TRENTAL
TREN'TALTREN'TALS, noun [Latin triginta.] An office for the dead in the Romish service, consisting of thirty masses rehearsed for thirty days successively after the party's death.
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TRENTALS
TREN'TALS, n. [L. triginta.] An office for the dead in the Romish service, consisting of thirty masses rehearsed for thirty days successively after the party's death.
TREPAN
TREPAN', noun [Latin tero, terebra, on the root Rp.] In surgery, a circular saw for perforating the skull. It resembles a wimble.TREPAN', verb transitive To perforate the skull ...
TREPANNED
TREPAN'NED, participle passive Having the skull perforated.
TREPANNER
TREPAN'NER, noun One who trepans.
TREPANNING
TREPAN'NING, participle present tense Perforating the skull with a trepan.TREPAN'NING, noun The operation of making an opening in the skull, for relieving the brain from compres...
TREPHINE
TREPH'INE, noun [See Trepan.] An instrument for trepanning, more modern than the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimblet, and a little ...
TREPID
TREP'ID, adjective [Latin trepidus.] Trembling; quaking. [Not used.]
TREPIDATION
TREPIDA'TION, noun [Latin trepidatio, form trepido, to tremble.]1. An involuntary trembling; a quaking or quivering, particularly from fear or terror; hence, a state of terror. ...
TRESPASS
TRES'PASS, verb intransitive [Latin trans, beyond, and passer, to pass.]1. Literally, to pass beyond; hence primarily, to pass over the boundary line of another's land; to enter...
TRESPASSER
TRES'PASSER, noun One who commits a trespass; one who enters upon another's land or violates his rights.1. A transgressor of the moral law; an offender; a sinner.
TRESPASSING
TRES'PASSING, participle present tense Entering another man's inclosure; injuring or annoying another; violating the divine law or moral duty.
TRESS
TRESS, noun A knot or curl of hair; a ringlet.Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare.
TRESSED
TRESS'ED, adjective Having tresses.1. Curled; formed into ringlets.
TRESSURE
TRESS'URE, noun In heraldry, a kind of border.
TRESTLE
TRES'TLE, noun tres'l.1. The frame of a table.2. A movable form for supporting any thing.3. In bridges, a frame consisting of two posts with a head or cross beam and braces, on ...
TRET
TRET, noun [probably from Latin tritus, tero, to wear.]In commerce, an allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four per cent on the weight of commodities. It is ...
TRETHINGS
TRETH'INGS, noun Taxes; imposts. [I know not where used. It is unknown, I believe, in the United States.]
TREVET
TREV'ET, noun [three-feet, tripod.] A stool or other thing that is supported by three legs.
TREY
TREY, noun [Latin tres; Eng. three.] A three at cards; a card of three spots.
TRI
TRI, a prefix in words of Greek and Latin origin, signifies three.
TRIABLE
TRI'ABLE, adjective [from try.] That may be tried; that may be subjected to trial or test.1. That may undergo a judicial examination; that may properly come under the cognizance...
TRIACONTAHEDRAL
TRIACONTAHE'DRAL, adjective [Gr. thirty, and side.] Having thirty sides. In mineralogy, bounded by thirty rhombs.
TRIACONTER
TRI'ACONTER, noun [Gr.] In ancient Greece, a vessel of thirty oars.
TRIAD
TRI'AD, noun [Latin trias, from tres, three.] The union of three; three united. In music, the common chord or harmony, consisting of the third, fifth and eighth.
TRIAL
TRI'AL, noun [from try.] Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining its effect, or what can be done. A man tries to lift a stone, and on trial finds he i...
TRIALITY
TRIAL'ITY, noun [form three.] Three united; state of being three. [Little used.]