Webster's Dictionary 1913

4969

Tripeman

Tripe″man (?), n.; pl.-men (�). A man who prepares or sells tripe.

4970

Tripennate

Tri‐pen″nate (?), a. [Pref. tri- + pennate.] (Bot.) Same as Tripinnate.

4971

Tripersonal

Tri‐per″son‐al (trī̍‐pẽr″sŭn‐al), a. [Pref. tri- + personal.] Consisting of three persons. Milton.

4972

Tripersonalist

Tri‐per″son‐al‐ist, n. A Trinitarian.

4973

Tripersonality

Tri‐per′son‐al″i‐ty (?), n. The state of existing as three persons in one Godhead; trinity.

4974

Tripery

Trip″er‐y (trīp″ẽr‐y̆), n. [Cf. F. triperie.] A place where tripe is prepared or sold. London Quart. Rev.

4975

Tripestone

Tripe″stone′ (trīp″stōn′), n.(Min.) A variety of anhydrite composed of contorted plates fancied to resemble pieces of tripe.

4976

Tripetaloid

Tri‐pet″al‐oid (?), a. [Pref. tri- + petaloid.] (Bot.) Having the form or appearance of three petals; appearing as if furnished with three petals.

4977

Tripetalous

Tri‐pet″al‐ous (?), a. [Pref. tri- + petalous: cf. F. tripétale.] (Bot.) Having three petals, or flower leaves; three-petaled.

4978

Triphane

Tri″phane (?), n. [Gr. � appearing three-fold; � (see Tri-) + � to appear cf. F. triphane.] (Min.) Spodumene.

4979

Triphthong

Triph″thong (?), n. [Pref. tri- + -phthong, as in diphthong: cf. F. triphthonque.] (Orthoëpy) A combination of three vowel sounds in a single syllable, forming a simple or compo...

4980

Triphthongal

Triph‐thon″gal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of three vowel sounds pronounced together in a single syllable.

4981

Triphyline

Triph″y‐line (?), n. Triphylite.

4982

Triphylite

Triph″y‐lite (?), n. [Pref. tri- + Gr. � a family, class. So called in allusion to its containing three phosphates.] (Min.) A mineral of a grayish-green or bluish color, consist...

4983

Triphyllous

Triph″yl‐lous (?), a. [Gr. �; � (see Tri-) + � a leaf: cf. F. triphylle.] (Bot.) Having three leaves; three-leaved.

4984

Tripinnate

Tri‐pin″nate (?), a. [Pref. tri- + pinnate.] (Bot.) Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis.

4985

Tripinnatifid

Tri′pin‐nat″i‐fid (?), a. [Pref. tri- + pinnatifid.] (Bot.) Thrice pinnately cleft; — said of a pinnatifid leaf when its segments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these a...

4986

Tripitaka

‖Tri‐pit″a‐ka (?), n. [Skr. tripiṭaka.] The three divisions, or “baskets” (pitakas), of buddhist scriptures, — the Vinayapitaka [Skr. Vinayapiṭaka], or Basket of Discipline; Sut...

4987

Triplasian

Tri‐pla″sian, a. Three-fold; triple; treble. Cudworth.

4988

Triple

Tri″ple (?), a. [L. triplus; tri- (see Tri-) + -plus, as in duplus double: cf. F. triple. See Double, and cf. Treble.] 1. Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threef...

4989

Triple (2)

Tri″ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Tripled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tripling (?).] [Cf. F. tripler. See Triple, a.] To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as, to triple...

4990

Triple-crowned

Tri″ple–crowned′ (?), a. Having three crowns; wearing the triple crown, as the pope.

4991

Triple-headed

Tri″ple–head′ed (?), a. Having three heads; three-headed; as, the triple-headed dog Cerberus.

4992

Triple-tail

Tri″ple–tail′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) 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...

4993

Triplet

Trip″let (?), n. [From Triple.] 1. A collection or combination of three of a kind; three united.2. (Poetry) Three verses rhyming together.3. (Mus.) A group of three notes sung o...

4994

Triplex

Tri″plex (?), a.(Mach.) Havingthree principal operative parts or motions, so as to produce a three-fold effect.

4995

Triplicate

Trip″li‐cate (?), a. [L. triplicatus, p. p. of triplicare to triple, treble; tri- (see Tri-) + plicare to fold. See Ply, v. t.] Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.Triplicat...