TRITURIUM
TRITU'RIUM, noun A vessel for separating liquors of different densities.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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TRIUMPH
TRI'UMPH, noun [Latin triumphus.]1. Among the ancient Romans, a pompous ceremony performed in honor of a victorious general, who was allowed to enter the city crowned, originall...
TRIUMPHAL
TRIUMPH'AL, adjective [Latin triumphalis.] Pertaining to triumph; used in a triumph; as a triumphal crown or car; a triumphal arch.TRIUMPH'AL, noun A token of victory.
TRIUMPHANT
TRIUMPH'ANT, adjective [Latin triumphans.] Celebrating victory; as a triumphant chariot.1. Rejoicing as for victory.Successful beyond hope to lead you forthTriumphant out of thi...
TRIUMPHANTLY
TRIUMPH'ANTLY, adverb In a triumphant manner; with the joy and exultation that proceeds from victory or success.Through armed ranks triumphantly she drives.1. Victoriously; with...
TRIUMPHER
TRI'UMPHER, noun One who triumphs or rejoices for victory; one who vanquishes.1. One who was honored with a triumph in Rome.
TRIUMPHING
TRI'UMPHING, participle present tense Celebrating victory with pomp; vanquishing; rejoicing for victory; insulting on an advantage.
TRIUMVIR
TRI'UMVIR, noun [Latin tres, three, and vir, man.] One of three men united in office. The triumvirs, Latin triumviri, of Rome, were three men who jointly obtained the sovereign ...
TRIUMVIRATE
TRIUM'VIRATE, adjective A coalition of three men; particularly, the union of three men who obtained the government of the Roman empire.1. Government by three men in coalition.
TRIUNE
TRI'UNE, adjective [Latin tres and unus.] Three in one; an epithet applied to God, to express the unity of the Godhead in a trinity of persons.
TRIUNITY
TRIU'NITY, noun Trinity. [Not used.]
TRIVALVULAR
TRIVALV'ULAR, adjective Three-valved; having three valves.
TRIVANT
TRIV'ANT, noun A truant.
TRIVERBIAL
TRIVERB'IAL, adjective [Latin triverbium.] triverbial days, in the Roman calendar, were juridical or court days, days allowed to the pretor for hearing causes; called also dies ...
TRIVET
TRIV'ET, noun A three legged stool. [See Trevet.]
TRIVIAL
TRIV'IAL, adjective [Latin trivialis; probably from Gr.; Latin tero, trivi, to wear, or from trivium, a highway.]1. Trifling; of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; as a...
TRIVIALITY
TRIVIAL'ITY, noun Trivialness. [Not much used.]
TRIVIALLY
TRIV'IALLY, adverb Commonly; vulgarly.1. Lightly; inconsiderably; in a trifling degree.
TRIVIALNESS
TRIV'IALNESS, noun Commonness.1. Lightness; unimportance.
TROAT
TROAT, verb intransitive To cry, as a buck in rutting time.TROAT, noun The cry of a buck in rutting time.
TROCAR
TRO'CAR, noun A surgical instrument for tapping dropsical persons and the like.
TROCHAIC
TROCHA'ICTROCHA'ICAL, adjective [See Trochee.] In poetry, consisting of trochees; as trochaic measure or verse.
TROCHANTER
TROCHAN'TER, noun [Gr.] In anatomy, the trochanters are two processes of the thigh bone, called major and minor, the major on the outside, and the minor on the inside.
TROCHE
TRO'CHE, noun [Gr. a wheel.] A form of medicine in a cake or tablet, or a stiff paste cut into proper portions and dried. It is made by mixing the medicine with sugar and the mu...
TROCHEE
TRO'CHEE, noun [Latin trochoeus.] In verse, a foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short.
TROCHIL
TRO'CHIL, noun [Latin trochilus; Gr. to run.]1. An aquatic bird, a swift runner, with long legs, which is said to get its meat out of the crocodile's mouth.2. A name given to th...
TROCHILIC
TROCHIL'IC, adjective Having power to draw out or turn round.