisions, or /baskets/ (pitakas), of buddhist scriptures, -- the Vinayapitaka [Skr. Vinayapi/aka] , or Basket of Discipline; Suttapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Discourses; and Abhidhammapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Metaphysics.

Triple

To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as, to triple the tax on coffee.

Triple-crowned

Having three crowns; wearing the triple crown, as the pope.

Triple-headed

Having three heads; three-headed; as, the triple-headed dog Cerberus.

Triple-tail

An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch, grouper, and flasher.

Triplet

A collection or combination of three of a kind; three united.

Triplex

Having three principal operative parts or motions, so as to produce a three-fold effect.

Triplicate

A third thing corresponding to two others of the same kind.

Triplication

The act of tripling, or making threefold, or adding three together.

Triplicity

The quality or state of being triple, or threefold; trebleness.

Triplite

A mineral of a dark brown color, generally with a fibrous, massive structure. It is a fluophosphate of iron and manganese.

Triploblastic

Of, pertaining to, or designating, that condition of the ovum in which there are three primary germinal layers, or in which the blastoderm splits into three layers.

Triploidite

A manganese phosphate near triplite, but containing hydroxyl instead of fluorine.

Tripod

Any utensil or vessel, as a stool, table, altar, caldron, etc., supported on three feet.

Tripodian

An ancient stringed instrument; -- so called because, in form, it resembled the Delphic tripod.

Tripody

Three metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.

Tripoli

An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms.

Tripoline

Of or pertaining to Tripoli or its inhabitants; Tripolitan.

Tripolitan

Of or pertaining to Tripoli or its inhabitants; Tripoline. A native or inhabitant of Tripoli.

Tripper

One who trips or supplants; also, one who walks or trips nimbly; a dancer.

Trippet

A cam, wiper, or projecting piece which strikes another piece repeatedly.

Tripping

Act of one who, or that which, trips.

Trippingly

In a tripping manner; with a light, nimble, quick step; with agility; nimbly.

Triptych

Anything in three parts or leaves. A writing tablet in three parts, two of which fold over on the middle part.

Tripudiary

Of or pertaining to dancing; performed by dancing.

Triquadrantal

Having three quadrants; thus, a triquadrantal triangle is one whose three sides are quadrants, and whose three angles are consequently right angles.

Triquetrous

Three sided, the sides being plane or concave; having three salient angles or edges; trigonal.

Triquetrum

One of the bones of the carpus; the cuneiform. See Cuneiform (b).

Trireme

An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars.

Trisacramentarian

One who recognizes three sacraments, and no more; -- namely, baptism, the Lord's Supper, and penance. See Sacrament.

Trisagion

An ancient anthem, -- usually known by its Latin name tersanctus.See Tersanctus.

Trisect

To cut or divide into three parts.

Trisected

Divided into three parts or segments by incisions extending to the midrib or to the base; -- said of leaves.

Trisection

The division of a thing into three parts, Specifically: (Geom.) the division of an angle into three equal parts.

Triskele Triskelion

A figure composed of three branches, usually curved, radiating from a center, as the figure composed of three human legs, with bent knees, which has long been used as a badge or symbol of Sicily and of the Isle of Man.

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