Webster's Dictionary 1913

4915

Tringoid

Trin″goid (?), a. [Tringa + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to Tringa, or the Sandpiper family.

4916

Trinitarian

Trin′i‐ta″ri‐an (?), a. [Cf. F. trinitaire. See Trinity.] Of or pertaining to the Trinity, the doctrine of the Trinity, or believers in that doctrine.

4917

Trinitarian (2)

Trin′i‐ta″ri‐an, n. 1. One who believes in the doctrine of the Trinity.2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a monastic order founded in Rome in 1198 by St. John of Matha, and an old French h...

4918

Trinitarianism

Trin′i‐ta″ri‐an‐ism (?), n. The doctrine of the Trinity; the doctrine that there are three distinct persons in the Godhead.

4919

Trinitrocellulose

Tri‐ni′tro‐cel″lu‐lose″ (?), n. Gun cotton; — so called because regarded as containing three nitro groups.

4920

Trinitrophenol

Tri‐ni′tro‐phe″nol (?), n.(Chem.) Picric acid.

4921

Trinity

Trin″i‐ty (?), n. [OE. trinitee, F. trinité, L. trinitas, fr. trini three each. See Trinal.] 1. (Christian Theol.) The union of three persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy ...

4922

Triniunity

Trin′i‐u″ni‐ty (?), n. [See Trinity, and Unity.] Triunity; trinity.As for terms of trinity, triniunity,... and the like, they reject them as scholastic notions. Milton.

4923

Trink

Trink (?), n. A kind of fishing net. Crabb.

4924

Trinket

Trin″ket (?), n. [F. trinquet foremast, also, a certain sail, trinquette a triangular sail, or Sp. trinquete triangular.] (Naut.) A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a shi...

4925

Trinket (2)

Trin″ket, n. [OE. trenket a sort of knife, hence, probably, a toy knife worn as an ornament; probably from an Old French dialectic form of trenchier to cut. Cf. Trench, v. t.] 1...

4926

Trinket (3)

Trin″ket, v. i. To give trinkets; hence, to court favor; to intrigue. South.

4927

Trinketer

Trin″ket‐er (?), n.One who trinkets.

4928

Trinketry

Trin″ket‐ry (?), n. Ornaments of dress; trinkets, collectively.No trinketry on front, or neck, or breast. Southey.

4929

Trinkle

Trin″kle (?), v. i. To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper. Wright.

4930

Trinoctial

Tri‐noc″tial (?), a. [L. trinoctialis for three nights; tri- (see Tri-) + nox, noctis, night.] Lasting during three nights; comprising three nights.

4931

Trinodal

Tri‐nod″al (?), a. [L. trinodis three-knotted; tri- (see Tri-) + nodus knot.] 1. (Bot.) Having three knots or nodes; having three points from which a leaf may shoot; as, a trino...

4932

Trinomial

Tri‐no″mi‐al (?), n. [Pref. tri- + -nomial as in binomial: cf. F. trinôme.] (Math.) A quantity consisting of three terms, connected by the sign + or -; as, x + y + z, or ax + 2b...

4933

Trinomial (2)

Tri‐no″mi‐al, a.(Math.) Consisting of three terms; of or pertaining to trinomials; as, a trinomial root.

4934

Trinomial (3)

Tri‐no″mi‐al, a.(Nat. Hist.) Consisting of, or involving the use of, three terms; as, a trinomial systematic name specifying the genus, species, and variety.

4935

Trinominal

Tri‐nom″i‐nal (?), n. & a. [Pref. tri- + L. nomen, nominis, name: cf. L. trinominis three-named.] (Math.) Trinomial.

4936

Trinucleus

‖Tri‐nu″cle‐us (?), n. [Pref. tri- + nucleus.] (Paleon.) A genus of Lower Silurian trilobites in which the glabella and cheeks form three rounded elevations on the head.

4937

Trio

Tri″o (?), n. [It., fr. L. tres, tria, three: cf. F. trio, from the Italian. See Three.] 1. Three, considered collectively; three in company or acting together; a set of three; ...

4938

Triobolar

{ Tri‐ob″o‐lar (?), Tri‐ob″o‐la‐ry (?), } a. [LL. triobolaris, fr. L. triobolus a piece of three oboli, Gr. �. See Tri-, and Obolus.] Of the value of three oboli; hence, mean; w...

4939

Trioctile

Tri‐oc″tile (–ŏk″tĭl), n. [Pref. tri- + octile.] (Astrol.) An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are three octants, or three eighths of a circle, that is, ...

4940

Triœcia

‖Tri‐œ″ci‐a (–ē″shĭ‐ȧ), n. pl. [NL. See Triœcious.] (Bot.) The third order of the Linnæan class Polygamia.

4941

Triœcious

Tri‐œ″cious (–shŭs), a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. � house.] (Bot.) Having three sorts of flowers on the same or on different plants, some of the flowers being staminate, others pistilla...