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TRENCHER-MATE

iant trencher-man.' Shak.-2. A cook. 'The skilfullest trencher-men of Media.' Sir P. Sidney. -3. A table companion; a trencher-mate. Mr. Wagg, the celebrated wit, and a led-captain and trencher-man of Lord Steyne.' Thackeray.

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Trencher-mate (trensh'èr-mat), n. Α table companion; a parasite. Hooker. Trenching (trensh'ing), n. In agri. the act or operation of preparing or improving land by cutting trenches or by bringing up the subsoil to the surface by means of a trenchplough.

Trenchmore (trensh'mōr), n. 1. A kind of lively dance at one time common, performed in a rough, boisterous manner.

All the windows i' the town dance a new trenchmore. Beau. & Fl.

2. The music for this dance, which is written in triple org time.

Trenchmore (trensh'mor), v.i. To perform the dance so called. Trenchmore with apes, play musick to an owle.' Marston. Trench-plough (trensh'plou), n. A kind of plough for opening land to a greater depth than that of common furrows. Trench-plough (trensh'plou), v.t. Το plough with deep furrows for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.

Trend (trend), v.i. [Lit. to bend circularly, from stem of A. Sax. trendel, tryndel, a circle; Fris. trind, trund, Dan. and Sw. trind, round; closely akin to trundle.] To extend or lie along in a particular direction; to stretch; to run; as, the shore of the sea trends to the south-west.

On one side the vast range of the Pyrenees trend away till lost in remoteness. Arthur Young.

Trend (trend), n. 1. Inclination in a particular direction; as, the trend of a coast. 'Along the trend of the sea-shore.' Longfellow.-2. Naut. (a) the thickening of an anchor shank as it approaches the arms. (b) In a ship riding at anchor the angle made by the line of her keel and the direction of the anchor-cable.-3. In fort. the general line of direction of the side of a work or a line of works. Trend (trend), v.t. bend. [Rare.]

To cause to turn; to

Not far beneath i' the valley as she trends
Her silver stream.
W. Browne.

Trend (trend), v.t. [Probably for tren, from D. and G. trennen, to separate.] To cleanse, as wool. [Local.]

Trend (trend), n. Clean or cleansed wool. Trender (trend'ér), n. One whose business is to free wool from its filth. [Local.] Trendle (tren'dl), n.

[A. Sax trendel, a circle, a ring. Trundle is another form. See TREND. Anything round used in turning or rolling; a trundle.

The shaft the wheel, the wheel the trendie turns.
Sylvester.

Trennel (tren'l), n. Same as Treenail. Trental (tren'tal), n. [From Fr. trente, thirty, contr. from L. triginta, thirty. ] 1. An office for the dead in the Roman Catholic service, consisting of thirty masses rehearsed for thirty days successively after the party's death. Hence-2. A dirge; an elegy. Herrick.

Trent-sand (trent'sand), n. A fine variety of sand found on the river Trent, much used for polishing.

Trepan (tre-pan'), n. [Fr. trépan, Sp. trépano, It. trapano, from Gr. trypanon,a borer, an auger, a surgical instrument, from trypë, a hole.] 1. A war engine or instrument used in sieges for piercing or making holes in the walls. The Inginers have the trepan drest.' T. Hudson.-2. In surg. an instrument in the form of a crown-saw, used for removing portions of the bones of the skull: a surgical operation for relieving the brain from pressure or irritation. The trephine is an improved form of this instrument. See TREPHINE.

Trepan (tre-pan'), v.t. pret. & pp. trepanned; ppr. trepanning. To perforate by the trepan; to operate on by the trepan. Trepan (trê-pan), ot. (See TRAPAN.] To ensnare; to trap; to trapan.

Guards even of a dozen men were silently trepanned from their stations. De Quincey.

Trepan (trẻ-pan), n. 1. A snare; a trap. The snares and trepans that common life lays in its way.' South.-2. A cheat; a deceiver.

He had been from the beginning a spy and a trepan. Macaulay.

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Trepang (tre-pang), n. The sea-slug, a marine animal of the genus Holothuria, belonging to the class Echinodermata, order Holothuridæ, popularly known as sea-cucumbers,' or bêchesde-mer. It is found chiefly on coral reefs in the eastern seas, and is highly esteemed as an article of food in China, into which it is imported in large quantities. It is a rather repulsive looking animal, somewhat resembling the land slug in shape, but having rows of longish suckers on its body, and a radiated mouth. It varies in length from 6 to 24 inches. Much skill and care is required in the operation of curing, which is performed by gutting and boiling the slugs, and spreading them out on a perforated platform over a wood fire to Trepang (Holodry. Sun-dried trepangs are thuria edulis). in special request in China for making soups. The fishery is carried on in numerous localities in the Indian Ocean, the Eastern Archipelago, and on the shores of Australia. The whole produce goes to China.

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Trepanizet (trē'pan-iz), v. t. To trepan. Some have been cured .. by trepanizing the Fer. Taylor. Trepanner (trē-pan'èr), n. One who trepans;

skull.

a cheat.

Those pitiful trepanners and impostors sought to seduce them. Bp. Gauden.

Trepanning (trē-panʼing), n. 1. The operation of making an opening in the skull for relieving the brain from compression or irritation.-2. In brush-making, the operation of drawing the tufts or bristles into the holes in the stock by means of wire inserted through holes in the edge, which are then plugged so as to conceal the mode of operation.

Trepanning-elevator (tre-pan'ing-el-e-vatér), n. In surg. a lever for raising the por

tion of bone detached by a trephine. Trepeget,+ n. [See TREBUCHET.] A mili tary engine; a trebuchet. Romaunt of the

Rose.

Trephine (tre-fin' or tre-fen), n. [Fr. trẻphine,modified form of trépan.] Animproved form of the trepan, consisting of a cylindrical saw, with a handle placed transversely, like that of a gimlet, and having a sharp steel point called the centre-pin, which may be fixed and removed at pleasure, and which stands in the centre of the circle formed by the saw, but projecting a little below the edge of the saw. The centre-pin is fixed in the skull, and forms an axis round which the circular edge of the saw rotates, and as soon as the teeth of the saw have made a circular groove in which they can work steadily the centre-pin is removed. The saw is made to cut through the bone, not by a series of complete rotations such as are made by the trepan, but by rapid half rotations alternately to the right and left, as in boring with an awl. The trephine is used especially in injuries of the head, and in cases resulting from injuries for which the removal of a portion of the brain is necessary. The use of the trephine, however, is now much more rarely required than in former times, owing to improved modes of treating cases to which it was formerly applied, and the invention of simpler and

Trephine (tre-fin' or tre-fen'), v.t. pret. & pp. trephined; ppr. trephining. To perforate with a trephine; to trepan. Trepid (trep'id), a. [L. trepidus. See TREPIDATION.] Trembling; quaking.

more effective instruments.

Look at the poor little trepid creature panting and helpless under the great eyes. Thackeray. Trepidation (trep-i-da'shon), n. [L. trepidatio, from trepido, to tremble, from trepidus, trembling, from the obsolete verb trepo, to turn, Gr. trepo, to turn, to put to flight.] 1. An involuntary trembling; a quaking or quivering, particularly from fear or terror; hence, a state of terror; as, the men were in great trepidation. The general trepidation of fear and wickedness." Johnson.2. A trembling of the limbs, as in paralytic

affections.-3. In anc, astron, a libration of the eighth sphere, or a motion which the Ptolemaic system ascribes to the firmament,

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to account for the changes and motion of the axis of the world.

That crystalline sphere whose balance weighs The trepidation talk'd, and that first moved. Milton. 4. Hurry; confused haste.-SYN. Tremor, agitation, disturbance, emotion, fear. The state of Trepidity (tre-pid'i-ti), n. being trepid; trepidation; timidity. Tresayle (tres'al), n. [Fr. trisaïeul, a greatgreat-grandfather-L. tris, tres, three, and L.L. avolus, from avus, a grandfather.] In law, an old writ which lay for a man claiming as heir to his grandfather's grandfather, to recover lands of which he had been deprived by an 'abatement' happening on the ancestor's death.

Trespass (tres'pas), v.i. [0. Fr. trespassertres L. trans, beyond, and passer, to pass. See PASS.] 1. To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.

Robert de Bruce... trespassed out of this uncertain world. Berners.

2. To pass over the boundary line of another's land; to enter unlawfully upon the land of another, or upon that which is the property and right of another; as, a man may trespass by walking over the ground of another, and the law gives a remedy for damages sustained.-3. To commit any offence; to offend; to transgress; to do wrong: usually followed by against. If any man trespass against his neighbour.' 1 Ki. viii. 31. If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him. Luke xvii. 3 They... trespass against all logic. Nori is.

4. In a narrower sense, to transgress voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any known rule of duty; to commit sin. In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord. 2 Chr. xxviii. 22. Go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed, 2 Chr. xxvi. 18. 5. To intrude; to go too far; to encroach; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of another.

Nothing that trespasses upon the modesty of the company, and the decency of conversation, can become the mouth of a wise and virtuous person. Tillotson.

Trespass (tres'pas), n. 1. The act of one who trespasses or offends; an injury or offence done to another; a violation of some law or rule laid down.

Be plainer with me, let me know my trespass
By its own visage.
Shak

2. In a narrower sense, any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin.

You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins. Eph. ii. L

3. In law, strictly speaking, any transgression of the law not amounting to felony, or misprision of felony; but the term is generally used to signify any wrong done to the person, to the goods and chattels, or to the lands and tenements of any man. Any injuries committed against land or buildings are in the most ordinary sense of the word trespasses, as entering another's house without permission, walking over the ground of another, or suffering any cattle to stray upon it, or any detrimental act or any practice which damages in the slightest degree the property, or interferes with the owner's or occupier's rights of possession. Trespass against the person may be by menace, assault, battery, or maiming. -SYN. Offence, breach, infringement, transgression, misdemeanour, misdeed.

Trespasser (tres'pas-ér), n. 1. One who commits a trespass; an offender; a sinner. — 2. One who enters upon another's land, or violates his rights.

Trespass-offering (tres'pas-of-fèr-ing), n. An offering, among the Israelites, in expiation of a trespass.

Tress (tres), n. [Fr. tresse, 0 Fr. trece, Pr. tressa, It. treccia, a tress, plait of hair, probably from Gr. tricha, threefold, in three parts, from the usual mode of plaiting the hair; hence the word is allied to E. three } 1. A lock or curl of hair; a ringlet. Tresses like the morn.' Milton.

Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare. Pope
And still I wore her picture by my heart,
And one dark tress.
Tennyson

2. A trace. Chapman. [Obsolete and rare.} -Lady's tresses. See LADY'S-TRACES. Tressed (trest), a. 1. Having tresses.

A brow of pearl
Tressed with redolent ebony,
In many a dark delicious curl.

Tennyson

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2 Curled; formed into ringlets.

He, plunged in pain, his tressed locks doth tear. Spenser. Tressel (tres'1), Same as Trestle (which see). Tressfult (tres'ful), a. Having an abund ance of tresses; having luxuriant hair. 'Queintly dressing of her tressful head.' Sylvester.

Tresson (tres-ofi), n. [Fr.] The net-work for the hair worn by ladies in the middle ages. Tressour, tn. [See TRESS.] An instrument used for plaiting the hair; an ornament of hair when tressed. Romaunt of the Rose. Tressure (tresh'ur), n. [From Fr. tresser, to twist, to plait. See TRESS.] In her. the diminutive of the orle, and generally reckoned one-half of that ordinary. It passes round the field, following the shape and form of the escutcheon, whatever shape it may be, and is usually borne double. When ornamented with fleur-de-lis on both sides

it is termed a tressure Double tressure floryflory-counter-flory, the counter-flory.

flowers being reversed

alternately. A tressure flory is when the flowers are on one side only of the tressure, with the ends of them inwards. Tressured (tresh'ürd), a. Provided with a tressure; arranged in the form or occupying the place of a tressure.

The tressured fleur-de-luce he claims
To wreathe his shield.
Sir W. Scott.

Tressy (tres'i), a. Pertaining to tresses; having the appearance of tresses. 'Pendant boughs of tressy yew.' Coleridge.

Trestt (trest), a. Trusty. Faithful, secret, trest, and trew.' Sylvester. Trestle (tres'l), n. [O. Fr. trestel, tresteau, Mod. Fr. tréteau, a trestle; probably of Celtic origin; Armor. treustel, from treust, trest, a beam; W. trestyl, a trestle, from trawst, a beam.] 1. The frame of a table.-2. A prop or frame for the support of anything which requires to be placed horizontally. It consists of three or four legs attached to a horizontal piece, and frequently braced to give them strength and firmness. Trestles are much used for the support of scaffolding in building, &c., and also by carpenters and joiners for resting timber upon during the operations of ripping and cross-cutting, and for other purposes. See also TRESTLE-BRIDGE, TRESTLE-WORK.-3. In leather manuf. the sloping plank on which skins are laid while being curried. Trestle-board (tres'l-bord),n. An architect's or draughtsman's designing board, so called because formerly supported on trestles. Trestle-bridge (tres'l-brij), n. A bridge in which the bed is supported upon framed sections or trestles. See TRESTLE-WORK. Trestle-tree (tres'l-trē), n. Naut. one of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally, and fore and aft, on the opposite sides of the lower mast-head, to support the frame of the top and the topmast. See Top. Trestle-work (tres1-werk), n. A viaduct,

Trestle-work Viaduct, United States.

scaffold, &c., supported on piers, and with braces and cross-beams; or the vertical posts, horizontal stringers, oblique braces, and

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cross-beams supporting a roadway, railwaytrack, &c. Trestle-work is much used for bridges and viaducts in America. Tret (tret), n. [Norm. Fr. trett, draught, Fr. trait, from 0. Fr. traire, to draw, from L. trahere, to draw.] In com. an allowance to purchasers of certain kinds of goods for waste or refuse matter. It consists of a deduction of 4 lbs. for every 104 lbs. of suttle weight, or weight after the tare is deducted. It is now nearly discontinued by merchants, or else allowed in the price. Tretable, a. Treatable; tractable. Chau

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Tretise, Tretys,t a. [0. Fr. traictis, long and slender, from traict, drawn out, lengthened; L. tractus, drawn. See TRACT] Long and well-proportioned. Romaunt of the Rose.

Tretosternon (tre'tō-stèr-non), n. [Gr. trëtos, perforated, and sternon, the breast-bone.] A fossil animal of the Wealden and Purbeck beds, seemingly allied to the river-turtles. Trevat (trev'at), n. In weaving, a cutting instrument for severing the pile-threads of velvet.

Trevet (trev'et), n. [See TRIVET.] 1. A stool or other thing that is supported by three legs.-2. A movable iron frame or stand to support a kettle, &c., on a grate; a trivet. Trewe,t n. A truce. Chaucer.

Trewe,t a.

True; faithful. Chaucer. Trews (tröz), n. pl. Trousers: generally applied to the tartan trousers of Highlanders. [Scotch.]

He wore the trews, or close trousers, made of tartan, checked scarlet and white. Sir W. Scott.

Trewsman (tröz'man), n. A Highlander, more properly an islesman of the Hebrides: so called from his dress. Sir W. Scott. [Scotch.]

Treyt (tra), n. [O. Fr. trei, troi, Fr. trois, L. tres, three.] A three at cards or dice; a card of three spots. Shak.

Tri (tri). A prefix in words of Greek and Latin origin, signifying three, thrice, or in threes; from Gr. tris, thrice, treis, three, L. tres, tria, three.

Triable (tri'a-bl), a. 1. Fit or possible to be tried; capable of being subjected to trial or test. The experiments triable by our engine.' Boyle.-2. Capable of undergoing a judicial examination; fit or proper to come under the cognizance of a court; as, a cause may be triable before one court which is not triable in another.

He being irresponsible, but his Ministers answerable for his acts, impeachable by the Commons and triable by the Peers. Brougham. Triableness (tri'a-bl-nes), n. The state of being triable. Triachenium, Triakenium (tri-a-ke'nium), n. [Prefix tri, and achenium.] In bot. a fruit which consists of three achenia. Triaclet (tri'a-kl), n. A medicine or substance serving as an antidote. Chaucer. See TREACLE.

Wonderful, therefore, is the power of a Christian, who not only overcomes and conquers and kills the viper, but like the skilful apothecary, makes antidote and triacle of him. Hales.

Triacontahedral (tri-a-kon'ta-he"dral), a. [Gr. triakonta, thirty, and hedra, side. ] 1. Having thirty sides.-2. In crystal. bounded by thirty rhombs.

Triaconter (tri'a-kon-tér), n. [Gr. triakonteres, from triakonta, thirty.] In Greek antiq. a vessel of thirty oars.

Triad (tri'ad), n. [L. trias, triadis, from Gr. trias, triados, from treis, tria, three.] 1. A unity of three; three united.-2. In music, the common chord or harmony, so named because it is formed of three radical sounds, a fundamental note or bass, its third, and its fifth.-3. In chem. an elementary substance,

each atom of which will combine with three atoms of a monad.-4. A trinity; as, in Hindu myth. the three principal divinities in the Rig Veda, to whom hymns are addressed: Indra, the personification of the phenomena of the visible firmament, especially of thunder and rain; Agni, of fire, especially of sacrificial fire; and Surya or Savitri, of the sun. The

triad of later Brahmanic or Hindu literature consists of Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva. See TRIMURTI.-5. In Welsh literature, a form of composition which came into use in the

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twelfth century. Triads are an arrangement of similar events, or things which might be associated in the mind, or be worthy of remembrance, &c., in a series of three.

Then there are the singular compositions called the Triads, which are enumerations of events or other particulars, bound together in knots of three, by means of some title or general observation-sometimes, it must be confessed, forced and far-fetched enough-under which it is conceived that they may all be included. Of the Triads, some are moral, and others historical. Craik,

Triadelphous (tri-a-del'fus), a. [Gr. treis, three, and adelphia, brotherhood.] In bot. a term applied to plants whose filaments are combined into three masses, as in some species of Hypericum.

Triadic (tri-ad'ik), a. Of or pertaining to a triad; specifically, in chem. triatomic; trivalent.

Triadist (tri'ad-ist), n. A composer of a triad or triads. See TRIAD, 5.

Trial (tri'al), n. [0. Fr. trial. See TRY. ] 1. The act of trying or testing in any manner; as, (a) any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining its effect or what can be done; as, a man tries to lift a stone, and on trial finds he is not able; a team attempts to draw a load, and after unsuccessful trial the attempt is relinquished. (b) Examination by a test; experiment; as in chemistry, metallurgy, or the like.

All thy vexations
Were but my trials of thy love, and thou
Hast strangely stood the test.
Shak.

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2. That which tries or afflicts, harasses or bears severely on a person; that which tries the character or prínciple; temptation; test of virtue; as, every station is exposed to some trials; to have to speak in public was a great trial to him.-3. The state of being tried; a having to suffer or endure something; the state of experiencing; experience. Others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings. Heb. xi. 36.

4. A process for testing qualification, capabilities, knowledge, progress, and the like; an examination. As for trials (the Harton word for examination).' Farrar.

Girl after girl was call'd to trial; each
Disclaim'd all knowledge of us.

Tennyson.

5. A combat decisive of the merits of a

cause.

I mean, my lord, the opposition of your person in trial. Shak.

6. Verification; proof.

They will scarcely believe this without trial: offer them instances. Shak.

7. In law, the examination of a cause in controversy between parties before a proper tribunal. Trials are civil or criminal. In criminal informations, and in indictments, wherever preferred, the trial must take place before a judge or judges (or other presiding magistrate) and a jury. Minor offences against the laws are, however, in general, dealt with summarily before magistrates. Civil actions in England are tried and heard in one of the following ways: (a) before a judge or judges; (b) before a judge sitting with assessors: (c) before a judge and jury; (d) before an official or special referee, with or without assessors. In England, as in the United States, civil trials, without a jury, are more common than formerly. - New trials in civil cases are granted where the court, of which the record is, sees reason to be dissatisfied with a verdict, on the ground of a misdirection by the judge to the jury, a verdict against evidence, excessive damages, improper evidence, fresh evidence discovered after the verdict was given, &c.Trial at bar. See BAR.-Trial by record. See RECORD.-Trial by jury. See JURY.-SYN. Attempt, endeavour, effort, experiment, proof, essay, test.

Trial-day (tri'al-da), n. Day of trial. 'Brought against me at my trial-day.' Shak.

Trial-fire (tri'al-fir), n. A fire for trying or proving; ordeal-fire.

With trial-fire touch me his finger-end:
If he be chaste, the flame will back descend,
And turn him to no pain; but if he start,
It is the flesh of a corrupted heart.

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Triality (tri-al'i-ti), n. [From L. tres, tria, three.] Three united; state of being three. [Rare.]

There may be found very many dispensations of triality of benefices. H. Wharton.

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Trialogue (tri'a-log), n. [Gr. treis, tria, three, and logos, discourse.] Discourse by three speakers; a colloquy of three persons. Trial-trip (tri'al-trip), n. An experimental trip; especially, a trip made by a new vessel to test her sailing qualities, rate of speed, the working of machinery, &c.

Trian (tri'an), a. In her, said of an aspect neither passant nor affronté, but midway between those positions. See ASPECT, 7. Triander (tri'an-dér), n. [Gr. treis, three, and aner, andros, a male.] A monoclinous or hermaphrodite plant having three distinct and equal stamens.

Triandria (tri-an'dri-a), n. pl. The third class of plants in the sexual system of Linnæus. It comprises those plants which have hermaphrodite flowers, with three distinct and equal stamens, as the crocus, the valerian, and almost all the grasses. It comprehends three orders, Monogynia, Digynia, and Trigynia. The cut shows an enlarged floret of the common valerian. Tri

andria is also the name of Triandria-Floret several orders in the Linnæan system, the plants

of Valerian.

of which, besides their classic characters, have three stamens. Triandrian, Triandrous (trī-an'dri-an, trian'drus), a. Belonging to the Linnæan class Triandria; having three distinct and equal stamens in the same flower with a pistil or pistils.

Triangle (tri'ang-gl or tri-ang'gl), n. [Fr. triangle, from L. triangulum-tres, tria, three, and angulus, a corner.] 1. In geom. a figure bounded by three lines and containing three angles. The three angles of a plane triangle are equal to two right angles or 180°, and its area is equal to half that of a rectangle or parallelogram of the same base and altitude. The triangle is the most important figure in geometry, and may be considered the element of all other figures. If the three lines or sides of a triangle are all straight, it is a plane or rectilinear triangle, as figs. 1, 2, 3, 4. If all the three sides are equal, it is an equi lateral triangle, fig. 2. If two of the sides only are equal, it is an isosceles triangle, fig. 3. If all the three sides are unequal, it is a scalene triangle, fig. 4. If one of the angles

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forces. Supplemental triangle. See under SUPPLEMENTAL.-2. A musical instrument of percussion, made of a rod of polished steel, bent into the form of a triangle, and open at one of its angles. It is sounded by being struck with a small steel rod.-3. In astron. one of the forty-eight ancient constellations, situated in the northern hemisphere, surrounded by Perseus, Andromeda, Aries, and Musca. Also, the name of a small constellation near the South Pole, having three bright stars; the Triangulum Australis.-4. Eccles. a symbol of the Holy Trinity. The equilateral triangle, as symbolizing the Trinity, is found in many figures in Christian ornament. See TRINITY. 5. A three-cornered straight-edge, used by draughtsmen, &c., in conjunction with the T-square for drawing parallel, perpendicular, or diagonal lines.6. A kind of gin for raising heavy weights. See GIN.-7. Milit. a sort of frame formed of three halberts stuck in the ground, and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when flogged.

Flogging was then very common in the regiment. I was flogged in 1840. To this day I feel a pain in the chest from the triangles. Mayhew.

Triangled (tri'ang-gld), a. 1. Having three

angles; having the form of a triangle.

2. Formed into triangles. Triangular (tri-ang'gu-lėr), a. 1. Having three angies; having the form of a triangle; relating to a triangle. -2. In bot. (a) flat or lamellar, and having three sides; as, a triangular leaf. (b) Oblong, and having three lateral faces; as, a triangular stem, seed, column, and the like.-Triangular compass, a compass having three legs, two opening in the usual manner, and the third turning round an extension of the central pin of the other two, besides having a motion on its own central joint. By means of this instrument any triangle or any three points may be taken off at once.-Triangular level, a light frame in the shape of the letter A, and having a plumb-line which determines verticality-Triangular numbers, the series of figurate numbers which consists of the successive sums of the terms of an arithmetical series, whose first term is 1, and the common difference 1. Thus, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, &c., are triangular numbers. They are so called because the number of points expressed by any one of them may be arranged in the form of an equilateral triangle. Triangular prism. See PRISM.-Triangular pyramid, a pyramid whose base is a triangle, its sides consisting of three triangles which meet in a point called its

vertex.

Triangularity (tri-ang'gu-lar'i-ti), n. Quality of being triangular.

Triangularly (tri-ang'gu-lėr-li), adv. In a triangular manner; after the form of a triangle.

Triangulate (tri-ang'gū-lāt), v.t. pret. & pp. triangulated; ppr. triangulating. 1. To make triangular or three-cornered.-2. In surveying, to divide into triangles; to survey by dividing into triangles. Triangulation (tri-ang'gu-la"shon), n. The act of triangulating; the reduction of the surface of an area to triangles for the purpose of a trigonometrical survey. Trianguloid (tri-ang'gū-loid), a. Somewhat triangular in shape. A trianguloid space.' H. Spencer.

Triangulum (tri-ang'gü-lum), n. [L] In astron, the Triangle; the name of two constellations. See TRIANGLE. Trianthema (tri-an'the-ma), n. [Gr. treis, three, and anthēma, from anthes, to flower, the flowers being usually disposed in threes.] A genus of spreading prostrate oppositeleaved herbs, with small axillary flowers, belonging to the nat. order Ficoideæ. The species are inhabitants of the tropical parts of the Old and New World and the subtropical parts of Africa. T. obcordata is employed by the natives of India as a potherb, and is employed by the native doctors, combined with ginger, as a cathartic. Triarchee (tri-arch'e), a. In her formed of three archings or having three arches. Triarchy (tri'ar-ki), n. [Gr. treis, three, and arche, rule.] Government by three persons. Howell.

is a right angle, the triangle is right-angled, as fig. 1, having the right angle A. If one of the angles is obtuse, the triangle is called obtuse-angled, as fig. 4, having the obtuse angle B. If all the angles are acute, the triangle is acute-angled, figs. 2, 3. If the three lines of a triangle are all curves, the triangle is said to be curvilinear, fig. 5. If some of the sides are straight and others curve, the triangle is said to be mixtilinear, fig. 6. If the sides are all arcs of great circles of the sphere, or arcs of the same circle, the triangle is said to be spherical, fig. 5.-Arithmetical triangle, a table of certain numbers disposed in the form of a right-angled triangle. The first vertical column consists of units; the second of a series of natural numbers; the third of triangular numbers; the fourth of pyramidal numbers, and so on. The numbers taken on the horizontal lines are the coefficients of the different powers of a binomial. See Figurate Numbers under FIGURATE.-Triangle of forces, a name given to the proposition in statics which asserts that, if three forces meeting at a point in one plane be in equilibrium, and if on that plane any three mutually intersecting lines be drawn parallel to the directions of the three forces, a triangle will be formed the lengths of whose sides will be proportional to the magnitudes of the

Triarian (tri-ä'ri-an), a. [L triarii, the veteran Roman soldiers who formed the third rank from the front when the legion was drawn up in order of battle, from tres, three.] Occupying the third post or place. The brave second and triarian band.' Cowley.

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Trias (tri'as), n. [Gr. trias, the number three.] In geol. a name sometimes given to the upper new red sandstone. See TRIASSIC. Triassic (tri-as'ik), a. Pertaining to or composed of trias.-Triassic system, in geol. new red sandstone; a series of strata forming the lowest or oldest subdivision of the secondary or mesozoic group. It derived its name from its being composed in Germany of three well-marked groups, the Keuper, Muschelkalk, and Bunter-sandstein. Only the highest and lowest of these groups are known in England.

Triatic-stay (trī-at'ik-stā), n. Naut. a rope secured at each end to the heads of the fore and main masts, with thimbles spliced in its bight to hook the stay-tackles to. Triatomic (tri-a-tom'ik), a. In chem, consisting of three atoms; having three atoms in the molecule.

Tribal (trib'al), a. Belonging to a tribe; characteristic of a tribe; as, tribal customs; a tribal community. Tribalism (trīb’al-izm), n. The state of existing in separate tribes; tribal feeling.

Tribalism is not higher or more liberal than nationality, it is lower and less liberal; it is the prineval germ of which nationality is the more civilized development. Goldwin Smith.

Tribasic (tri-bas'ik), a. [Gr. treis, three, and basis, base.] In chem. a term applied to those acids which combine in their neutral salts with three equivalents of a base. Tribe (trib), n. [L. tribus, one of the three bodies into which the Romans were originally divided, from tres, tria, three.] 1. A division, class, or distinct portion of a people or nation, from whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as, the city of Athens was divided into ten tribes; Rome was originally divided into three tribes; afterward the people were distributed into thirty tribes, and afterward into thirty-five.

Have you collected them by tribes!

Shak

2. A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.

Shak

Cursed be my tribe If I forgive him. The Irish tribe... bears plain marks of society founded on a real or traditionary relationship of blood. Edin, Rev.

3. In classification, a term used by some naturalists to denote a number of things having certain characters or resemblances in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals. Linnæus distributed the vegetable kingdom into three tribes, viz. monocotyledonous, dicotyledonous, and acotyledonous plants, and these he subdivided into gentes or nations. By other naturalists tribe has been used for a division of animals or plants intermediate between order and genus. Cuvier divided his orders into families, and his families into tribes, including under the latter one or more genera. The word is also used in a looser sense; thus we may speak of the annual, biennial, and perennial tribes, or the bulbous, tuberous, and fibrous-rooted tribes of plants.-4. A separate body; a number considered collectively.

And then there flutter'd in,
Half-bold, half-frighted, with dilated eyes,
A tribe of women, dress'd in many hues.
Tennyson.

5. A nation of savages, forming a subdivision
of a race; a body of rude, uncivilized people
united under one leader or government; as,
the tribes of the North American Indians.
6. A number of persons of any character or
profession: in contempt. The strolling
tribe, a despicable race.' Churchill.
Folly and vice are easy to describe.
The common subjects of our scribbling tribe.
Roscommon.

Tribe (trib), vt pret. & pp. tribed; ppr. tribing. To distribute into tribes or classes. [Rare.]

Our fowl, fish, and quadrupeds are well tribed by Mr. Willoughby and Mr. Ray. Bp Nicolson Triblet (trib'let), n. 1. A mandrel used in forging tubes, nuts, and rings, and for other purposes.-2. A mandrel in a machine for making lead-pipe. Spelled also Treblet. See MANDREL.

Tribometer (tri-bom'et-êr), n. [Gr. tribo, to rub or wear, and metron, measure.] An apparatus, resembling a sled, for measuring the force of friction in rubbing surfaces. Triboulet (trib'o-let), n. Same as Triblet Tribrach (tri brak),n. [Gr.tribrachys-treis, three, and brachys, short] In pros a poetic

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foot of three short syllables, as mellús; a word of three short syllables.

Never take an iambus as a christian name. Trochees and tribrachs do very fairly. Coleridge. Tribracteate (tri-brak'tē-åt), a. [Prefix tri, three, and bracteate.] In bot. having three bracts.

Tribual (trib'ū-al), a. Of or pertaining to a tribe; tribal. The tribual lisping of the Ephraimites. Fuller.

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Tribular (trib'ü-lêr), a. Of or relating to a tribe; tribal; as, tribular worship. Tribulation (trib-ú-lá'shou), n. [Eccles. L. tribulatio, distress, tribulation, from L. tribulo, tribulatum, to thrash, to beat, from tribulum, a thrashing-sledge, a sort of heavy sledge with sharp points underneath for dragging over corn to drive out the grain.] That which occasions affliction or distress; severe affliction; trouble; trial. 'Try'd in sharp tribulation.' Milton.

When tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. Mat. xiii. 21. The way to fame is like the way to heaven-through much tribulation. Sterne.

Tribulus (trib'ū-lus), n. [Gr. tribolos, threepointed, three-pronged-treis, three, and belos, a dart.] A genus of plants, nat. order Zygophyllaceæ, closely allied to the Rutaceæ. The species are procumbent herbs, with abruptly pinnate leaves and axillary peduncles bearing a solitary usually yellow flower, which is succeeded by a prickly fruit. They are found in the south of Europe, and in the tropical and subtropical parts of the world. T. terrestris and T. cistoides are said to possess aperient properties. Tribunal (tri-bù'nal), n. [L. tribunal, from tribunus, a tribune, who administered justice.] 1. Properly, the seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice.

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Tribunate (tribũ-nit), n Tribuneship (which see).

Tribune (tri'bûn or trib'ün), n. [L. tribunus, from tribus, tribe.] 1. In Rom. antiq. originally an officer connected with a tribe, or who represented a tribe for certain purposes; especially, an officer or magistrate chosen by the people to protect them from the oppression of the patricians or nobles, and to defend their liberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by the senate and consuls. These magistrates were at first two, but their number was increased to five and ultimately to ten. This last number appears to have remained unaltered down to the end of the empire. There were also military tribunes, officers of the army, each of whom commanded a division or legion, and also other officers called tribunes; as, tribunes of the treasury, of the horse, &c.— 2. A bench or elevated place; a raised seat or stand; specifically, (a) the throne of a bishop.

He remained some time before his presence was observed, when the monks conducted him to his tribune. Prescott.

(b) A sort of pulpit or rostrum where a speaker stands to address an assembly, as in the French chamber of deputies. Tribuneship (tri'bun-ship or trib'un-ship), n. The office of a tribune; tribunate. Tribunician, Tribunitial (trib-u-nish'an, trib-u-nish'al), a. 1. Pertaining to or suiting tribunes, as, tribunician power or authority. 'The kings and tribunitial powers.' Dryden. Spelled also Tribunitian."

Whose tribunitian not imperatorian power is imme ately founded... in the very plebs or herd of people Bp. Gauden. Pertain

Tribunitioust (trib-u-nish'us), a. ing to tribunes; tribunitial. Bacon. Tributarily (trib'u-ta-ri-li), adv. In a tributary manner.

Tributariness (trib'u-ta-ri-nes), n. The state of being tributary. Tributary (trib'u-ta-ri), a. [L. tributarius. See TRIBUTE] 1. Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace. This land was tributary made Tambitious Rome.

Spenser.

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4. Yielding supplies of anything; contributing; serving to form or make up a greater object of the same kind. 'Poor tributary rivers.' Shak.

Tributary (trib'ū-ta-ri), n. 1. An individual, government, or state that pays tribute or a stated sum to a conquering power for the purpose of securing peace and protection, or as an acknowledgment of submission, or for the purchase of security.

England was his faithful tributary. Shak. 2. In geog. an affluent; a stream which directly or indirectly contributes water to another stream.

Tribute (trib'ūt), n. [Fr. tribut, L. tributum, from tribuo, to give, to bestow, from tribus, a tribe. See TRIBE.] 1. An annual or stated sum of money or other valuable thing paid by one prince or nation to another, either as an acknowledgment of submission, or as the price of peace and protection, or by virtue of some treaty; as, the Romans made all their conquered countries pay tribute.-2. The state of being liable for such a payment; the obligation of contributing.

His imperial fancy has laid all nature under tribute, and has collected riches from every scene of the creation, and every walk of art. R. Hall.

3. A personal contribution; something given or contributed; anything done or given out of devotion, or as that which is due or deserved; as, a tribute of respect. The passing tribute of a sigh.' Gray.

We lov'd, admir'd, almost ador'd,

Gave all the tribute mortals could afford. Dryden. 4. In mining, (a) work performed in the excavation of ore in a mine, as distinguished from tut-work, such as sinking shafts, the driving of adits and drifts, &c. (b) The proportion of ore or its value which a person engaged in the above work (a tributer) receives for his labour. 5. That which was paid by a subject to the sovereign of a country; a tax. Burrill.

Tribute (trib'üt), v. t. pret. & pp. tributed; ppr. tributing. To pay as tribute.

An amorous trifler, that spendeth his forenoons on his glass and barber, his afternoons with paint or Just, tributing most precious moments to the scepter of a fan. Whitlock.

Tribute-money (trib'ut-mun-i), n. Money paid as tribute.

Tribute-pitch (trib'ut-pich), n. In mining, a limited portion of a body beyond which a tributer is not permitted to work. Tributer (trib'ût-ér), n. In mining, one who excavates ore from a mine; one who works upon tribute. See TRIBUTE, 4. Trica (tri'ka), n. In bot. the shield or reproductive organ of a lichen. Tricapsular (tri-kap'su-lér), a. [Prefix tri, and capsule. In bot. three-capsuled; having three capsules to each flower. Tricarpellite (tri-kärpel-lit), n. [Prefix tri, and carpel.] A fossil nut of the London clay, having three carpels.

Trice (tris), v. t. pret. & pp. triced; ppr. tricing. [L.G. trissen, Dan. tridse, to hoist, tridse, a pulley Sw. trissa, a pulley; G. trissen, to trice the sprit-sail, trisse, trice, a brace. In meaning 2 of different origin; perhaps D. trekken, to drag, through the O Fr.] 1. Naut. to haul or tie up by means of a small rope; to hoist.-2.† To pull; to haul; to drag. Chaucer.

Trice (tris), n. [Probably from Sp. tris (Pg. triz), noise of breaking glass, a crack, hence an instant, a trice; venir en un tris, to come in a trice; compare the Scotch to 'come in a crack.'] A very short time; an instant; a moment: now used only in the phrase in a trice. This trice of time.' Shak.

If they get never so great spoil at any time, they

waste the same in a trice.

Spenser. Suckling.

And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey. Tricennarious (tri-sen-na'ri-us), a. Tricen nial; belonging to the term of thirty years. Tricennial (tri-sen'ni-al), a. Denoting thirty, or what pertains to that number; of or belonging to the term of thirty years; occurring once in every thirty years. Tricentenary (tri-sen'ten-a-ri), n. [L. tricenti, three hundred.] 1. That which consists of or comprehends three hundred; the space of three hundred years.-2. The commemoration of any event which occurred

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three hundred years before, as the birth of a great man; as, Shakspere's tricentenary. Called also Tercentenary.

Tricentenary (tri-sen'ten-a-ri), a. Relating to or consisting of three hundred; relating to three hundred years; as, a tricentenary celebration. Called also Tercentenary. Triceps (tri'seps), a. [L., from tres, three, and caput, head.] 1. Three-headed.-2. In anat. a term applied to muscles which arise by three heads; as, the triceps extensor cubiti, the use of which is to extend the forearm. Trichechus (trik'e-kus), n. [Gr. triches, hair, and echo, to have.] A genus of pinnigrade carnivores, formerly including the seacows (T. manatus), but now restricted to the walrus (T. rosmarus), and forming a distinct family Trichecida. Trichecida (tri-kes'i-dē), n, pl. [Trichechus (which see), and Gr. eidos, likeness.] A family of marine carnivorous mammals, of the section Pinnigrada or Pinnipedia, comprising the walrus. See WALRUS. Trichecodon (tri-kek'o-don), n. chus (which see), and Gr. odous, odontos, a tooth] A fossil genus of large marine mammals, whose tusks, occurring in the red clay of Suffolk, indicate affinities with the wal

rus.

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Trichiasis (tri-ki'a-sis), n. [Gr., from thrix, trichos, hair.] In med. a name given to sev eral affections: (a) a disease of the kidneys or bladder, in which filamentous substances resembling hairs are passed in the urine. (b) A swelling of the breasts of women in child-bed when the milk is excreted with difficulty. (c) Inversion of the eyelashes; entropium. Dunglison.

Trichidium (tri-kid'i-um), n. [Gr. thrix, trichos, hair, and eidos, resemblance.] In bot. a tender, simple, or sometimes branched hair, which supports the sporules of some fungaceous plants, as Geastrum, &c. Trichilia (tri-kili-a), n. [Gr. tricheilos, threelipped-treis, three, and cheilos, a lip. The stigma is three-lobed, and the capsule threecelled and three-valved.] A genus of plants, nat. order Meliacea. A number of Indian and Australian species were formerly included under this genus, but these as well as some American species are now referred to other genera, and the genus is now constituted by about a dozen American and West Indian species and two or three African. They are trees or shrubs with pinnate leaves and axillary panicles of white flowers. Several of them are possessed of active properties, as T. emetica, or the emetic nut, which is found in the mountains of Yemen; T. cathartica, used in Brazil as a cure for fevers, &c. Trichina (tri-ki'na), n. [Gr. thrix, trichos, a hair] A minute nematoid worm, the larva of which was discovered in 1835 in the tissue of the voluntary muscles of man, giving rise to a disease since known as trichiniasis. The worm is common also to several other mammals, and especially to the pig, and it is generally from it that man receives the disease. When a portion of flesh, say of the pig, containing larvæ is taken into the stomach the larvae in a few days become developed into procreative adults, having in the meantime passed into the intestines. The female begins to produce embryos in extraordinary numbers, which gain entrance into the muscles by penetrating the mucous coat of the intestine and entering the capillaries, whence they are carried to their habitat by the circulation. There they disorganize the surrounding tissue, setting up at the same time morbid action in the system. The connection between the muscle-inhabiting larva and the adult intestinal parasite was not established till 1860. The larva is generally encased in a cyst covered with calcareous matter, and from the form it assumes in this case it is called at this stage Trichina spiralis.

Trichiniasis, Trichinosis (trik-i-ni'a-sis, trik-i-no'sis), n. A painful and frequently fatal disease produced in man by eating meat, especially the flesh of pigs, either raw or insufficiently cooked, infested with the larva called Trichina spiralis. See TRI

CHINA.

Trichinous (tri-ki'nus), a. Connected with trichinæ or trichiniasis. Trichiurus (trik-i-ú'rus), n. [Gr. thrix. trichos, hair, and oura, a tail.] A genus of acanthopterygious teleostean fishes, belonging to the family Trichiuride. They are called in English hair-tails, from the elongated hair-like filament that terminates the

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Trichocephalus (trik-õ-sef'al-us), n. [Gr. thrix, trichos, hair, and kephale, the head.] A genus of nematoid worms, one species of which, T. dispar, infests the intestines of man. It is from 1 to 2 inches in length, the hairlike head and neck forming twothirds of the whole body. It is comparatively rare in Britain, and its presence causes little inconvenience. Trichocyst (trik'o-sist), n. [Gr. thrix, trichos, a hair, and kystis, a bag.] In physiol. a cell capable of emitting thread-like filaments, found in certain of the Infusoria, especially in the Bursaria.

Trichodon (trik'o-don), n. [Gr. thrix, trichos, hair, and odous, odontos, a tooth.] A genus of fishes allied to the perch. The only known species is T. stelleri, which inhabits the most northern part of the Pacific, and buries itself in the sand at low water. Trichogastres (trik-ō-gas'trēz), n. pl. [Gr. thrix, trichos, a hair, and gaster, gastros, a belly.] A nat. order of gasteromycetous fungi, characterized by the contents of the leathery peridium breaking up when mature into a pulverulent mass of spores and filaments, without a central column, the whole being expelled by the bursting of the case. Trichogenous (tri-koj'en-us), a. [Gr. thrix, trichos, hair, and gen, root of gennaō, to produce.] Producing or encouraging the growth of hair.

Trichoglossus (trik-õ-glos'sus), n. [Gr. thrix, trichos, a hair, and glōssa, a tongue.] A genus of birds of the parrot family; the lorikeets. Most of the species are natives of Australia. Their hairy tongues enable them to collect the honey of the gum-trees and other flowery shrubs. - Trichoglossus Swainsonii or Swainson's lorikeet, is the best-known species.

Trichogyne (trik'o-jin), n. [Gr. thrix, trichos, a hair, and gyně, a woman.] In bot. a long, thin, hair-like sac, springing from the trichophore of certain cryptogams, and serving as a receptive organ of reproduction. Trichoma (tri-ko'ma), n. [Gr., growth of hair, from thrix, trichos, hair.] 1. In bot. the filamentous thallus of algals, as Conferva.-2. In pathol. an affection of the hair, otherwise called Plica.

Trichomanes (tṛi-kom'a-nēz), n. [Gr. thrix, trichos, hair, and manos, soft. The shining stems appear like fine hair.] A genus of ferns, of the nat. order Polypodiaceæ, belonging to the series with free veins and urn-shaped or tubular involucres. T. radicans is the Killarney fern; it occurs at Killarney and also in Madeira.

Trichomatose (tri-kom'at-os), a.

Matted

or agglutinated together; affected with trichoma: said of hair.

Trichome (trik om), n. [See TRICHOMA.] In bot. a hair or hair-like process. Sachs. Trichonema (trik-õ-ne'ma), n. [Gr. thrix, trichos, hair, and nema, a filament, from neo, to spin. The filaments are hairy.] A genus of plants, nat. order Iridaceae, chiefly natives of South Africa and the shores of the Mediterranean. T. Columnæ is found in sandy places in Guernsey and Jersey. It is a small bulbous plant, with pale-bluish purple and yellow flowers, and closely allied to the crocus.

Trichophore (trik'o-fōr), n. [Gr. thrix, trichos, hair, and phero, to bear.] In bot. a body in certain cryptogams usually consisting of several cells, in or near which the results of fertilization appear. Trichoptera (tri-kop'ter-a), n. pl. [Gr. thrix, trichos, hair, and pteron, a wing.] An order of insects with four hairy membranous

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wings. It comprises the case-worm flies, or caddice-flies of the angler. By some naturalists the Trichoptera are regarded as a section of the Neuroptera. Trichopteran (tri-kop'tér-an), n. One of the Trichoptera; a caddice-fly. Trichopterous (tri-kop'tèr-us), a. Of or pertaining to the Trichoptera. Trichord (trï'kord), n. In music, an instrument with three chords or strings. Trichord (tri'kord), a. Having or characterized by three strings.-Trichord pianoforte, a pianoforte having three strings to each note for the greater part of its compass. Trichosanthes (trik-o-san' thes), n. [Gr. thrix, trichos, hair, and anthos, a flower.] A genus of plants, nat. order Cucurbitaceae. The species are trailing or climbing plants found in the hot and moist parts of Asia, having beautifully fringed dioecious flowers; a few are found in the West Indies. Many of them are edible, and are known by the name of snake-gourds, from their long and often sinuous fruit. T. dioica is cultivated in India, and is called by the natives pulwul. The unripe fruit and tender tops are much eaten both by Europeans and natives in Bengal in stews and curries. T. cucumerina, a common Ceylon and South Indian plant, is much esteemed in Ceylon as a febrifuge. Trichostomei (trik-õ-stom'e-i), n. pl. [Gr. thrix, trichos, hair, and stoma, a mouth.] A nat. order of acrocarpous, chiefly European mosses, distinguished by a peristome with thirty thread-shaped teeth. Some of the species ascend to very high latitudes. Trichotomous

(tri-kot'o-mus), a. [See TRICHOTOMY.] Divided into three parts, or divided by threes; branching giving off shoots by threes; trifurcate; as, a trichotomous

stem.

or

Trichotomy (tri-kot'o-mi), n.

Trichotomous Stem.

[Gr. tricha, thrice, and temno, to cut or divide.] Division into three parts. Trichroism (trï'krō-izm), n. [Ġr. treis, three, and chroa, chroia, the surface of a body, surface as the seat of colour, colour.] The property possessed by some crystals of exhibiting different colours in three different directions when viewed by transmitted light.

Trick (trik), n. [Same word as D. trek, a pull, a stroke, a dash, a trick, but probably not borrowed directly but coming through the O. Fr., whence also Fr. tricher, to cheat, Pr. tric, deceit, It. treccare, to cheat. See also TREACHERY.] 1. An artifice; a stratagem; a device; especially, a fraudful contrivance for an evil purpose, or an underhand scheme to impose upon the world; a cheat or cheating; as, tricks in bargains; tricks of state. Shak.

He comes to me for counsel, and I show him a trick.
South.
I see it is a trick

Got up betwixt you and the woman there.

Tennyson.

2. A dexterous artifice or contrivance; a knack; art.

Here's fine revolution, an we had the trick to see't. Shak

On one nice trick depends the gen'ral fate. Pope. 3. A sleight-of-hand performance; the legerdemain of a juggler; as, tricks with cards. A juggling trick.' Shak.-4. A particular practice, habit, or manner; custom; personal peculiarity; characteristic; as, he has a trick of drumming with his fingers; a trick of frowning.

It was always yet the trick of our English nation, if they have a good thing, to make it too common. Shak

The style which deals in long sentences or in short sentences, or indeed which has any trick in it, is a bad style. Helps.

5. A touch; a dash; a trait of character. He hath a trick of Coeur-de-Lion's face. Shak. 6. Anything done not deliberately, but out of passion or caprice; a vicious or foolish action or practice.

Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, As make the angels weep. Shak. 7. Anything mischievously and roguishly done to cross, annoy, or disappoint another.

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Nay, I remember the trick you served me when I took my leave of Madam Silvia. Shak. 8. A prank; a frolic; as, tricks of youth. Come, I'll question you

Of my lord's tricks and yours when you were boys. Shak 9. A toy; a trifle; a plaything. 'A very trick for them to play at will. Shak. A fantasy and trick of fame.' Shak.-10. In cardplaying, the whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players.-11. Naut. a spell; a turn; the time allotted to a man to stand at the helm.-To know a trick worth two of that, to know of some better expedient: used when one declines to do what is proposed or spoken of.

Nay, by God, soft; I know a trick worth two of Shak that, i' faith. Clive, best be off We knou a trick Thackeray.

Hear what he says of you, sir? to bed, my boy-ho! ho! No, no. worth two of that.

SYN. Stratagem, artifice, device, wile, fraud, cheat, juggle, finesse, sleight, deception, imposture, delusion, imposition. Trick (trik), v.t. To deceive; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse. To trick or tromp mankind.' B. Jonson.

Trick (trik), v.i. To live by deception and fraud.

Thus they jog on, still tricking, never thriving, And murdering plays, which still they call reviving. Dryden.

Trick (trik), v.t. [W. treciaw, to furnish or harness, to trick out-trec, an implement, harness, gear.] 1. To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically.

Geraldine shakes off her dread,
And rises lightly from her bed;
Puts on her silken vestments white,

And tricks her hair in lovely plight. Coleridge. It is often followed by up, of, or out.

People are lavish in tricking up their children in Locke. fine clothes, yet starve their minds.

They are simple but majestic records of the feelings of the poet; as little tricked out for the public eye as his diary would have been. Macaulay.

2. To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate without colour, as heraldic devices.

They are blazon'd there; there they are tricked, they and their pedigrees. B. Fonson. Trick (trik), n. [A form akin to tress (which see).] A plait or knot of hair.

It stirs me more than all your court-curls, or your spangles, or your tricks. B. Jonson

Tricker (trik'èr), n. One who tricks; a de

ceiver; a cheat; a trickster.

Tricker (trik'ér), n. A trigger. [Obsolete or provincial.]

So did the knight, and with one claw The tricker of his pistol draw. Hudibras. The practice of Trickery (trik ́èr-i), n. tricks or deceitful devices; imposture; artifice; stratagem. Trickiness (trik'i-nes), n. The quality of being tricky or trickish; trickishness.

With all the trickiness by which a street business is sometimes characterized. Maynew Tricking (trik'ing), n. Dress; ornament. Go, get us properties,

Shak.

And tricking for our fairies. Trickish (trik'ish), a. Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish. A loose, slippery. and trickish way of reasoning. Atterbury Trickishly (trik'ish-li), adv. In a trickish manner; artfully; knavishly. Trickishness (trik'ish-nes), n. The state of being trickish, knavish, or deceitful. Tricklasite (trik'las-it), n. Another name for Fahlunite (which see). Trickle (trik'l), v.i. pret. & pp. trickled; ppr. trickling. [Origin doubtful. Perhaps a dim. form allied to track, and so also to trick; or a non-nasalized form equivalent to Sc. trinkle, to trickle, which appears also as trintle, and may be connected with trend! To flow in a small gentle stream; to run down in drops; as, tears trickle down the cheek; water trickles from the eaves. 'Trickling tears are vain.' Shak.

Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier. Sir 1". Scrét. Tricklenesst (trik'l-nes), n. A state of trickling or passing away; transitoriness. This life's tricklenesse.' Davies. Trickment (trik'ment). n. Decoration: especially, a heraldic decoration.

No tomb shall hold thee, But these two arms; no trukments but my tears Over thy hearse. Bran Tricksiness (trik'si-nes), n. The state af being tricksy or playful; playfulness Latent fun and tricksiness." George Elist

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